立即购买 Bitcoin

Register at BitMEX, complete identity verification, then navigate to Buy Crypto. Select BTC and choose GBP. Pay via UK Faster Payments bank transfer, Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, or Google Pay through Banxa or Mercuryo. Faster Payments typically settles within hours; card and digital wallet payments are credited within minutes.

BitMEX supports UK Faster Payments bank transfers and Visa/Mastercard card payments for GBP BTC purchases. Faster Payments operates 24/7, typically settling within hours and often within minutes, at lower fees than card. Card payments via Banxa or Mercuryo settle within minutes. All applicable fees are displayed before you confirm.

Crypto firms marketing to UK residents must comply with the FCA's financial promotions regime, requiring clear risk warnings. HMRC treats Bitcoin as a capital asset — each disposal, including selling for cash, exchanging for other crypto, or spending, is a capital gains tax event. The annual CGT allowance applies. Bitcoin has no staking yield, so income tax on staking rewards is not relevant. UK buyers should maintain detailed transaction records of acquisition cost, disposal proceeds, and dates for annual Self Assessment CGT reporting.

Bitcoin attracted attention as an inflation hedge when UK CPI significantly exceeded the Bank of England's 2% target in 2022–2023. FCA registration requirements have raised platform standards and increased consumer confidence. Institutional access has grown through Bitcoin ETP vehicles on London Stock Exchange-recognised exchanges. Bitcoin's dollar-denominated scarcity provides GBP holders with exposure to a globally priced asset — useful given sterling's historically weaker long-term purchasing power trajectory versus the USD.

Hold BTC as a long-term store of value; withdraw to a hardware wallet (Ledger, Trezor) for self-custody; trade Bitcoin perpetuals on BitMEX; send via Lightning Network for instant low-fee payments. UK investors should maintain records of acquisition cost and disposal proceeds for HMRC Self Assessment CGT reporting. HMRC's CGT allowance applies against gains; losses may be offset.

Create a free BitMEX account to buy BTC.