Spot crypto is legal and regulated: the Law on Crypto Assets (ՀՕ-159-Ն), adopted 29 May 2025, signed 23 June 2025 and in force since 4 July 2025 (amended by ՀՕ-515-Ն of 17 December 2025), regulates public offers and purchase and sale of crypto-assets, defines ten types of crypto-asset service, and hands regulation and supervision of the market to the Central Bank of Armenia. The prohibition is aimed at unlicensed providers, not at holders: a resident may own or trade spot crypto, and the Tax Code now names crypto-assets as a distinct category of property.
Leveraged derivatives are a separate track. Article 1(3) excludes from the crypto law any crypto-asset that answers the securities-law definition of a security or a derivative financial instrument, so crypto perpetuals and CFDs are governed by the Law on the Securities Market and require investment-services authorisation.
The contract itself does not change by geography: a NBIS perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
8 venues open Nebius Group perps to traders in Armenia.
Aster
gTrade
Hyperliquid
Lighter
Ondo
VestFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
Individuals: 0% on disposal of ordinary crypto-assets — that income is a deducted (exempt) income under Tax Code Art. 147(1)(16.1). The two carve-outs, NFTs and crypto received automatically as a mining or validation reward, are taxed at 1% under Art. 150(9.1) ('եկամտային հարկը հաշվարկվում է մեկ տոկոս դրույքաչափով'). Disposal of a crypto-asset is exempt from VAT under Art. 64(59).
Trading NBIS from Armenia: legal.
Armenia traders can fund Nebius Group positions using Bank transfer (AMD) through an Armenian bank, A CBA-licensed crypto-asset service provider as the on-ramp and Local bank cards.
11 platforms serve Armenia for Nebius Group trading, among them Aevo, Aster and Extended.
Canborsa offers up to 10x leverage on Nebius Group for traders based in Armenia.
On Canborsa, Nebius Group trading from Armenia costs 0.07% per side.