How to Trade Gold (GOLD) in Costa Rica

Getting Gold exposure from Costa Rica takes a wallet and USDC; the legal status and rail-by-rail detail follow.

Is gold 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 GOLD 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 GOLD-PERP

Pick GOLD in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 20x .

GOLD-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of GOLD 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.

Trading GOLD from Costa Rica: legal.

Costa Rica traders can fund Gold positions using SINPE Móvil, Bank transfer (SINPE) and Credit/debit card.

Costa Rica residents can trade Gold on 25 platforms, including Aevo, ApeX and Aster.

Canborsa offers up to 20x leverage on Gold for traders based in Costa Rica.

On Canborsa, Gold trading from Costa Rica costs 0.07% per side.