How to Trade Stellar (XLM) in Hungary

Getting Stellar exposure from Hungary takes a wallet and USDC; the legal status and rail-by-rail detail follow.

Is Stellar trading legal in Hungary?

The standing framework is Act VII of 2024 on the crypto-asset market, which covers the issuance of crypto-assets in Hungary and crypto-asset services performed on Hungarian territory, requires every crypto-asset service provider to comply with MiCA, and names the Magyar Nemzeti Bank as the supervisor. Providers already operating before 30 December 2024 had until 1 July 2025 to come into MiCA compliance. Alongside that, Hungary had built a separate national regime around 'crypto-asset exchange services' (kriptoeszköz-atvaltasi szolgaltatas), validated and supervised by a different body, the Szabalyozott Tevekenysegek Felugyeleti Hatosaga (SZTFH), with a matching criminal-law layer in the Criminal Code.

What the contract is

A perpetual on XLM 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 XLM-PERP

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

XLM-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of XLM 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.

15% personal income tax on the annual net profit from crypto-asset transactions. The rate is not stated in the crypto provision itself: section 67/C creates the income category, and section 8(1) sets the rate at 15% of the tax base for income falling under the Act unless the Act provides otherwise, which section 67/C does not.

Trading Stellar from Hungary: legal.

15% personal income tax on the annual net profit from crypto-asset transactions.

Hungary traders can fund Stellar positions using SEPA / SEPA Instant transfer (EUR), Debit card and PayPal.

13 platforms serve Hungary for Stellar trading, among them ApeX, Aster and dYdX.