Explore Cryptocurrency Markets
Cryptocurrency CFDs give exposure to crypto price movements without holding the underlying asset. This page explains how these markets are structured and how crypto CFDs work at MarketsAll. Read the risk information before you trade.
Instrument Type
Crypto CFDs
Key Drivers
Regulation and liquidity
Ownership
No ownership of underlying crypto
Trading Platform
MetaTrader 5
Cryptocurrency Instruments
These instruments are read from the MarketsAll MetaTrader 5 inventory, so the list matches the trading server.
No instrument matches that search.
Live quotes are shown when the price feed is available. Spreads and contract details for each instrument are published in MetaTrader 5.
What Are Cryptocurrencies?
Digital assets issued and transferred on blockchain networks rather than by a central bank.
A blockchain is a shared ledger maintained by a network of participants. Each network sets its own rules for how transactions are validated and how supply is issued, so two assets both called crypto can have little in common.
Many blockchains also host tokens issued by separate projects, and market size, network activity and trading depth differ widely between them. Trade Currencies, Stocks, Indices, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies and Fixed Income products with MarketsAll.
BTC/USD
BTCUnderlying asset, quoted first
USDCurrency the asset is priced in
How Crypto Markets Work
Crypto has no single central exchange. Prices form across many venues at once, which shapes how quickly a quote can change.
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Trading venues
Crypto assets trade on exchanges and other venues worldwide, each matching orders in its own book. The same asset can therefore trade at slightly different prices in different places at once.
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Price formation
Quoted prices are drawn from activity across venues rather than set by one institution. When order books thin out, a modest volume of trading can move the price further than usual.
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Spot transactions
In a spot trade the asset itself changes hands and the buyer holds it in a wallet, with the custody responsibilities that follow.
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Derivatives
Futures, options and CFDs take their price from the underlying market without transferring the asset. A crypto CFD tracks the price and settles in cash.
Owning Crypto vs Trading a Crypto CFD
Both routes give exposure to the same price, but they are different products. The table sets the practical differences side by side.
MarketsAll does not offer ownership of underlying cryptocurrency. Crypto instruments on the MetaTrader 5 server are CFDs: you take a position on the price, and no coin or token is stored on your behalf.
What Moves Cryptocurrency Prices?
No single factor explains a crypto price move, and none of these influences sets a price on its own.
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Regulation and Policy
Licensing, custody, taxation and asset classification decisions change who can trade an asset and on what terms, and are often anticipated in advance.
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Liquidity and Market Depth
Depth varies by asset and by hour. When books are thin, an ordinary order size can have an outsized effect on price.
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Institutional Activity
Flows from funds, corporate treasuries and regulated investment products change the size and pattern of activity, in a direction that is not fixed.
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Protocol Development
Upgrades, issuance changes, security incidents and shifts in usage relate to one asset rather than to crypto as a whole.
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Macro Conditions
Interest rate expectations, liquidity conditions and appetite for risk assets are often cited alongside crypto moves, though the relationship is not stable.
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Sentiment and Leverage
Leveraged positioning is common across crypto venues. When prices move against it, forced closures can extend the move further than expected.
Why Crypto Volatility Can Be Different
Volatility is not unique to crypto; equities, commodities and currencies all pass through volatile periods. What differs here is that thin market depth, widespread leverage and a valuation that is open to interpretation can all be present at the same time, so a move can compound quickly.
None of this makes a direction predictable. It means position sizing and risk controls matter more here, not less.
Crypto CFDs at MarketsAll
How a crypto position is opened, priced and settled.
Crypto CFDs are traded on MetaTrader 5 alongside the other markets, and in the browser with WebTrader. A position is opened against a quoted buy or sell price, profit and loss settle in the account currency, and no coin or token is held.
Treat the instrument list in MetaTrader 5 as the reference for your account.
Leverage: account-level leverage is up to 1:200. Leverage on an individual instrument can be lower, and margin requirements can change with market conditions.
The table below shows the benchmark EUR/USD spread and maximum leverage per account type; crypto spreads are quoted live in the platform. Full conditions are on the account types page.
Benchmark spreads vary by account type and market conditions. Review the applicable trading conditions before opening a position.
Related Market Analysis
No current crypto analysis is published yet.
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Trade Crypto CFDs on MetaTrader 5
Open a MarketsAll account to review the crypto instrument specification, margin requirement and live spread before you plan a position. Support is available 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday.
