How to Trade Monero (XMR) in Uruguay

From Uruguay, exposure to Monero runs through a USDC-settled perpetual.

Is Monero trading legal in Uruguay?

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.

What the contract is

A perpetual on XMR 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 XMR-PERP

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

XMR-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of XMR 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.

Individual cryptocurrency gains in Uruguay are taxed at 12% under the IRPF personal income tax; businesses pay 25% IRAE.

Trading Monero from Uruguay: legal.

Regulator for Monero trading in Uruguay: Banco Central del Uruguay (BCU), through the Superintendencia de Servicios Financieros (SSF).

For Uruguay residents trading Monero: Individual cryptocurrency gains in Uruguay are taxed at 12% under the IRPF personal income tax; businesses pay 25% IRAE.

Uruguay residents can trade Monero on 17 platforms, including Aevo, Aster and Avantis.