Buy crypto in Argentina

Crypto is legal in Argentina and adoption is enormous, driven by years of high inflation and strict limits on buying US dollars. Stablecoins are the headline use case: people park savings in USDT or USDC to hold a digital dollar the peso cannot erode. The securities regulator, the CNV, created a registry for Virtual Asset Service Providers, bringing local and global exchanges such as Lemon, Belo, Ripio and Binance into a more formal structure.

Funding is done through peso bank transfers and a large P2P market, with many users converting pesos to stablecoins the moment they are paid. Tax treatment is layered: crypto gains can fall under income tax and the personal-assets (Bienes Personales) tax, though enforcement has been uneven amid currency controls. The practical reality is that USDT often functions as the real unit of account for savers.