Exchanges with support for Lightning Network
Caution: Some altcoin exchanges include a cryptocurrency with the symbol "LBTC" for "Lightning Bitcoin". That LBTC is NOT the same as bitcoin on Lightning network β‘. That currency symbol is for a small value altcoin that has no relation to the bitcoin Lightning network β‘. There is another currency symbol that may be similar, L-BTC, and that too is unrelated to bitcoin on Lightning network β‘. The L-BTC symbol is used by exchanges which support bitcoin on Blockstream's Liquid Network π, which has its own list of exchanges and swap methods.
Exchanges where you can buy and/or sell bitcoin using Lightning network β‘
- Bitfinex (β‘) [NO KYC] <-- Also supports Liquid network (π)
- Kraken (β‘) <-- Announcement
- River Financial (β‘) [DCA]
- Bull Bitcoin (β‘) [DCA] <-- Canada, Announcement. Also supports Liquid network (π)
- Strike (β‘) [DCA] <-- Announcement
- Cash App (β‘) <-- U.S. and UK, Article
- Bottlepay (β‘) [DCA] <-- UK and across Europe
- Azte.co (β‘) <-- Announcement
- @BitcoinVoucherBot [DCA] through Azte.co (β‘)
- OKCoin (β‘) <-- Announcement
- OKEx (β‘) <-- Announcement
- CoinCorner (β‘) [DCA] <-- Announcement
- Bitonic (β‘) <-- Announcement of pilot
- Bitbargain (β‘)
- Mt. Pelerin (β‘) <-- Announcement
- HolyTransaction (β‘) <-- Also supports Liquid network (π)
- BTCDuke (β‘)
- PrimeBit (β‘) <-- Details
- SimpleFX (β‘) <-- Details
- Bitaroo (β‘) [DCA] <-- Australia
- The Rock Trading (β‘) <-- Italy. Also supports Liquid network (π)
- BitNob (β‘) [DCA] <-- Announcement
- BitcoinVN (β‘) <-- Vietnam
- VBTC (β‘) <-- Vietnam, Announcement, Press
- Buda (β‘)
- NiceHash Exchange (β‘)
- Breez (β‘) <-- Announcement
- Bipa (β‘) [DCA] <-- Brazil
- SouthXchange (β‘) <-- Argentina
- Belo (β‘) <-- Argentina
- IBEX Mercado (β‘) <-- Guatemala
- Osmo Wallet (β‘οΈ) [En Espanol] β Guatemala
- Tauros (β‘) <-- Mexico
- Landifa - Bitcoin Trade Namibia (β‘)
- FastBitcoins (π΅, β‘) [NO KYC, under $150] [DCA] <-- UK, Canada and Estonia only, buy voucher with cash, then withdraw from FastBitcoins using Lightning network
- Graaf One (β‘) [Canada]
- SimpleFX (β‘)
- BitSTAMP (β‘) <-- Cash out through Zebedee
- CardCoins (β‘) <-- Fom 80,000 retail locations in U.S, Announcement
- Purse.io (β‘) <-- Shop on Amazon, pay using LN (β‘). Announcement
- Striga Personal (β‘) [Coming Soon] <-- Early Access
- xSats, when operations resume, is planning on LN (β‘) support
P2P Trading Platforms with support for Lightning network β‘
- Paxful (π΅, β‘) <-- Permits you to convert from either USDT or ETH to BTC, and then you can withdraw that BTC on Lightining network β‘. And vice-versa, deposit BTC on LN β‘ and then convert to ETH or USDT.
- RoboSats (π΅, β‘ only) [NO KYC] <--Non-custodial. Requires Tor browser. Guide
- HodlHodl (π΅, β‘) [NO KYC] <-- Non-custodial. Not available in the U.S. [Lightning network β‘ is implemented simply as a payment method allowed for buying or selling bitcoin, as is Liquid network (π)]
- Additional P2P Trading Platforms might not explicitly allow bitcoin on Lightning network β‘ as a payment method, but might have an "Other" payment method that is a catchall in which the details of the payment method are located in the details of the trade offer.
Crypto-to-crypto methods
- Coinos (β‘) [NO KYC] <-- Also supports swap to/from Liquid network (π)
- FixedFloat.com (β‘) [NO KYC] <-- Not available in the U.S.
- Boltz (β‘) [NO KYC, Atomic Swap]
- SideShift AI (β‘) [NO KYC] <-- Also supports swap to/from Liquid network (π). Not available in the U.S.
- Flyp.me (β‘) [NO KYC] <-- Uses "LNX" as currency symbol for bitcoin on Lightning network. Also supports swap to/from Liquid network (π)
- Coin Swap (β‘) [NO KYC] <-- LN BTC to/from on-chain BTC, LTC, Dash, or XMR
- ZigZag (β‘) [NO KYC] <-- LN BTC to/from on-chain BTC, or LTC
- Wallet of Satoshi (β‘) [NO KYC] <-- Built-in onchain/offchain exchange
- Lightning Loop client (β‘) [NO KYC]
- Submarine Swaps (β‘) [NO KYC] <-- LN BTC to/from on-chain BTC or LTC
- BitRefill (β‘) [NO KYC]
- FastBitcoins (β‘) [NO KYC, when under $150] <-- Buy FastBitcoins voucher using bitcoin or altcoins on BitRefill, then withdraw from FastBitcoins using Lightning network β‘
- Marduk.exchange (β‘) [NO KYC, Atomic Swap] <-- LN BTC to/from RBTC, SOV, or xUSD
- LNSwap (β‘) [NO KYC, Atomic Swap] <-- LN BTC to/from STX, or USDA
- Bosphorus.Exchange (β‘) [NO KYC, Atomic Swap] <-- LN BTC to/from CELO, or cUSD
- CoinPlaza (β‘)
- Liquid.Taxi (β‘ coming soon) [NO KYC]
- Portico Exchange (β‘) [Coming Soon]
Precious Metals
Trading / Investment
- Loft (β‘) <-- Invest inStocks using Lightning network (β‘)
- LNMarkets (β‘) <-- Not available from the U.S.
- Kollider (β‘) <-- Register for early access
- BitMEX Research does operate a Lighting Network (β‘) node, however the BitMEX trading platform does not yet support LN deposits or withdrawals
Debit Cards Funded Using Lightning Network
- Moon (β‘) <-- Browser plugin
- LastBit Cards (β‘) <-- Not available in the U.S.
- Spendl (β‘) <--Browser extension (Chrome)
- Link Node Gift Card (β‘)
Retail and e-Commerce Payments
- BitRefill (β‘) [NO KYC]
- Flexa (β‘) Announcement
- Bitcoin Suisse (β‘) Announcement
Payroll
Lightning Network Wallets
- Lightning Network Stores: Mobile Wallets (β‘)
- Rusnak: Comparison of 5 Lightning Network Wallets (β‘)
- LNRoute: Lightning Wallets (β‘)
Related
- Lightning Exchanges <-- List from the ION wiki
- Lightning Exchanges <-- List from Lightning Network Stores
- Lightning Exchanges <-- List from David Coen
- Lightning Payment Processors and Gateways <-- List from Lightning Network Stores
- Are multicoin exchanges attacks on Bitcoin scaling?
- Lightning Wiki
- Lopp's Lightning Network Resources
See Also
- KYC-Free-Instant-Exchanges <-- Superset of the listings in the "crypto-to-crypto" section above
- P2P Trading Platforms
- Physical Stores where you can Buy or Sell bitcoin
Additions, corrections, and other feedback welcome and can be submitted as an issue or pull request on GitHub, or via e-mail.
[Note: There is also a corresponding post on Medium with this information as well.]