Uruguay put virtual assets inside its ordinary financial-supervision perimeter. Ley N° 20.345, titled 'REGULACION DE LOS ACTIVOS VIRTUALES', was promulgated on 19 September 2024 and published on 27 September 2024; it works by amending existing statutes.
Its article 1 rewrote article 37 of the Banco Central del Uruguay's charter (Ley N° 16.696) so that the list of entities making up the financial system - the entities the BCU regulates and supervises through its Superintendencia de Servicios Financieros - now includes issuers of stable virtual assets and providers of services on virtual assets. That article was rewritten again, keeping both categories, by article 693 of Ley N° 20.446 of 16 December 2025, so the current text differs from the 2024 original.
The contract itself does not change by geography: a SPX perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
2 venues open SPX6900 perps to traders in Uruguay.
Aster
HyperliquidFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
Individual cryptocurrency gains in Uruguay are taxed at 12% under the IRPF personal income tax; businesses pay 25% IRAE.
Trading SPX from Uruguay: legal.
For Uruguay residents trading SPX6900: Individual cryptocurrency gains in Uruguay are taxed at 12% under the IRPF personal income tax; businesses pay 25% IRAE.
For SPX6900 traders in Uruguay: As of 2021, Uruguay had no cryptocurrency-specific regulations, but the Central Bank said it might issue AML/KYC rules for virtual assets that year.
From Uruguay, you can fund a SPX6900 position using Bank Transfer, Credit/Debit/Prepaid Card and Crypto Deposit.
4 platforms serve Uruguay for SPX6900 trading, among them Aster, GMX and Hyperliquid.