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Do you use VPN proxy?
Specially If You are Country Where the laws not Crypto trader Friendly?

Do You hold Ur machine or wallet in better juridical locations?

VPN won't help you much trust me, if the security agencies of your nation wanna find you; VPNs can't do much.

I sincerely think that running a dedicated tor node for the purpose will be better than spending money on VPNs.

I don't have issues with jurisdiction prohibition and that's why I don't have to use it. IMHO, there are traders that do that especially those who are living in those countries that you have described.

That's their only way to access and be allowed to trade.

The problem with the TOR network is you need to have more users using the network if not any government or agency monitoring the network can pin point you. In fact VPN is much safer in that aspect and if you are too scared about it you can use both TOR and VPN in tandem which will give you a much higher privacy.

While trading it depends upon the exchange i decide on using TOR or VPN.

If you are going to use VPN it may cause you a problem in the future the same as what happened to other traders before who use VPN and now suffer from verification or make their account freeze.

I think it would be better if you use VPS instead and buy a dedicated IP or residential IP. That way exchanges will detect you as a real user unlike on using a VPN that the IP it gives you always changes every time you connect to VPN so it might cause you trouble in the future.

Do you think Tor is safe for most transaction of cryptocurrency? Trying to avoid the Government can expose you to worse hack or scam except you know how to protect yourself using tor for crypto trade.

If you are in a region where accessing crypto-related websites e.g exchanges or trading platform, is heavily restricted, you have no choice but to use VPN or to use a proxy address.

But as much as possible, if you are free to access such websites in your region, don't make things complicated and don't use VPN for such as a reason that you want to hide your IP or something along those lines as it might give you tons of problems with the exchanges.

Anyways, to give you a much better response, what's the reason you ask for this?

No.

Because when you are login on different IP, sometimes you always need to do verify of your account by email. Also, some exchange can fronze your transaction deposit/withdrawal a few day when they see us login with new IP or asking some KYC when doing some large fund using VPN.

I do not use VPN when I do trading because my country is a cryptocurrency-friendly. This is why we can trade or even play gambling in online without any use of VPN. The harm of being scammed was said by the government to the citizens of my country. They won't restricted us to invest but they only said that investing or trading may lose our funds. Well, its part of the risk.

Anyway, if you want to have a freely trade. VPN is good.

I tried to use a VPN before when I am using Bitmex to trade. Because in our office before, there are some website restrictions that you cannot access, you can't browse some websites so I needed to use VPN just to access Bitmex website and I will able to trade while I am in the office.

Although Bitmex is not restricted the country where I am from, Bitmex also found out, and after how many days I got an email about closing my account because of I am in the country where Bitmex is not allowed, and I needed to withdraw all my funds immediately because of my account is about to be deactivated.

Until now, I have never traded with activates a VPN because my country does not prohibit crypto exchanges...
I heard that those in countries that prohibit crypto exchanges from using a VPN or Tor to trade, I am personally afraid to use a VPN when trading because network security is weak.

I don't think that the Virtual Private Network(VPN) can help you regarding accessing a trading platform because this may cause you trouble sooner or later.
If you are using your PC and you unexpectedly click or visit a website that is restricted to your country there is a chance they may detect your access. We cannot deny this may happen.
If you are using your Mobile devices.

There is a chance they might detect your email and other information every time you access on their platform.
Hence.
You can search on your browser to help you more on using VPN.
"Vpn exchange" - there is some issues and problem regarding accessing on different trading platform using VPN
"Vpn use" - to give you more idea what are the scope of the VPN.

I hope this might help you.

I agree about TOR needing good amount of users to obfuscate your location, but then which VPN do u suggest?
Very valid suggestion, especially if you are on betting sites. They observe these things very carefully.

Brother, if you are so much in need of privacy and protection from govt, then you better learn to protect yourself from hacks too. You can't have decentralisation without any responsibility.
You need to learn to use some tools and tricks too. If not, then better stay away from BTC trading. That's the unfortunate truth about technology. If you lag, then you are left.

I do not use vpn when trading because using vpn can cause problems using public wifi when trading an open public wifi hotspot is that requires a password to connect to wifi it even prevents data from being exchanged on your device and hotspot. This means that your data may be hacked if you use the free wifi zone there is also the possibility of personal data being thrown or hacked.

Using vpn for trading is not worth it. There are no such of difference between using vpn or not. The main problem is there are such of exchangers that available on your country and there's no problem if you are willing to explore and no such using vpn.

What is the point of using VPN when all thr the centralized exchange asks you to complete KYC. And if you decide to go within their no KYC trading limit by using VPN still you are going to get troubles because exchanges can suspend your account for suspicious activity and will ask you to do KYC.

When you are using VPN be sure you have read the terms of service of the trading platform you are using, it's to risky, we have seen a lot of complaints in the gambling section about using a VPN and they encounter issues when they tried to withdraw a lot of money, this is not a remote  possibility in your case.

Just stepping in this question.

With most people that are using VPN, I've always read them saying about any paid VPN and one VPN is the Nord VPN. I haven't used it but it's the VPN that I usually read when someone suggests about a VPN.

I was actually waiting for someone to say exactly this ...
Please go through these in the given order

https://youtu.be/WVDQEoe6ZWY

https://youtu.be/FMScV1Mkaok

https://youtu.be/6ohvf03NiIA

I don't use any VPN.

It is a warning of someone I know since in the past, there are a lot of people complaining about some exchanges freezing their account or asking for any confirmation or verification from them. I don't have a lot of cryptocurrencies to trade but for someone that have a lot of funds in some platforms, that would be really problematic.

I use VPN by default, 90% of the time my access is from office/work and I know they use private VPN so we can all be monitored haha:)

But yes, I would definitely recommend checking out trading platforms ToS (same as I advice for gambling) because some strictly don't allow you to use VPN. I always make sure and confirm with the support even before even depositing.

I think it's even a huge risk trying to use a VPN for trading or on any site that forbids one's country from registration. What happens to one's capital on the site once it's discovered that one circumvented the process and there is a ban and one's account is blacklisted? Of course, you get to feel the hurt and then regret your involvement because of the waste of time. For me, once there is a country restriction on any site I want to use I just stay out. For instance there is a country restriction from PayPal on my country. What I do is stay away from sites which have only PayPal as a mean of payment for any online stuff I do. It's as simple as that for me.

Thanks.

I'll go through those videos.

I've just said it because it's the majority that I've been saying but will look into those videos you've shared.

There's no need for VPN when trading. It isn't like it's banned or anything, and afaik, if you're country has crypto banned, all exchanges in there are banned but you can still probably trade online since they can't really detect if you're trading. It's just up to the exchange though whether they would accept your account or not when trading, due to the said reason of your country banning crypto.

Additionally, there might be issues of tracing you back when hackers or the like get your account, as well as for official reasons of the exchange actually tracing you back for some reason related to KYC or something, which may inevitably lead to a ban. Besides, you're a legit customer, I don't see much of a reason why you should use VPN.

Using VPN for trading has a different advantages and disadvantages, its advantages is of tight security of data preservation like email, and some other login details too, but you must be careful with using public network to turn up your VPN because it might collect your data, email and login details for malicious act.
I will rather prefer you to trade with VPN using your own network not public WiFi as this may ruins you data for phishing attack.

Wait what?! How can you even trade while working?

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Isn't it pointless to use a VPN for privacy reasons and then trade on centralized exchanges? We know they can always ask for verification anytime they want. You might be okay trading for a while with small amounts but you'll be forced to submit sooner or later.

You are better off trading on decentralized exchanges like bisq, uniswap or whatever swap it's called in other blockchains.

Our country does not take cryptocurrencies illegally, I believe they are currently conducting study regarding this.

There was some times that I used VPN for registering and trading on exchanges.
The reason is due to country restrictions on their promotions etc.
But I stopped using them, I decided just to trade on exchange platforms which I can freely trade.
I couldn't think for other reason why someone will use vpn while trading.

I don't need a VPN to be able to trade, because my country doesn't prohibit cryptocurrency trading. I only use VPN to access
gambling sites, because my country prohibits gambling. But I've had bad experiences with VPNs, I had lived abroad for a few
weeks on business trip. And the country turns out to prohibit crypto related, finally I managed to access the trading place using
a VPN. But when going to withdraw my account was frozen, indeed finally I was able to make withdrawals after verifying the data.
But it requires a long process.

People in my country trade comfortably, and the law doesn't prohibit crypto participants. So me and most people probably don't use a VPN when trading because that's redundant, the future will probably use it if necessary.

All the trading sites I can access because my country is not strict about trading because honeslty they are supported crypto .
So I did not encounter any problem when I try to visit to the exchanges sites but I don't the others if they experienced trouble because their country not supported crypto and I do not if the vpn will works because for sure the government will really sure their citizens will not access any related of crypto.

VPNs were quite justified back in the Wild West times of crypto-trading:

• Hardly any Exchange required KYC, you were able to trade almost anonymously
• There have not yet been any court decisions that would prevent users from certain countries - such as the USA - from accessing the exchange. For example, someone from Asia could choose a VPN in America and hide his tracks even better.
• Many Exchanges were published in a very short time, established exchanges like Binance or Bitfinex did not exist yet. So we as traders wanted to give these exchanges as little as possible information about us as traders, including of course our ip adresses

Today, all major exchanges require KYC anyway. Here, using a VPN can even cause problems if the nationality of the account does not match the IP address region.
There have been reports here in Bitcointalk of users wanting to withdraw their coins but being blocked by the exchange for at least some time due to suspicious access behavior.

So what used to be an advantage and gave the "anonymous" Bitcoin trade an extra layer of security can nowadays even lead to problems when you want to withdraw your coins/FIAT. But I would still use VPNs for Exchanges without KYC and regional limitations, I just don't want to have to rely on access logs not being stored and in the worst case being made available to some governmental organization.

If there is no restriction in our country for the platform, of course the answer is NO. Moroeve rif we are using certain application that really eases us to do trading. It is better not to use the VPN

This is another problem for us, especially when in the beginning there were no restrictions on that platform. And then our country bans the platform to access. Of course, we can't just get away from the exchange platform. Especially if we are familiar with the platform and also have a lot of assets and experience there. Then we can do our best to keep using the platform. One of them is using the use of VPN or DNS systems.

Like what happened in my country recently. When a large exchange is banned and we can't access it anymore, then I personally have no choice but to use a VPN.

As an example, in countries such as India and Russia, the government very often declares that any actions of citizens with cryptocurrencies will be criminalized. Perhaps today the government has not yet adopted such tough laws and may not accept them in the future, but it seems to me that in this situation, cryptocurrency traders, being in these countries, in any case are forced to use a VPN to avoid problems.

Even exchanges will always advice you to work with your countries regulatory authorities in regards to participating in crypto related activities. It's best you keep off than stress yourself using VPN to by pass contradictory rules. It doesn't make you safe. Besides, if the site can be accessed, then it seems it is allowed for you to operate on that platform within your jurisdiction. Except you want to be blank for some other reasons.

I personally don't use VPN for my trading. I find it to be needless as it doesn't offer any added advantage to my trading neither do I have any intension of evading any authority as it's not exactly illegal to trade cryptos in my nation.
On this, binance do require KYC which I find very discomforting but, they've been there and is much more a safe exchange to me so, I trade with them.

Using a VPN is a very fast way to get your account blocked by exchanges, they do not like people hiding their place of residence as this could generate problems to them if someone from a forbidden location decides to use their services, just look at what happened to McAfee and now he is facing jail time, it is better to just follow the law of your country and if you are already holding some bitcoin and then the laws were changed to forbid its possession then just lay low until the law changes again.

A good suggestion and a good option to take because when using up VPN then youre ip will really change from time to time which is likely to create some problem later on when
the exchange platform do notice such odd of changing IP's.

Next? Then here the verification thing where they do ask you out and that would really be a big hell of a problem specially if you do put up big amounts into your platform wallet.

When you're using VPN on accessing a site just because neither your country prohibits you or the site do really make out exclusion on some countries then you're
fully aware that anytime you get caught then you're fucked up.

You would really be fuck'ed if they would really get you on using vpn and remember that it do really shows on sites terms and conditions when we do register on the site that they'll have full rights and confiscate all of the money you do had once you violate one of their ToS which means then everytime you do make log-in with the site using up vpn will always have the risk.Lucky for you if you do still make use and havent detected out yet
but sooner or later they will really able to know it out and you will surely face up the consequence.So its much better not to risk out your money into a platform on where you do know that might have the risk or tendency
on getting blocked or locked.It will really be hassle on complying requirement just for you to get your funds back and if you dont like headache then its better to stop on early phase.

Using proxy services or masking IP addresses is the reason for brokers to ban the account if they can detect the user violates the terms-conditions of service. Some brokers only let one account per person-household-IP address but for hedging the positions smart traders open a new account with agreeing on another user. For this reason, I never use a VPN and a real IP address is safer than blacklisted IP addresses. Proxy services mask the real IP address and it is dangerous to trade with the many accounts no matter the trader tells the truth or not.

In addition to what everyone has said, it is not recommended to use VPNs to access exchange website as websites like these (that deals with money) usually have security in place to lock accounts in order to safeguard in case of an account break in. You might use it for a while without issue but it becomes a problem when you go back to your default IP or switch to another VPN. Since they won't know its you, they'll immediately lock you out of your account and demand for KYC.

That's what happened with majority of Bittrex accounts sometime in 2017 - 2018 (forgotten the exact time period) at the end of the day, Its always better to be safe than sorry. If the risks, outweighs the rewards, you can give it a try and push your luck.

Maybe it only happened in the past, because as time goes by I decide to no longer use vpn or something, if my ip is banned then I will immediately leave the platform and look for something else. Currently there are many exchange platforms, so why should I force to use the exchange while there are many other platforms that are friendly for me to use. It all depends on your own, because sometimes a coin can only be traded on one particular exchange but still, so far I can use them kindly.

Exactly! On my part, I have not used VPN in any of my tradings as there is really no reason to go that way. There are so many reputable exchanges where you don't need to use VPN. If you need to go beyond what is normal, then there's chance that your funds will be trapped if the site will tell you, you are violating their ToS. And you can't do anything about that.

Using VPN in trading is not necessary. Most of trading platforms have already required traders to provide many details of their KYC. Therefore, if you are citizens of restricted country, you can not participate in trading despite changing your IP to other location.

Second, implementing VPN in your trading activity can cause many troubles. Slower connection can make trader become more hesitate in making an order. It can make your order slipped away from your previous entry point and it definitely drives you mad. Nobody wants to have a bad entry at all.

And you can also be banned in some platforms. So remember to read policy and TOS for the purpose of avoiding violating the rules. I always hate to deal with customers support. Exchanges like Binanace have good customer support, but it never be a comfortable process

I agree, if you're turning millions then if these government agencies want to find you then they will and VPN won't help. But I think for traders with small profit even with the use of VPN will probably go unnoticed, unless that particular country is set to get rid of crypto users (hard to believe but some leaders out there can be very opinionated).

To close off, VPN usage for trading or anything crypto related is well known, and for some light touch on the subject as to which ones are more suitable for certain exchanges this is a light material you can read, right here (https://www.vpnservice.com/blog/which-vpn-is-the-best-for-crypto-trading-and-bitcoin-payments/) .

Like everyone says here on your thread. It's pointless if you are using a VPN to avoid getting traced by security agencies because they will still able to noticed you if they detected you are using a VPN. So you won't get away with them because your country restricts cryptocurrency, especially if you have huge amount of funds in your wallet that they might get confiscated by them.

VPN on exchange is as dangerous as it gets, I do not condone it because a lot of people want that extra layer of security and they want to be capable of hiding their IP from the exchanges but the reality is that if you keep trading with VPN eventually the exchange might ask your KYC as well and at that moment it would be hard to explain to them that you were using a VPN and you are not connecting from where you said you are connecting from.

It may look like the owner of that account was in nation A and then there is a connection from Nation B which would look like it is getting hacked. Which is why the exchanges may block your account and no matter how much you try to explain to them that your account shouldn't be blocked and it is actually yours, because of the VPN it might be in trouble.

Not everyone have that someone and even if they have that someone there i no reason for that someone to trust you and give their personal identity to register for you.

It seems like many members here have problems trading using a VPN, because it doesn't guarantee that using a VPN will be safe.
I suggest that if your country is one of those banned from trading on the exchanges, don't try to access using a VPN. Because there is
a possibility that you will be caught and your account will be banned. Better to find other exchanges that accept your countries to be
able to trade. Not all exchanges have strict rules.

I'll bet a huge proportion of the problems are people forgetting to... turn the VPN on sometimes.

You often read about people having their Coinbase accounts frozen when they try to log in when they're legitimately abroad, let alone pretending with a VPN. I wouldn't do it myself but I know people don't have a choice in some places, even then I'd very hesitant to do it.

You're also 100% dependent on the VPN company being up and on the ball. Everyone has a wobbly moment every now and then.

Using a VPN is of course very dangerous because it will redefine a different IP but there are many other platforms that use easier exchanges without specific IP blocking.
I always trade by avoiding using a VPN because for me it is dangerous and I will not use it again, every time I trade will do KYC for even more security.

But what I'm still confused about is that Binance is blocking my region's IP and is forced to use a VPN if that's also necessary.

No I don't, I feel it just slows my connection doing a trade. And they can still track you if they really want to. It's rather dangerous to me if that trading website has ip blocking and you use different ip locations to access that site. If the trading website you want to use is blocked in your country, you may want to read some articles or visit some forum how to access it. What vpn is the best to use that won't get your account blocked in the long run.

No, I don't, but if I think or I feel that I need to use VPN, I will use it. But for trading or browsing on the internet, I don't use a VPN. Although crypto is still on the grey side in my country, I can browse many crypto websites without having blocked or banned. But for some gambling websites, I think using a VPN can help us visit on the site because the site applies restricted access for the country on their list.

I am using VPN on some sites that I want to visit but when it comes to trading I never used VPN I trust all the exchanges I'm using and I don't want to get questioned on why I'm using a VPN and besides my location is not very strict in Cryptocurrency, if you are going to use a VPN be sure that is ok with the trading platform you are using, to avoid future troubles.

I don't use VPN Many people use VPN software to protect their privacy online as well as to stay safe. But instead of keeping it safe online multiple VPN software is smuggling all your information. Using VPN is not very convenient to do business. Because in order to use VPN you have to be connected to the server of one organization and if you want to be connected to another server there is a possibility of personal leak.

I think only a few VPNs provide a script like that because many VPNs provide free and really safe so they can be used to do any search and visit any site you want without any restrictions from the internet network provider used in your area .

I never use vpn to trade.. Most exchanges do not support vpn and I mostly use bybit. So whenver I use vpn, I wont be able to use the exchange. Just like my vpn location is always restricted.
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Do you ask these kind of questions?

Have you ever had problems using a VPN? because it seems you are not happy using a VPN. the use of a VPN does have many risks, especially the risk of data theft, malware attacks, prone to piracy and others. But this risk is obtained with a free VPN that can be accessed by everyone, but for a private VPN you have to pay to be able to use it, in my opinion, it is still quite safe even though it is not recommended if it is not in a deep problem.

In my country, Indonesia, Binance Web Desktop is currently blocked due to a problem with the Financial Services Authority. I can't access Binance from the web or desktop and can only be accessed via the app. well when there is a problem like this the use of a VPN is very necessary, but it must be a premium VPN. Trading using a VPN is only done when you really need a VPN to open that market.

No I won't use VPN even if my country does not support crypto because there are no laws that can stop me transacting in crypto. If you want to use VPN to hide your crypto transactions, better do Western Union transactions or ask your relatives abroad to sell your coins there and send you the money if privacy doesn't concern you. You can use VPN to surf crypto relevant websites and use mixers to open your new wallet and show it in another place with a different VPN to sell your coins anonymously.

No I don't use VPN. Because my country doesn't have any specific laws regarding crypto to be honest. But yeah, if they are going to create some laws regarding crypto trading, I will never use VPN because if the government is going to find out that I use proxy to bypass then they might even confiscate my coins and I'll be left with nothing lmao. Best is to play fair.

I think it's not possible for the government to confiscate assets/coins from you even if your government is banning your country citizens to use crypto. The worst thing that might happen to you knowing that you are trading on a centralized exchange is to get your account locked/freeze and give you the hassle to get your assets back by the exchange.

There aren't many good reasons for people to use VPN on an exchange, It can just bring complications like having you detected by the exchange that you are logging in on multiple IP addresses that can make you broke their TOS.

I don't need a VPN for trading, because my country does not prohibit using cryptocurrency as a digital asset. My country only prohibits
using cryptocurrency for payments, so I can trade without using a VPN. But I have experimented with several exchanges to access using
free VPN, and it is true that most of exchanges have blocked our accounts and need KYC to unblock them. But there are a few exchanges
where it doesn't matter if we use a VPN.

^ Having a free VPN is not looking good, you probably have a problem in the future if you will continue using it. Probably it is good if you will experiment a small amount that willing to lose. We know that using a VPN  in most exchanges are not tolerated and allowed. Probably I will be considered a paid VPN for a better service. You can't find better service by using a free VPN. Nevertheless, you can read this for further details of using free VPN that probably hidden dangers. https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/free-vpns-are-not-safe-to-use/

I prefer to buy a premium VPN, so I can hide my real IP, especially if I want to browse or searching for some more information. Besides that, if the free VPN is not recommended, we will need to be careful because we don't know if the software does not contain something we don't know. Paid VPN will give us so many options of the countries that we can use to access many websites, and we can change to many IP if we want. But I think that we don't need to use a VPN for trading because that can make the exchanges suspicious with our account.

Using VPN is unnecessary for me, no laws to govern cryptocurrency here that I live, though they do have some plans to create laws soon, but something else has been happening and no one is talking about that for now because they have been carried away from it. Even at that, only people that are living in places where it’s illegal will worry themselves much on making use of a VPN.

Yeah that’s right! If I have the intention of making use of VPN on any exchange or platform at all I would ask them to verify if they are allowing such thing, because if you keep disguising yourself to make use of their platform and they discover that later, it’s going to be a really big problem for you and your funds might not be gotten back.

No, I dont like to use VPN at all for crypto exchange. cryptocurrencies is not support by our government but most of the exchange supports my country to use the exchange. sp why i dont neee to use VPN for cryptocurrencies use. but gambling is strictly prohibited at my country, for gambling I need to use VPN. Also its not possible to do KYC for gambling, I faced a lot of problem with sportsbet because of KYC. my country did not support sportsbet but i used sportbet with VPN.

however, if you want to use vpn then don't forget to take a premium subscription. also dont use vpn in your regular browser, because there is a chance that you VPN can read your password. so try to use another one brower to use VPN.

I do not know why people keep trying tactics that we know they do not work, exchanges are very smart, they know that some of their clients will try to use VPNs to hide their activities and for the most part they will let them do whatever they want but as soon as you want to withdraw your money they will hit you with KYC, and even if you pass it now you have to deal with the fact that you violated their TOS and for the most part you will have to go through a lot just to get your money back.

Never done that 8) the laws here are not clear on cryptocurrency (although I think it’s legal because there are crypto companies here, but they have not said anything yet about laws that governs cryptocurrency).

Moreover using VPN is just not my thing, though I see a lot of my friends that are into it and using it to access websites that they don’t have access to in the country, but I’m not all about those kind of stress. If it stops working, maybe I would try use a VPN to access it, that’s if it happens all of a sudden when I still have some crypto stored on that exchange.

I am using Binance exchange right now and have to use VPN because my country not allowed to access Binance exchange market without use VPN. Last two week almost trader in my country faced trouble with access to Binance exchange by using website link Binance.com but try is error but using application is running well. Some trader use application for trading spot and future on Binance but I dislike using mobile for and application for trading than I have use VPN for entering to Binance exchange, more than two weeks Binance still not fixs their problem and we must use VPN to access on Binance, I hope this problem could process as soon possible because looks not happy if use VPN to access on exchange market.

It doesn't need to use a VPN to trading unless your country is not supporting the website. Because every time you change your IP it asks for another verification code to your mobile number or email so it makes more hassle but if you want to use why not.
But take care of them banned or don't support it to your country one of the best things to do is to find trading suitable and supported in your country.


Also using VPN gives a lot of hassle too like finding a configuration or paying for the subscription it is better to does not use if not necessary.

It is not hassle at all. Only need a few additional steps to login to your trading account. Moreover, using residential IP (IP with fixed address) does not make you to provide verification code. Or perhaps using VPS is another form of VPN. And according to my knowledge, some vps are even faster than using our personal computer because their internet services are registered with highest speed.

Therefore, benefits are existed while utilizing other IP.

I am also feeling using VPN for crypto trading is never been good idea because this can create more problems for user as sometime if you need to pass KYC then surely its going against use try to have exchanges which are allowed in all countries and user able to use them without any VPN is really good for any person otherwise leaving trading is much better and healthy idea instead of losing funds for this all.

Apart from the issue of exchange policy itself, enabling VPN on the exchange is not very useful because accounts are not published in it or communicate with each other such as forums or social media. When using an exchange, all matters are between you and the exchange, no need for any protective coating.

Crypto exchange and social media are generally used for used for different purpose but the use of VPN when visiting exchange site is very useful if privacy is top priorities cause data breach and hacker attack happened sometime which may someone make exchange user vulnerable to attack.

Crypto is not fully regulated in Eastern Europe. At least that's what I know. I see no reason to use VPN, unless of course you are engaged in suspicious schemes or use illegally obtained funds. Some states even welcome the crypto sphere.

I don't know if I am eligible to answer because we have approved exchanges here that accept members from my country but honestly if I was in such a situation I would rather not trade and do P2P trades from websites like localbitcoins than to trade using a VPN and risking my all coins to be swallowed by the exchange once they know the reality.

I am not entirely sure but maybe dex can help you in such situation because they are not centralized and hence you are never at any kind of risk but really unsure as I give this advice because I haven't used many of them.

My country is allowing crypto so  I can trade where ever I want and we have own wallet and crypto ATM and it is good news for the people here in my country because there is no strict about using and trading the crypto coins. I don't know if the VPN will works if the Country ban all related to the crypto such as wallet, trading sites ,investment and I don't know if they have other ways to unblock it.

If we can trade without using a VPN, why should try trading with a VPN. Because in my opinion the risk is very big when trading using
a VPN, if it gets caught by the exchanges where we usually trade. Worst of all, our accounts can be blocked and our funds will also be
frozen. So far I have been safe crypto trading without using a VPN, so don't want to try trading using a VPN.

This is actually true. VPN causes trouble on the long run, if not sooner then later simply because of the different IPs it generates every time you connect to a VPN.
I actually haven't had the reason to use a VPN simply because it is not needed to trade in my country. I can actually trade without having to resort to using a VPN which is much safer for me.
I've heard stories of guys who use VPN to trade only for such accounts to be blocked and funds frozen with it.
The guy i quoted suggested using VPS, I haven't heard of it but I guess it's way better than VPN since it uses a specific or dedicated IP address

You better think twice before using a VPN when trading. A friend of mine had trouble and got his account frozen when he used a VPN. Crypto trading isn't restricted in our country but my friend just forgot that he's using a Vpn. There are still ways to trade even without the use of it so it's better if you won't put your funds at risk.

The use of VPN is not without purpose because it is really needed when several exchanges are blocked in a country. For example, Binance Web which is currently still blocked in my country, Indonesia and requires a VPN network to be able to access it. Speaking of VPN and VPS, these two networks are closely related. VPN is a Virtual Private Network, there is a virtual computer network that allows someone to access protected areas with different Private IPs. Meanwhile, VPS is a Virtual Private Server, a kind of computer server in virtual form or it can also be used as a website hosting that stores website data and other files. VPS is also part of a VPN. Use a premium VPN or VPS to be more secure.

the disadvantages of using a free VPN;

there is no point in using a VPN, maybe today you are safe, but in the future, we do not know what will happen..  I only trade through the Firefox browser, indeed I have tried trading using a tor browser but the internet speed is very slow so that the buy or sell activity is very disturbed.  So far I have no reason to use a VPN in trading..

I don't have optional way how to trade without using VPN (Virtual Private Network) when accessing to Binance exchange market, more than last two week I have got used to use VPN (Virtual Private Network) because my country IP not allowed using domestic IP to open and trade with Binance exchange market, I don't know why Binance exchange block with my country IP, first time looks not easy why we have VPN for entering to Binance account and we use private browser when trading, not safety when opening our social media like facebook, twitter and instagram using VPN and try to log in gmail with using VPN, I have open two browser each other to Binance exchange have to use VPN and without VPN to my social media platform.

Depends on where I am trading, if I am trading on my national local exchange I am definitely not using VPN because it is my own nations website, why would I want to look like I am coming from another country, I am even willing to give my KYC to them because they share it with the government (well technically police have a department for it) and considering they already have my information anyway from the bank side of things, I see no problem with KYC sharing on the crypto side as well since they already know it anyway.

But when we are talking about foreign places, if there is registered governmental involvement, I rather not do that, because I do not want my trading to be known by a foreign country, why would I do that, I would rather keep that part a bit more secret.

It will just compromise the data and security of us. Maybe, it will help us today to evade some terms and regulations of the government. But it might also affect us just like what you said. If there is a legal sentiment between your country and exchange. And there are also restrictions, better not use vpn to risk what you have. In fact, there are many exchanges which not restricted your country to invest. Or try to fly away in your country in order to go out from the restrictions.

I agree that as long as you can access the exchange without using a VPN you should go for that route and make sure you are not using an illegal exchange because a lot of times exchange will accept customers from all around the world and later when you withdraw large sum of money they will ask for KYC and then deny the withdrawal stating that we don't allow users from your country and you clicked on I agree the terms and conditions where somewhere it would be written we don't accept users from ABC country.

Better to use an exchange like Binance so at least you know that if they allow you to make account and trade then you are all set and good and if even problems happen later you at least know the intent of the exchange is not to scam you by any means.

An example can be seen here, it's related to gambling though but the same can happen on exchanges - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5261029.0

They kept asking for various ID proofs and after the user provided all proofs they still froze his account.

You can use a VPN when an exchange is blacklisted in your country which means you are not supposed to use it. Exchanges may ask you KYC at that time you will be exposed from your fake location so your funds will get locked so never ever try to use VPN with exchanges just because you are prohibited to use the exchange from your location.

By the way, understand VPN is not going to give you complete privacy and can do more harm than good in crypto space.

For trading VPN always risky and as third party handle this software there chance to hack your site or your personal computer. There are too many example about hacking with VPN but where govt full restricted crypto site there they can use VPN as no other options. But always bear in mind that risky of hacking.

thanks.

But what would you do when the exchange does not allow registration from your country and there is no option but to use a proxy network to access the exchange. I think it should be fine as long as you are using the exchange normally because ultimately the exchange is earning money on each trade you make on their platform so there is no reason for them to ban or restrict you unless you do something fishy or outrageous.

Indeed the hacker can also see all the data sent between you and the platform if not encrypted and using a proxy at least hides your real information and you are less prone to be hacked and stalked because it is a common tactic hackers use where they will find your location and some details about you, then blackmail you and stalk your everyday activities.

when you start professional trading so please avoid any VPN because of maximum VPN provider trying to scam or leaked personal data and information example use a VPN with a trading broker so the maximum chance of hacking attack your trading broker and leaked email, password also most of the chances lost your fund another site few of VPN provider is trusted more than thousand VPN provider, so I preferring that when you start professional trading so avoid VPN and enabled 2FA for safe your fund.

Exchanges are very sensitive about this and it is understandable as governments are trying to close their doors and will look for any excuse to do so and exchanges are feeling the pressure as the regulations are increasing and without a doubt this has to impact their profit margins, so they cannot allow themselves to lose their business just because an user wanted to use a VPN to remain anonymous, as such it is better to not take the risk and if you are going to use centralized exchanges just accept you cannot use VPNs anymore.

That's really strange because if the rules allow you to trade bitcoins for other coins then surely you should be able to spend the coins anywhere you want. I mean at the end of all trades how are you going to cash your bitcoins for cash then?

I would never suggest using a VPN for accessing an exchange because you are moving towards the illegal side of crypto and it can be troubling if the authorities find that you are doing something like that and even the exchange can block your withdrawals at any instant if they detect VPN.

I think if you purchase a dedicated VPN though you might easily be able to bypass any scrutiny from the exchange because VPNs are usually detected because of their common IP addresses.

Anyways I would still never advise using VPN to access any exchange that does not allow users from your country.

maybe what he meant here is he can also convert his crypto to his local fiat via trading. but directly using crypto as payment is not possible (i.e. due to their govt laws towards crypto or absence of merchants accepting crypto). so what he does is, exchange his crypto to his fiat and then use that fiat for payment purposes.


not really advisable as you are giving reason for the exchange to freeze your funds or be suspicious about your account, that may eventually give you headache when they decide to block your account


bottomline, just dont use VPN to avoid issues that you may regret afterwards.

I don't use VPN for trading, personally I always classify it as tunnelling application which can be compromised by the providers, implication of using it is that vital information of the users can stolen like passwords and other valid documents, although my country allow the of cryptos thus giving me  the freewill to trade and transact it.

Im not using any kind of VPN because I can trade without it and not all the VPN is works who is hide your true location maybe it will risky to your information because they have vpn who are not legit who getting your iformation so be careful and for sure it will not qorks if your country are not allowed the cryptocurrency but I guesd most of the country are they can able to trade without any trouble.

Use VPN or not depend on interests when we have active with VPN or not, I will discuss with Binance only could access by using VPN and I have activate VPN on my computer during many risk waiting for when to access something, specially will give bad effect with social media account detected with different IP from the other access, what have to do because without activate the VPN I can't open Binance exchange market because have block in my country. Just when have important moment I only open Binance exchange without must active on media social afraid will make my social media account block with different activity IP.

i'm not from crypto friendly sphere. but i won't using VPN service for cause of trading and i never needed VPN most of biggest exchanges i can access in my own country. some restricted exchanges i don’t need to use those. using vpn can threat for ur personal identification also.

We have heard different opinions among our beloved forum members towards using VPN, the result was the same even it has different thoughts and opinions. The answer was also the same for me, I will never also use a VPN on any websites that were I deposited my money. In exchanges, a gambling website or even using my social media, I never used PVN.

How come? can you elaborate more on how they are connected to each other? There's no KYC upon having pictorial.

VPN is won't do so much for you because it is not a complete filter to make yourself anonymous when you are trading. If your local official really want to know who you are and what you are doing, VPN will be nothing since they are more powerful and they control the network or telecom that you are using even if the VPN is active. It may help you and you can use it as long as you want but other traders are not recommending it since it doesn't have too much help and may only make your computer's life span shorter.

I doubt that they would really end up into that extent unless if the entire country is really that too serious on implementing out those rules or laws about its citizens do make out such bypass.

Telecom or ISP would able to detect it out? No they wont unless if you are really that be in priority to be surveillance but considering on the number of population, do you really think that they
will spent some time? I highly doubt on that one.

Trading up in using VPN then its up to your choice and since you do know the restriction then you're pretty much aware on the risk once you've been caught on such activity.

If you are using a free shady VPN then you have a point that they could have a backdoor and steal things, never install anything that is shady because it is free. When it comes to trading there is no point in using a VPN when you are submitting all your credentials to an exchange if you are trading with them. Even when you are trying to trade from a banned country most of the exchanges will not allow you to trade as you will never pass their KYC.

I don't fully understand the potential hacks for personal trading accounts, but I don't think that's a strong reason to use VPN to protect account data from hacking because most trading accounts don't store too much personal data on their profile pages, not even a photo to download.

CMIIW.

Then I will not use that exchange. Wouldn't such exchanges ask for a customer's personal identity to ensure the customer doesn't come from a restricted country?

I will not force myself to pretend to be someone from a certain country worrying that my account is at greater risk of being locked.

When have country not allow without use VPN for registration you should use VPN, but you can check safety VPN without paid and getting free VPN for accessing to exchange market, I know what happen with several country block for using Paypal last few year and the same thing happen right now any country not have access to exchange market without use VPN. I think will safety using vpn to access on your exchange account but always protect your account exchange with 2fa, email authication and always keep notify on your email when some one access to your account. We can't know how secure with VPN to protect exchange account because many exchange not allowed to use VPN.

I don't use a VPN because it's not needed in my country. And if needed in our country, it would give me a headache because it will just slow the connection.

I hold my wallet in a good location because our country allows us to use and trade crypto-currency.


Very well said. I want to add more about using a FREE VPN. There are no such free services in this world. Some of these VPN sell customer's data. If you're thinking you're safe using these free services, think twice. Why would they create free services if they can't gain money from this business?

That's why I would rather avoid using any VPN and choose an exchange that allows my country than having to hand over my details at a later date.
Hackers also rarely attack personal accounts instead of attacking exchange servers. So, protecting myself with a VPN layer to access the exchange I don't think is very useful.

That sounds like my worse nightmare trying to explain to Crypto exchange that my IP isnt from where I actually am.

We have to jump though enough hoops to make sure our funds are safe with these exchanges as is.

Adding a VPN would onlt make it so much more complicated when they want to verify identity.  |

DO NOT attempt to do this- nothing good can come out of ir for you and you might lose all your funds.

With so many exchanges today traders have the option to trade on exchanges that don't block the trader's area of ​​origin, so there's no reason to use a VPN, maybe VPN can apply when using DEX.

Use paid VPN's, It works if you are trying to access SnapEx from a restricted country.

This is why we have to check their TOS. We have a choice if we don't want to use their exchange if we feel that their TOS is not suited for us, I am doing this for the sake of exchange but it is our responsibility to abide by their rules to avoid this kind of complication. It may be sensible that verification/KYC may solve all of the issues about country restriction but we agreed about some of their other terms and some loopholes that exchange might implement to us. Decentralized exchanges are made to avoid these kinds of problems but let's be honest that centralized exchange is more comfortable to use. There is some kind of trade-off on different platforms.

And where do you live in such a place where you are under pressure if you trade cryptocurrencies? Or anyone on this forum can tell me any place where laws aren't crypto-friendly? If yes, then also quote from the law.
If you plan to use something, prioritize VPN over proxy because it encrypts and secures all the network traffic. Also, when choosing VPN, be 100% sure that you choose the one that offers unique IP address. When you use regular VPN and exchange sees that sometimes you log in from IP X, sometimes from Y, Z, etc, it does make you look suspicious for them. Their security is like a user must log in from certain IP regularly. New IPs everyday makes it hard for them to understand which one really belongs to you.

I honestly don't recommend it especially if you are on a big exchange there's a high chance that they will detect you and close your account and worst thing is that they will confiscate your the fund in your account.

Though many countries are not adopting CryptoCurrency but I think it is not problem for exchanging CryptoCurrency. Yes, using vpn can be harmful for account. Besides, I don't find any good opportunity in vpn for exchanging.

I agree, that might be the issue. Although VPN also provides better security and protection when you use exchanges it's not recommended. It's not worth to risk troubles with your account.
Also, I don't think that any country waists time and resources just to monitor their citizens who trade on exchanges.

Maybe the exchange itself monitor those stuffs to report their activities to their certain government. But it is nit going to give any benefits to the users only maybe helpful.to increase the number of crypto users from certain region for whatever purposes, intentionally.

correct its the exchange that monitor , country or government wont waste time because they already banned the access on the first place , on some case the access isnt banned but you cant only enter the exchange if you didnt use a vpn because they may have been told that traders on those ' x ' countries are not going to be allowed .

 the exchange can get benefit from it if they obey the protocol given to them by the government such as if they monitor and report illegal users  .

Nope.
1. People can't see your IP because you don't share the data with the others. So, there is no reason to actually use VPN to hide your IP.
2. Trading is okay to do in most of the countries, even the internet provider tracks you, you should be fine. Unless you are gambling, then it's recommended to use VPN to bypass this risk.
3. Some of the exchanges prohibit the usage of VPN, so be aware of that.

The use of VPN to register an access an exchange site that restricted an area is not advisable because it totally against TOS of the exchange site and in the future if the user's have an issue that involve KYC or other identity verification it may lead to loose of fund and it better to stay away from such exchange site.

Mate, VPN was not use to protect exchange or social media accounts and it was use for a situation when privacy is top priority.

It is simply not worth it, if you want to trade in a particular exchange that does not allow your country then it is better that you simply avoid that exchange instead of trying to trick them, there are many exchanges out there and I am sure one of them is bound to accept people from your country so there is no need to use a VPN at all, and if all of that fails you could always use a decentralized exchange and trade that way and not have to worry about such things ever again.

true it just doesn't matter to trading coins for this no need to crypto friendly country. there no way to government will find u. if u can access in favorite and user friendly exchanges, here why u have to depend on Vpn. if ur country's restricted in exchange when might be use if exchange allow vpn.   

I am managing three accounts from same exchange but all the three accounts are KYC verified. I am taking care of my friends' accounts and one my own account and this is the reason I am needing VPN to differentiate the accounts that I am managing from one computer. I have checked with exchange support for accessing through different country IP addresses and they cleared that is not a problem as long as we are all KYC compliant.

One big advantage I am enjoying through multiple accounts is, I'm able to gather multiple free giveaways. My friends also do not mind them so I'm able to collect them for my own benefits. I believe still I'm not breaking any of TOS of exchanges and also I am informing my friend about those free giveaways and just for the reason of I am taking care of their accounts, they are also happy to pay me in terms of those free exchange giveaways :).

Policies differ for each exchange if you do not any have problems from them when using their exchange in this way then that is fine, however stay up to date when they make any change on their TOS since they could always change their policies and then disallow what you are doing even if it was allowed before, some exchanges at that point could just terminate your accounts and then give you your money back which is fine but some exchanges use this as an excuse to steal from their customers and retain their funds so you need to be careful.

On a few platforms where I have tried using VPN to trade, I got some warnings, and I was unable to place any trade so far my VPS was switched on. Binance and Kucoin are typical examples of exchanges where you can't trade with a VPN and there is a possibility that your account may get a ban in the process. While L Bank, Bitmert exchange is accessible with VPN as of the last time I had a transaction with the platform sometime in 2021, but don't know if there have been any changes by now.

I live in Bangladesh, and cryptocurrency is banned here. Although it is banned, some trading platforms could still be accessed and are not banned.  So when I use them, I try not to use VPNs. Because the latency could somehow disrupt the timing of trades. Price moves so fast sometimes and it becomes difficult to open or close trades in that kind of situation. I think it is always best to use any VPN service for normal use. When there aren't any complications about latency, we should always protect our privacy.

Recently there are some news and new law for the usage of cryptocurrency. If found guilty of owning or being involved with crypto, you could get into jail. Even right now, I am accessing the Bitcoin forum with a VPN. I don't know what will happen if they track me now. But it is always smart to take proper caution. Trying to stay away from any troubles. So right now VPN is the best option I guess.

I would have said there are only handful of crypto friendly nations in our would but they aren't up to a handful of those. Most of what we've got are nations that aren't very objective of it but still, they alienate the currency and that's what it's going to be to many nations for a long time, foreign until, its inevitable.

Again, why do I have to hodl my cryptocurrency in nations with better jurisdiction?
What nations hbe enter jurisdiction?

Using VPN on many platforms are considered an uncultured act and shouldn't be so, I rather stick with what is local than seek refuge in places where should it turn south, I'll have foreign policies to deal with.

VPN is indicative of some restrictions. It is when you don't want to be identified either through your IP that you may want to use VPN or it is personal for the person to use it based on his or her own decision even if no restrictions but otherwise just very few or maybe no one want to bother themselves about VPN. If your country have no trade restrictions on cryptocurrency, why the need for VPN.

Kind of use VPNs because I had access to free data through it but because am mostly trading through prop firms that have their own rules...and for starters VPNs aren't allowed here unless you tell them about it before you trade..also they discourage the use of VPNs because some people were fond of group trading which was considered a red flag on their side as it showed that some users hardly knew how to trade but were simply copy trading.
Agreed, but it will also depend on the broker or whatever platform used for trading.

Yea, VPN doesn't do anything. Anyone who has a little knowledge about Cybersecurity will know that a VPN is almost as good as useless. Doesn't do you any much good. And never combine Tor and VPN. If you are in a country where cryto trading is illegal, please do not break the law by trying to trade just obey the law. It is only a person who has freedom that can trade, buy or sell cryptocurrencies.

It doesn't really do a thing in trading unless you're from a country that has banned crypto and trading it but you're trying to break that law, you're at risk in using it. So those that are in a tough situation that they are required to use VPN, they are aware of the consequences that they might face later on upon breaking the law through it.

This is the typical use of VPN for the majority just to avoid the exact IP and location they have. But for those that are in real situation that they can't trade, this is their solution.

The OP already gave a hint on what it can do. If you still can't get it then I will make it straight to the point. VPN allows you to fake your location by changing your IP address and you can now access those blocked websites. It is necessary if you badly want to use those websites. It does provide a security and privacy.

There is only a drawback and that is if you got caught, you will face serious consequences. First, you can get fined or jailed by your locality then second is your online accounts will be closed down. I never tried using a VPN though wherever I trade because fortunately trading in my country is still allowed but I am confident that what I'm saying earlier was accurate.

The most annoying mistake of using the VPN is that it gets disconnected atimes unknowingly to you while you think it might still be active and then you keep on doing the norms without knowing it was been disconnected due to network glitches it has encounter, while your IP address is already been tracked and marked down on the process, there are some mistakes that are inevitable on a long run that you will discover them the least time you expect seing them manifest, you cannot always remained careful enough in avoiding such kind of mistakes, so I will advise you don't start at all.

This topic is kind of old, for activities to be contributed to and the OP had negative trust as well. That being said why will you have to trade with VPN, what are you actually hidding is what I don't understand, probably you ain't a trusted fella and let's say the activities you engaged your self in are illegal. That's why you intend to stay anonymous.

No I haven't use any vpn on for my trading. Because trading on centralized exchangers is already Risky and here if you use vpn it can be more high risky. Because when you use a centralized exchanger, your funds will be on their custody, if you use a VPN, they can take it the break their rules and can freeze your funds. So it will be best to find a platform where you can use that without vpn. Also if it is illegal in your country then you should find another way instead of trading

Why not possible to hide my Ip address? So many premium VPN company still provided such opportunity to keep anonymous, there are no problem to use crypto even also you are not belong in any crypto friendly country, if government did not monitoring that. You can use TOR browser here your browsing history will be encrypted.

Last years when my country banned or blocked access to Binance exchange almost of our member used VPN for trading in Binance, right now not only Binance but also many exchange have been blocked by our government from Huobi and Bitmart. There are not any option yet except have to used and installed VPN in our mobile phone or add on VPN on chrome website, but today we can access to some exchange blocked trough exchange application but not available using exchange via browser.

Its not happy for us active trading on global exchange when blocking by government, I don't think with our account exchange keep secure because access using VPN and have risk later if account get blocked.

Absolutely not, I just do not take that risk because exchanges are places that has all of your money when you are trading. I understand the whole "store your coins somewhere private" but when you are trading you can't do that and it's mainly on exchanges. So that means we are going to have to force ourselves to accept that exchanges have power over ourselves and there is nothing wrong with it because it's just for that moment alone.

I will continue to just not use VPN or do anything that will put any risk into it, I will end up doing as much as possible and that way I will end up with what I have instead. I know that it's going to be a bit of a difficult thing to do but it's not going to be difficult after you start, it's only hard until you accept this as reality.

There’s a tons of risk doing that because you are clearly violating your country law and put Binance in jeopardy by accepting customers from restricted country. I’m wondering how can you still manage to exchange like Binance it has a mandatory KYC which they will detect that you are from restricted country the moment you submit your ID.

Binance is strict on freezing an account of users that came from restricted country. You should use DEX instead of CEX if you want a safe trading. CEX is the most dangerous service that you can use given your country restriction.

If he is using vpn but still can manage to withdraw, maybe he already a KYC verified before the country banned using Binance. When Binance was new, you can still withdraw without a KYC but now you can't be able to withdraw without the account verified. There's nothing wrong using vpn to trade in Binance but you have to make sure all the time before you trade you must activate the VPN because if you forgot, there's possibility of freezing your account.

I tried utilizing DEX before but didn't find any futures trading. If there is no futures trading today, I will choose CEX because it is more efficient, which is why most traders prefer CEX to DEX.

But you should use a premium VPN to make trading more secure.
If you insist on using a free VPN it will be even more dangerous than just being frozen.
 
We don't know who is using the same proxy or IP as us on the free VPN.
Sometimes VPNs store cache and cookies and that can be a good opportunity for hacking.

There are many premium VPNs available if you must use a VPN, but I don't use VPNs or third-party apps.
Just change the proxy and Binance can be accessed or use a backup domain of Binance that can be accessed in my country like Binance.me.

CEX is more attractive and Binance is more popular. You also have to think about the security of your assets, don't trust your assets too much on CEX or DEX.
Asset security is number one.

It would all boils down on the terms and conditions of a certain exchange platform. Period.
This is why it would really be always important that you should always read up terms and conditions not only limited to gambling platforms but also in exchange platform as well so that you would be wary on what are their exclusions when it comes to places and on what are their rules specially on VPN.

If you are included on the place or country on which they are prohibiting in, then why would you that trying to force on using up such platform? You are really just basically trying out to create a
potential huge problem or headache later on once you do make yourself get caught by them.

When you use a VPN proxy, you must consider Terms of Service has anything against VPN or not. If that exchange allows users to use VPN proxy, you can consider a next one. If you want to prevent problems with your national restrictions on cryptocurrency trading, you can use VPN but VPN proxy does not help you too much.

If you want to do this to avoid problems with governments, you must find non KYC exchanges to use. If you use a centralized exchange, with KYC, VPN proxy does not help you to hide your identity from government. If government want to find you, they can submit a request to that exchange and require them to share your identity with them.

Its an unavoidable position for traders to use VPN because access to some markets is blocked by the government, I have been in your position and don't know how secure with our account when accessing trough VPN will account block immediately one day later? Huobi is most exchange used for trading but I can't login with my country IP and have to use VPN, right now still secure with my account and deposit or withdrawing without any problem but not guarantee until how long access using VPN keep secure.

Dilemma for us with several market blocked in my country, do not know what have to do because Huobi is main exchange for trading and right now I still exist with this exchange.

It depends on the exchange. If you use centralized exchange with enhanced security, then I'm afraid you'll face tons of problems if you use VPN and different IPs (from which most of them are blacklisted) to log in your profile. But the situation is very different if you use decentralized exchange like BISQ. BISQ even automatically connects you to Tor network to make you appear anonymous and protect your privacy.
If I were you, I wouldn't use VPN on exchanges like Binance and Coinbase. Me and my friend tried it on his account and it got blocked due to suspicious activity, had to reset password, etc.

There is no need to use VPN for trading. VPN is usually used by people when there is an IP van in a certain country then change that IP through VPN to access that site but as far as I know all the popular crypto exchanges are open in all countries so VPN for trading  I see no need to use it. You first download any exchange on your device, after downloading the exchange on your device, you create an account on that exchange and after making an account, you can easily conduct trading activities there, you don't need to use VPN.

We are safe enough to carry out crypto trading activities, without the VPN feature, internet network access is still normal to accommodate crypto trading in my area, VPN is not a good solution to use for activities related to money, whether it's digital or fiat.

Maybe we should at this point override the existing laws on crypto, overall crypto trading laws are still under control, not banned and not ordered, at own risk, VPN not very friendly in my area.

Of course Juridical is one of our choices for storing everything related to crypto assets, all things are treated in accordance with the legal aspects that are legalized by the government.

If you are restricted then you would really be thinking on making use if VPN but we know that most platforms nowadays do ask out KYC when it comes to other features which is important like P2P, the the main question is, how you would really be able to prove out your identity if you would really be needing those ID's been asked out? For sure you would be finding yourself that sure hassle on finding some fake ID( which it isnt recommended) because on the time that you would experience issues and this one involves huge sum of money getting stuck then you would really be finding yourself into big trouble which we know that
once you do violate up their TOS then you would really be facing up consequences which its just a normal thing.

So why would make use if you could be having other options? Dont put yourself at such risks because there's always those terms and regulations been imposed by any
platforms out there. If you do find that you are restricted then simply find another and move on and never forced to go in.

In the country where I live, I don't need a VPN to make transactions or trade in crypto. Because in the country where I live, there are no restrictions on investing or trading in crypto. So I don't need a VPN to make transactions or trade in crypto, because where I live, everything related to crypto is not prohibited.
Maybe if there is a ban on crypto users, using a VPN could be the right way. Because a VPN can change a country's server, and so can circumvent country rules that prohibit crypto.

And for the matter of storing crypto assets, I keep them in my personal wallet. What I think is that the wallet is safe, and definitely non-custodial. Because the government in my country, as far as I know, doesn't issue rules relating to the use of wallets that must be used. Therefore, I personally and investors in my country, are free to use whatever wallet they want, the most important thing is that the wallet is safe. So the rules in my country are not too restrictive or complicated regarding crypto users.

There is no need to use a VPN to use any crypto exchange in my country because all crypto exchanges are directly licensed in our country. Transacting through vpn is a bit annoying because most of the time in case of vpn the server has problems which makes it difficult to conduct transactions or other activities properly. But if there is a country where the use of crypto exchange is completely prohibited then the users of that country must take such advantage through VPN.
Another annoying aspect of using vpn is that whenever you use vpn you will get annoying ads which are really annoying. And choosing a good quality VPN is difficult. Most countries can use crypto exchanges directly without the hassle of a VPN.

The same is the situation here, I don't really need to use any kind of VPN connection in order to use crypto exchanges in my country because there isn't any restriction from regulators of my country on those exchanges and they have been working without any issues.

However, I must say that if there were restriction from the government on those exchanges then in that case I would also go with a VPN to use those exchanges. But, I would only go with a paid VPN service that wouldn't keep logs of the users because that would be the most preferable and safe option for me.

The free VPN's are often bloated with adware and that's why they are annoying for me, but the ads aren't much of a concern for security, however, if those VPN's aren't run by a secure and trusted vendors then there are changes that our accounts and other confidential data can be exposed if they keep logs of the connections.

I really don't prefer free VPN's for something that has to do with accounts and financial assets because trusting those could cause huge damage, and that's why it's better to avoid those. However, if someone is still in need of using those to browse the exchanges then that's his/her own choice.

it's possible that the OP a few years ago used an exchange that did limit its user's IP. like Binance also seems to have restricted some countries from not being able to access their WEB version. but through a desktop or mobile application you can still access it.
maybe reasons like that too make people like the OP also have to use a VPN to use the exchange. maybe if it wasn't a big deal it wouldn't be a problem. but if there is a large transaction there may be a little trouble.

Most of the people thinking the trading need of VPN,but it’s not an essential one.The gambling only need to use of VPN by the gamblers,but trading doesn’t need of VPN.Because the VPN only change the ip address of the user.So the trading doesn’t need any address change to do trading,because their is no essential one in the trading.Once you download the exchange,you need to sign up the exchange.Then you can trade with the minimum investment.

If you can register your account on a centralized exchange because your location is not in their list of restricted countries or locations, you will not have to use VPN to register your account.

If they have such restrictions, you try to use VPN, you will have troubles in future with KYC, withdrawals or if they suddenly ask you to re-verify, do advanced KYC when you withdraw your money. It is very big problem with online gambling site especially if you win big and submit a withdrawal request.

If you accept to KYC on a centralized exchange, no reason to use VPN because VPN or not, they have your identity data already.

With as much as hundreds of legit exchangers around the globe with licenses to almost multiple nations I hardly think the country where you live has no exchange to trade at all? The crypto popularity is off the roof and this has caused many nations to give formal licenses to run the exchangers. Just take example of strict nation like US whose SEC started to disrupt the crypto exchangers and also successfully banned mega exchange like Binance US. However, keeping in that mind there are still many exchangers still operational with their books clean. It’s far better to choose an exchanger which preexists in your country.

What would you do if they found out you are no local national? They will immediately ban your account and probably end up ceasing your funds too.

fortunately I don't use VPN at all but the regulation of my country also banned some famous Exchange such as bybit and Binance on website but not for application, I just think why not all access is also closed. but what I hate from my government they charge high tax rate for crypto traders by 3-10%, just imagine if we trade and even cut loss then it will be double loss we will get, in my country as long as there is profit obtained from the people then it will be pursued by the tax director general, it's make us as trader should get profit more than tax we should paid

Why use a VPN if the country is not a restricted country, now only a small number of countries restrict centralized exchange.

Yes, it is because it does not match your location that the exchange will detect this use of a VPN, and obviously a platform will ask for KYC to adjust the identity when withdrawing.
It is better to avoid using VPN in trading or other gambling use IP according to your ISP it will be safer than using VPN.

Once when I opened an exchange with a VPN my withdrawal was delayed for several days, they suspected activity from two different countries.

Even though our government doesn't allow crypto trading, we can still access all the exchanges without needing a VPN, and KYC verification isn't a problem for us either.

Most of platforms does accept global users but there are a few who are really that restricted and this is why its always been that recommendable or suggested that you should really be that always reading up the site

terms and conditions on which it would really be that pertaining about those points because if you had missed out those things then you are really that susceptible to locked up funds if you are get caught.
Using up some VPN? No it wont really be that ideal and its would be better that you shouldnt really be violating site terms and conditions because on the time that you would get caught then it would really be resulting into locked up funds or would really be that waivered because of the thing that you have done. THere's no way that you could be able to submit out a document which would really be correlating with the
IP that you have been used and this is why its never been that ideal on making yourself getting involved into.

Therefore, the wisest thing to be done is to stick with those platforms which arent blocking or restricting your country or simply stick with your local.Its impossible that there would be
no available knowing that there are tons of platforms we do have now.

If you think it's unsafe for you to use VPN in your country then don't risk doing that because things may not really appear the way you expected, sometimes using VPN may not be reliable hundred percent since you may not know when there are network glitches and the app you're using got disconnected without you knowing, i want to believe there are more experienced users that can attest to this and the risk that may be involved.

If the VPN network is disconnected then it can be reconnected then it can resume trading.
But the problem for me is KYC when every centralized exchange always applies KYC while your IP and Country identity is different then it will be a suspicion of the platform against your account then try to avoid this because I am sure it is not about casinos that are restricted to certain countries but for many people trading is still free without VPN.

If you usually use a local IP and then use a VPN, your account may be frozen for a while from exchange prevention.

If you're using an exchange I don't think a vpn is needed. Because in every country where crypto exchanges are used, no VPN is required, they can easily trade without VPN. However, I have seen many times that there are some exchanges which are not open due to network problems but can be accessed very easily if VPN is enabled. But to my knowledge there are no crypto exchanges that require a vpn to access. You can trade any exchange without VPN if there is no VPN required to access the exchanges in every country.

well, maybe some countries banned some popular exchanges, so they use VPN to access them. However, this is very rarely the case, besides nowadays it is quite easy to access popular exchanges, and in fact almost every country has their own trusted exchange. Personally, I have never used a VPN to trade either. Until now, almost all popular and local exchanges can still be accessed without obstacles.

The fact is that if they want to catch you or you are in the eye, then VPN will not help you. There may be problems with the authorities
On the other hand, using VPNs can cause problems with exchanges. In the worst case, they can freeze the account or have to endlessly confirm their identity
But if it is prohibited in your country, then you need to prepare well for this issue.

An exchanger is required for trading and I have noticed that gambling sites are restricted for different countries, which means that the website cannot be accessed without a VPN from that country.  But this is not the case with Exchanger, Exchanger supports all countries and can be accessed very well without any kind of VPN.  So why should we use VPN for trading? On the other hand there are now many decentralized exchange DEXs for trading which cannot be controlled by any country's government.  So I think there is no need to use VPN in this case

Why? I have never used vpn to trade and my country ip is unbanned in all the exchanges i use. On the other hand the problems of using vpn are many as there will often be problems with ip verification.
Another thing is that using vpn requires permission in many places on your device which can be dangerous in future.

I don't trade with VPN because most of the platforms I use here for trading aren't currently restricted in my country, both forex and crypto exchanges. Those that make use of VPNs to trade are typically people that have restrictions on using some websites or platforms in their zone. Hence VPNs are needed to access those sites. Some effective VPNs are paid VPNs, while some free ones are meant to steal your data and need to deal with carefully.

Not all countries though. Just like for example on that known platform like Binance which they do have that restricted countries too.

The banned countries include OFAC countries such as North Korea and Iran, while countries that are restricted from using Binance include the United States, China, Canada, and Japan, among others.
Source (https://www.thecryptobreakdown.com/guides/binance-supported-countries#:~:text=However%2C%20there%20are%20some%20countries,%2C%20and%20Japan%2C%20among%20others.)

And this is why there's Binance.us on which it would really be only for those who do reside on such country. In overall, if you do see that you are living in a world which is restricted then it would be better to find
other alternative. Why would really be making use of VPN? You are really just that putting yourself into some serious headaches later on.
Also, we do have different or lots of alternatives in speaking of exchange platforms. Better stick on somewhere you do find yourself that comfortable.

In countries where different crypto currencies or crypto exchanges are not allowed, it is usually necessary to use a VPN for trading. There are some popular exchanges including Binance which are very popular worldwide and most of the countries have approval for these exchanges so there is no need to use VPN to use this app. You must use a VPN to take advantage of such apps, especially if no crypto exchange is allowed in your country. If you have to use VPN to conduct such activities, then you must choose a good quality VPN to conduct your trading activities. You must find and use a VPN that will protect your privacy and provide you with good service.

The same in my country Indonesian, almost of exchange market not restricted for accessing exchange market website and allowed to trade without required with KYC. I don't know how secure with our account when trading trough VPN access because has abnormal IP accessing with my exchange account usually with local IP and then have to use VPN get difference IP access. I think if can't access to exchange market website without supported VPN better purchase premium VPN not recommended with free has bigger risk later with account suddenly lock or easily get hack.

Free VPN has advertising ads and make us annoying when accessing the exchange market have waiting until ads advertising close, don't be too calculating by paying under $5 to get a premium VPN and our data more secure.

No, in the country where I'm residing, there are no restrictions when it comes to the exchange or platform used for trading crypto currency. But because of the recent news that in the Philippines they will start to ban access to Binance, it looks like I will need to use a VPN to access Binance because that's where I do my trades and also my exchanges. Luckily, it is not against the rules and regulations of Binance to use it, so I will need to find reliable VPN software that is trusted and doesn't overcharge, as some VPNs are too expensive to avail of their services.

but still be careful with the usage of VPN. If you have current exchanges or platforms, make sure to know if they allow the usage of VPN because you will not want your account to be banned on the platform, and it is also better to use VPN on a daily basis to avoid malware or viruses scattered around the internet.