Trade iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in Israel

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) is tradable as a perpetual from Israel: the legal status, working funding rails and the practical route are below.

Is iShares MSCI South Korea ETF trading legal in Israel?

Spot crypto is legal and licensed: dealing in virtual assets is a regulated financial service, and the licence comes from the Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority. The State Comptroller's November 2024 audit of digital-currency taxation records that five licence holders were then operating in Israel in the field of virtual assets under a licence granted by the Capital Market Authority, and that the licence allows them to buy, sell and convert virtual assets. The same authority published an investor warning in February 2023 against taking financial services in virtual currencies from unsupervised bodies operating without its licence — which is the shape of the regime: licensed venues are lawful, unlicensed ones are what the regulator warns about.

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.

Capital gains tax for an individual whose crypto activity does not amount to a business, with no VAT; marginal income-tax rates where the activity does amount to a business, and mining taxed as a business and as a VAT-registered dealer.

Trading iShares MSCI South Korea ETF from Israel: legal.

Israel traders can fund iShares MSCI South Korea ETF positions using Israeli commercial bank transfer (ILS).

Israel 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 Israel.

Canborsa charges 0.07% per side (0.14% round trip) on iShares MSCI South Korea ETF.