How to Trade iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) in Hungary

From Hungary, exposure to iShares MSCI South Korea ETF runs through a USDC-settled perpetual.

Is iShares MSCI South Korea ETF trading legal in Hungary?

The standing framework is Act VII of 2024 on the crypto-asset market, which covers the issuance of crypto-assets in Hungary and crypto-asset services performed on Hungarian territory, requires every crypto-asset service provider to comply with MiCA, and names the Magyar Nemzeti Bank as the supervisor. Providers already operating before 30 December 2024 had until 1 July 2025 to come into MiCA compliance. Alongside that, Hungary had built a separate national regime around 'crypto-asset exchange services' (kriptoeszköz-atvaltasi szolgaltatas), validated and supervised by a different body, the Szabalyozott Tevekenysegek Felugyeleti Hatosaga (SZTFH), with a matching criminal-law layer in the Criminal Code.

What the contract is

The contract itself does not change by geography: a EWY perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.

Sign up on Canborsa with email, X or a wallet

No document upload to open the account. Canborsa is non-custodial: your collateral stays under your own keys until a position opens.

Email X Wallet

Fund the account with USDC

Deposit USDC over Canton, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain or Arbitrum. Canborsa takes no fiat, so buying the USDC happens wherever you normally buy stablecoins.

→Robinhood Chain

Open EWY-PERP

Pick EWY in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 10x .

EWY-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of EWY at 5x uses $200 of collateral. Higher leverage moves the liquidation price closer to your entry: your exposure is the position size, whatever margin you posted. Set a stop-loss below your entry before you walk away.

15% personal income tax on the annual net profit from crypto-asset transactions. The rate is not stated in the crypto provision itself: section 67/C creates the income category, and section 8(1) sets the rate at 15% of the tax base for income falling under the Act unless the Act provides otherwise, which section 67/C does not.

Trading EWY from Hungary: legal.

From Hungary, you can fund an iShares MSCI South Korea ETF position using SEPA / SEPA Instant transfer (EUR), Debit card and PayPal.

Hungary residents can trade iShares MSCI South Korea ETF on 11 platforms, including ApeX, Aster and Avantis.

Canborsa offers up to 10x leverage on iShares MSCI South Korea ETF for traders based in Hungary.