The following are crypto exchanges and platforms ranked according to the author’s preference and usage experiences:
- Yellow Card
- Binance
- p2p networks
- DevDraft
- Cex.io
- Zambia’s largest and only crypto exchange (currently).
- Provides much needed liquidity to the crypto market for bulk buyers and sellers
- Currently trading via Over The Counter (OTC) desk, with trade sizes of $10,000 and above, or K100,000 and above.
- Payments via bank transfer only.
- World’s largest crypto exchange.
- Has ZMW trading via peer-to-peer (p2p) trading only (currently).
- Allows trading, exchanging, sending, receiving, storing, and more.
- Multi crypto wallet type support for sending and receiving using various network types.
p2p networks:
- Informal networks of buyers and sellers who trade crypto for fiat or fiat for crypto.
- Multiple payment options via cash, bank, mobile money.
- Multi currency support (in some cases).
- Varying levels of liquidity
- Offers USDC and EUROC support.
- Virtual bank accounts in USD and EUR support.
- Receiving and paying options via Zambian bank or mobile money.
- Large US crypto exchange.
- Supports instant withdrawals to Zambian banks via VISA Direct or MasterCard Send. These are via your linked VISA or MasterCards.
- Supports payments via ZMW or USD, depending on the currency of your VISA or MasterCard.
- You can buy, sell, send, receive, trade, exchange, store various crypto currencies.