Is Bitget regulated in the United States?

Bitget lists the United States and all its territories as restricted locations; U.S. residents cannot register, pass verification, or trade spot, futures or P2P, and there is no U.S. affiliate. Anytime Capital is a FinCEN-registered U.S. money services business with a branch in Atlanta.

Does Bitget hold my crypto?

Yes, until you withdraw it to your own wallet. Anytime Capital delivers to a wallet you control or to its free non-custodial wallet.

Can I switch from Bitget to Anytime Capital without moving my crypto?

Yes. Withdraw from Bitget to a wallet you control (or leave it there), create an Anytime Capital account, verify once, and paste any wallet address at checkout. Nothing you already hold needs to move.

Is Anytime Capital regulated?

Anytime Capital is a U.S.-based money services business registered with FinCEN, serving customers worldwide, with a physical branch in Atlanta and an office in Miami. Identity verification is required before you can transact, the same as at every compliant platform.

Trust & safety

Bitget

Our pick

Is Bitget legit? What that does and does not mean

Q: Is Bitget a scam?

No. Bitget is a legitimate exchange operating since 2018. Registered with AUSTRAC in Australia and Italy's OAM, listed as a virtual asset service provider in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, and licensed in El Salvador and Georgia; holds no U.S. federal or state licenses.

Q: How does Anytime Capital pricing compare with Bitget?

Anytime Capital quotes one all-in number: card, Apple Pay and Google Pay orders start from 4% with the spread included, and the amount you pay and the crypto you receive are both on screen before you confirm. Bitget prices card purchases routed to Simplex, Banxa or Alchemy Pay, where Simplex charges 3.5% to 5% with a $10 minimum; none of these are available to a U.S. customer, with a per-coin network fee set by Bitget; crypto deposits are free. Blockchain network fees apply at both. Compare the crypto that lands on the same order size rather than the headline rate.

Bitget is a real exchange that has operated since 2018. The useful question is not whether it is a scam but what happens on the day something goes wrong, and that is where an online-only platform and a U.S. company with a front door part ways.

Registered with AUSTRAC in Australia and Italy's OAM, listed as a virtual asset service provider in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, and licensed in El Salvador and Georgia; holds no U.S. federal or state licenses.
Holds your coins until you withdraw
Anytime Capital: a U.S. company you can call or visit

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Updated September 2026. Bitget figures from its published pricing, terms and independent reviews.

FinCEN-registered U.S. money services business
Atlanta branch · Miami office
8,000+ completed trades
FDIC-insured cash account

Quick answer

Is Bitget legit and safe to use?

Yes. Bitget is a legitimate exchange founded in 2018, based in Victoria, Seychelles (moved from Singapore in 2022). Registered with AUSTRAC in Australia and Italy's OAM, listed as a virtual asset service provider in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, and licensed in El Salvador and Georgia; holds no U.S. federal or state licenses. Bitget does not serve U.S. customers. Because it holds customer funds, the risk to weigh is a frozen account or a platform-level event, not an outright scam. What it does not offer is a phone number or a place to walk into, which is why many customers prefer Anytime Capital when something needs a human.

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2018
the year Bitget was founded
Compared platform
about 2.2 / 5
Bitget Trustpilot average
Compared platform
2
Anytime Capital walk-in offices
Anytime Capital
8,000+
completed Anytime Capital trades
Anytime Capital

Card pricing at Anytime Capital, where Bitget has no card rail

Published fee percentages on a debit or credit card order

Bitget does not sell crypto for a card payment directly: card purchases routed to Simplex, Banxa or Alchemy Pay, where Simplex charges 3.5% to 5% with a $10 minimum; none of these are available to a U.S. customer. Anytime Capital card pricing starts from 4% and is shown in full before you confirm, excluding network fees. As of September 2026.

The checklist: does Bitget pass?

Bitget is a real exchange with real scale: it launched in 2018, claims more than 100 million registered users, publishes monthly proof-of-reserves, and keeps a protection fund it values above $300 million. It holds an AUSTRAC registration in Australia, an OAM registration in Italy, VASP listings in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, and licenses in El Salvador and Georgia. Trustpilot notes that the company has received regulatory attention, which is true of most large offshore exchanges.

What it does not hold is any license in the United States, and it does not pretend to. It is registered in the Seychelles, it is custodial, and the April 2025 VOXEL rollback showed it will freeze accounts and reverse trades when its own systems fail. The Trustpilot score of about 2.2 out of 5 is driven by restricted accounts, liquidations during outages and promo disputes, not by lost customer funds.

For a U.S. customer the answer is that Bitget is legitimate and unavailable. Anytime Capital is a U.S. money services business serving customers worldwide, with a branch you can walk into, a phone line, and more than 8,000 completed trades.

Registered with AUSTRAC in Australia and Italy's OAM, listed as a virtual asset service provider in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, and licensed in El Salvador and Georgia; holds no U.S. federal or state licenses.
Operating since 2018, headquartered in Victoria, Seychelles (moved from Singapore in 2022)
Identity verification required
Holds customer funds; withdraw to your own wallet

What "safe" looks like when a trade goes sideways

Read the one-star reviews of Bitget and a pattern appears: accounts restricted without explanation after a withdrawal attempt, app outages and liquidations during sharp market moves, long lockouts when a kyc or compliance check is triggered, disputes over promotional rewards and refunds. These are compliance and process events, not theft, and every regulated platform has them. The difference is what you can do about it. On Bitget you open a ticket or a chat and wait. At Anytime Capital you call (470) 748-2530 and speak to someone who can see the order, or walk into the Atlanta branch at 2549 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 110, Atlanta, GA 30324 and resolve it across a desk.

A front door, not a chat window

Bitget is built to be used through a screen. We are built to be visited. Bring cash, bring questions, or bring a problem another platform could not solve.

Atlanta branch: 2549 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 110, Atlanta, GA 30324
Hours: Mon–Fri 10am–5pm · Sat 10am–2pm
Phone: (470) 748-2530

Anytime Capital branch storefront on Piedmont Road in Atlanta — Atlanta branch, Piedmont Road NE

One Biscayne Tower in Miami, home of the Anytime Capital Miami office — Miami office, One Biscayne Tower

How to protect yourself on any platform

Use the real website address and never a link from a message. Turn on two-factor authentication. Send your first purchase to a wallet you already control and confirm it arrives before buying more. Keep a screenshot of the confirmation screen with the fees. And if anyone contacts you claiming to be from any exchange and asks you to move money, hang up and call the number on the company's own site.

Leaving Bitget? Your wallet address works here too.

Verify once with your ID and a selfie, pick a coin, choose any of nine ways to pay, and paste any wallet address you control. Card and Apple Pay orders confirm in minutes; wires settle the same business day.

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Non-custodial wallet, or your own address
FDIC-insured cash account with a free debit card
(470) 748-2530 during business hours
Walk-in branch in Atlanta, office in Miami

Side by side

Bitget vs Anytime Capital, row by row

A green check marks the platform with the edge on that row. Anytime Capital leads on 11 of 14.

Category	Bitget	Our pick
Card purchase fee	Card purchases routed to Simplex, Banxa or Alchemy Pay, where Simplex charges 3.5% to 5% with a $10 minimum; none of these are available to a U.S. customer	From 4% with the spread included, quoted in full before you confirm
Trading fees	0.1% spot maker and taker, 0.08% when paid in BGB	One all-in price per order with the spread included, plus an OTC desk for size
Pay with cash	Not offered	Cash at the Atlanta branch, or cash by mail from anywhere in the U.S.
Domestic wire	Not offered to U.S. customers; Bitget does not accept U.S. residents	Same-day domestic wire for larger orders through the OTC desk
Apple Pay & Google Pay	No	Yes
Talk to a human	24/7 multilingual live chat in the app plus tickets; no phone line	Phone (470) 748-2530, email, and two walk-in offices
Physical locations	None for customers	Atlanta branch and Miami office
Where it serves	Bitget lists the United States and all its territories as restricted locations; U.S. residents cannot register, pass verification, or trade spot, futures or P2P, and there is no U.S. affiliate.	Serves customers worldwide, with U.S. offices in Atlanta and Miami; eligibility confirmed during verification
Identity verification	Government ID and facial verification mandatory for every new account since September 1, 2023; address proof for higher limits.	Government ID and selfie online, or in person at the Atlanta branch
Bank account & debit card	No FDIC-insured cash account	FDIC-insured cash account with a free virtual debit card
Large orders	VIP tiers and an OTC desk for non-U.S. accounts; nothing for a U.S. buyer	Dedicated OTC desk with a named contact
Custody of your coins	Held in your account until you withdraw	Your own wallet address, or the free non-custodial Anytime Capital wallet
Regulation	Registered with AUSTRAC in Australia and Italy's OAM, listed as a virtual asset service provider in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, and licensed in El Salvador and Georgia; holds no U.S. federal or state licenses.	U.S.-based, FinCEN-registered money services business
Way to escalate a problem	Chat replies are quick and Bitget answers most public complaints within 48 hours, but a frozen account or a disputed liquidation still lives in a ticket.	Phone, email, or in person at the Atlanta branch

Card purchase fee
Bitget
Card purchases routed to Simplex, Banxa or Alchemy Pay, where Simplex charges 3.5% to 5% with a $10 minimum; none of these are available to a U.S. customer
Anytime
From 4% with the spread included, quoted in full before you confirm
Trading fees
Bitget
0.1% spot maker and taker, 0.08% when paid in BGB
Anytime
One all-in price per order with the spread included, plus an OTC desk for size
Pay with cash
Bitget
Not offered
Anytime
Cash at the Atlanta branch, or cash by mail from anywhere in the U.S.
Domestic wire
Bitget
Not offered to U.S. customers; Bitget does not accept U.S. residents
Anytime
Same-day domestic wire for larger orders through the OTC desk
Apple Pay & Google Pay
Bitget
No
Anytime
Yes
Talk to a human
Bitget
24/7 multilingual live chat in the app plus tickets; no phone line
Anytime
Phone (470) 748-2530, email, and two walk-in offices
Physical locations
Bitget
None for customers
Anytime
Atlanta branch and Miami office
Where it serves
Bitget
Bitget lists the United States and all its territories as restricted locations; U.S. residents cannot register, pass verification, or trade spot, futures or P2P, and there is no U.S. affiliate.
Anytime
Serves customers worldwide, with U.S. offices in Atlanta and Miami; eligibility confirmed during verification
Identity verification
Bitget
Government ID and facial verification mandatory for every new account since September 1, 2023; address proof for higher limits.
Anytime
Government ID and selfie online, or in person at the Atlanta branch
Bank account & debit card
Bitget
No FDIC-insured cash account
Anytime
FDIC-insured cash account with a free virtual debit card
Large orders
Bitget
VIP tiers and an OTC desk for non-U.S. accounts; nothing for a U.S. buyer
Anytime
Dedicated OTC desk with a named contact
Custody of your coins
Bitget
Held in your account until you withdraw
Anytime
Your own wallet address, or the free non-custodial Anytime Capital wallet
Regulation
Bitget
Registered with AUSTRAC in Australia and Italy's OAM, listed as a virtual asset service provider in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, and licensed in El Salvador and Georgia; holds no U.S. federal or state licenses.
Anytime
U.S.-based, FinCEN-registered money services business
Way to escalate a problem
Bitget
Chat replies are quick and Bitget answers most public complaints within 48 hours, but a frozen account or a disputed liquidation still lives in a ticket.
Anytime
Phone, email, or in person at the Atlanta branch

Ways to pay

9 ways to pay here. 0 at Bitget.

Bitget does not take U.S. dollars from a U.S. customer directly. Every rail below is live at Anytime Capital, including the ones no online platform offers.

MethodBitgetAnytime Capital

Apple PayInstant, from your phoneNoYes
Google PayInstant, Android and webNoYes
Debit cardVisa and MastercardNoYes
Credit cardAmex and Discover accepted hereNoYes
ACH bank transferLower cost, settles in business daysNoYes
Domestic wireSame-day for larger ordersNoYes
Cash AppPay from your Cash App balanceNoYes
Cash in personAtlanta branch, counted at the counterNoYes
Cash by mailFrom anywhere in the U.S.NoYes

Coins

Every major coin, one checkout

Most of the volume on any platform is in the same few dozen coins. Every one below has its own buy page here, with Apple Pay, card, ACH, wire and cash at checkout.

How it works

Three steps from Bitget to here

1
Verify once
Government ID and a selfie, online in minutes. Stuck? Call the branch or come in and finish it in person.
2
Pay your way
Apple Pay, Google Pay, card, ACH, wire, Cash App, cash in branch or cash by mail. The full price is on screen before you confirm.
3
Receive and keep going
Coins land in your own wallet or the free Anytime Capital wallet. Sell back to an FDIC-insured cash account and spend with the debit card.

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Ready to leave Bitget behind?

Anytime Capital is a U.S. money services business serving customers worldwide, with a branch in Atlanta, an office in Miami, and card pricing from 4% with the spread included. Verification takes minutes, nine payment methods are live, and (470) 748-2530 reaches a person during business hours.

Wire transfer
Cash in person

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Digital assets are not FDIC-insured, are not bank deposits, and may lose value. Availability and limits subject to identity verification and compliance review.

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