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Trade ASI Alliance in Costa Rica

STATUSLegal REGULATORSUGEF CLASSCrypto

This page answers one question for Costa Rica: how a resident actually gets FET exposure, and what the rules say.

ASI Alliance · FET-PERPCrypto · Costa Rica

Price · 24h—

Max leverage5x

Funding · APR—

In Costa RicaAvailable

Canborsa fee0.07% per side

ASI Alliance in Costa Rica · at a glance

Legal

legal statusASI Alliance exposure from Costa Rica

max leverageASI Alliance on Canborsa

0.07%

0.14% round-tripCanborsa fee per side

funding intervalSettled while a position is open

What the law actually says

Is ASI Alliance trading legal in Costa Rica?

Spot crypto is lawful in Costa Rica and has never been prohibited, but it is not money: Ley 10961, published in Alcance 78 to La Gaceta 113 on 19 June 2026, defines a virtual asset as a digital representation of value that can be traded or transferred digitally and used for payments or investment, and states expressly that this does not mean it is recognised as legal tender in the country or as a currency by the Banco Central de Costa Rica.

What the contract is

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

Regulator — Costa Rica

RegulatorSUGEF

Websitewww.sugef.fi.cr

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Funding · local rails

How to fund a trade from Costa Rica

The routes traders use to reach USDC before a deposit.

Rails · deposit routes

Rail

Status

Note

SINPE Móvil

WORKS

The central bank's retail instant rail to mobile-linked accounts.

Bank transfer (SINPE)

WORKS

The central bank-run national payment system, the ordinary way accounts move money domestically; individual banks' crypto policies untested.

Credit/debit card

LIMITS

Card funding is an issuer decision with no regulatory bar found in the law.

WORKS

Peer-to-peer transfer is unrestricted, though a habitual dealer becomes a regulated provider from September 2026.

Availability · by platform

Platforms that offer ASI Alliance perps in Costa Rica

4 venues open ASI Alliance perps to traders in Costa Rica.

Platform

Sign-up

Max lev

Taker fee

Aster

Browser Wallet Non-custodial

—

0.04%

gTrade

Browser Wallet Non-custodial

150x

0.035%

Helix

Browser Wallet Non-custodial

12x

0.0001%

Hyperliquid

Browser Wallet Non-custodial

5x

0.045%

How to start trading ASI Alliance from Costa Rica

Four steps from sign-up to an open position.

01.

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

02.

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.

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Robinhood Chain

03.

Open FET-PERP

Pick FET in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 5x .

FET-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

04.

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of FET 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.

Position · PnLexamplePnL: $3,425.52|+53.6%

Frequently asked questions

What is the legal status of ASI Alliance trading in Costa Rica?›

Trading ASI Alliance from Costa Rica: legal.

Which regulator oversees ASI Alliance trading in Costa Rica?›

Regulator for ASI Alliance trading in Costa Rica: Superintendencia General de Entidades Financieras (SUGEF) registers and supervises virtual-asset service providers for AML; Consejo Nacional de Supervisión del Sistema Financiero (CONASSIF) issues the implementing regulation.

Is ID verification required to trade ASI Alliance from Costa Rica?›

Statutory, from the moment Ley 10961 takes effect.

How do I deposit funds to trade ASI Alliance in Costa Rica?›

From Costa Rica, you can fund an ASI Alliance position using SINPE Móvil, Bank transfer (SINPE) and Credit/debit card.

What venues offer ASI Alliance trading to residents of Costa Rica?›

7 platforms serve Costa Rica for ASI Alliance trading, among them Aster, Extended and GMX.

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