About cryptocurrency.irish

cryptocurrency.irish is an independent guide to buying, selling, storing and taxing crypto in Ireland. We are an editorial team, not a bank, an exchange, a broker or an adviser. We write in plain English, in euro, for people living in Ireland, and we try to show our working so you can check it.

Why this site exists

Search for how to buy crypto in Ireland and you will mostly find generic international pages, translated with an Irish flag on top. They quote dollar fees, name platforms that do not serve Irish customers, and say little about Irish tax, Irish banks or the Central Bank. Meanwhile the rules changed substantially with the EU's MiCA regulation, and a lot of older advice is out of date.

We set out to write the guide we would want ourselves: one that explains the Irish rules, names the regulators, gives dated facts and says clearly when something could not be verified. Sometimes the honest answer is "we could not confirm this", and we would rather print that than guess. A good example is our page on Bitcoin ATMs in Ireland, which says what we checked and when instead of listing addresses we could not confirm.

What we do

We research the topics people in Ireland actually ask about: how to buy and sell, how crypto is taxed, which firms are authorised, how to spot scams, and how to keep what you own. We read primary sources first: the Central Bank of Ireland, Revenue, the Irish Statute Book, ESMA, the ECB and the providers' own legal and fee pages. We put the important ones in the "sources" list on each page and say when we last checked.

We explain things with Irish examples. How a CGT bill is worked out on a €5,000 sale, what the register looks like, what a bank statement line might say. Where a rule has a tricky edge, we point to the source instead of papering over it. You can read the full approach on our methodology page.

What we do not do

We do not give personal financial, tax or legal advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy any particular asset, and we do not predict prices or tell you which coin to buy. We do not run an exchange, hold your money or take custody of anything. We are not authorised or supervised by the Central Bank of Ireland, and we do not claim to be. We do not offer or endorse "recovery services", and we will never contact you asking for your seed phrase, passwords or money. Our disclaimer spells this out in full.

Independence and funding

The site is independent: it is an editorial publication, and what we say about the law, tax and risk is decided by our editors from the sources we cite. Like many comparison sites, cryptocurrency.irish may include outbound links to providers, and where a link goes to a company it is a normal outbound reference, not a recommendation that you use it. We explain how we order lists on our methodology page: the order is editorial, based on our reading of the facts we could verify, and it is not a performance ranking or a guarantee of anything.

If we ever introduce a change that affects how the site is funded, we will say so on this page. We would rather you read a clear statement than guess.

How we are different

Three habits shape the site. First, we date things. Fees, limits and regulatory statuses change, so we show when they were checked and tell you to confirm on the provider's site before acting. Second, we separate the labels: a fact published by the operator, a fact from a regulator, and a figure from a third-party aggregator that we could not verify are never blended into one confident sentence. Third, we say what the rules do not do. MiCA authorisation is not a guarantee, and there is no compensation scheme for crypto losses. That is the Central Bank's own position, and we repeat it often.

We also write about Ireland as it actually is. Irish-authorised firms and firms passported in from other EU states are different things, and we keep them apart. Northern Ireland is under UK rules and we flag it. County and city pages exist where there is something real to say, and not as a template with the place name swapped.

Corrections and contact

We get things wrong sometimes, and sources move. If you spot a mistake, a broken link or something that has gone out of date, tell us at contact@cryptocurrency.irish. Our contact page explains what we can and cannot help with, and our corrections policy is on the methodology page.

If you are new to the subject, a sensible starting point is our explainer on whether crypto is legal in Ireland, then the Irish crypto tax guide. Both are written for people with no background.