Trade Hedera in Costa Rica

Hedera (HBAR) is tradable as a perpetual from Costa Rica: the legal status, working funding rails and the practical route are below.

Is Hedera 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

A perpetual on HBAR tracks price and does not confer ownership of the underlying — the same contract mechanics apply in every jurisdiction; what differs by country is legal status and funding rails.

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 HBAR-PERP

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

HBAR-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of HBAR 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 Hedera from Costa Rica: legal.

Regulator for Hedera 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.

For Hedera traders in Costa Rica: Statutory, from the moment Ley 10961 takes effect.

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

Costa Rica residents can trade Hedera on 12 platforms, including ApeX, Aster and dYdX.