The safest way to sell your Bitcoin

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Deposit Australian dollars (AUD), USD, NZD or SGD via EFT, PayID / Osko, SWIFT

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Bitcoin Price

1 BTC / NZD 42,997 .95
−0.5%
Btc Bitcoin
Nzd New Zealand Dollar
Sell Bitcoin

  • Market sell

    Sell immediately at the current price.

  • Limit sell

    Sell at a price you set.

  • OTC sell

    Contact us if you're selling a large stash.

How do I sell Bitcoin?

It only takes a few steps to sell BTC safely and withdraw your funds:
  • 1
    Create your account
    Sign up in less than 5 minutes. Upload your ID so we can verify your identity.
  • 2
    Transfer from anywhere to sell here
    • If you have Bitcoin in another wallet or exchange, transfer them here to sell
    • If you want to accept payment in Bitcoin, get it sent here and convert to cash
  • 3
    Confirm and withdraw
    Once sold, you can transfer the cash straight to your bank.

Statistics

  • Low fees

    Fee free-deposits available. Trading fees from 0.5% down to 0.02%

  • Voted #1

    Voted Best Cryptocurrency Exchange of the Year 2019 - 2021

  • 24/7 support

    Fast, world-class support
  • Trade now or later

    Trade now or later

    Sell now, or wait for the price to move into your direction. Multiple ways to sell gives you more control of your profits.
  • Easy withdrawal options

    Easy withdrawal options

    Withdraw directly to your New Zealand or Australian bank account. This gives you access to your funds as fast as possible.
  • Easy-to-use trading interface

    Easy-to-use trading interface

    Customise our charts to suit your personal style. We use real language, not finance speak, so when you click ‘sell’, you know what to expect.
  • Excellent customer support

    Excellent customer support

    You can always get in touch with our 24/7 support team, available when you need them. All account-related questions are confidential.
  • We’re registered and compliant

    We’re registered and compliant

    We are serious about customer accounts. Our focus on compliance means you can rest easy knowing your funds are safe.

How we treat client assets

No commingling of customer funds: we keep client assets completely separate from our own.
1:1 reserves

1:1 reserves

We maintain a full 1:1 reserve of all client fiat and crypto assets.

We hold the vast majority of crypto assets in secure offline cold storage, protected in underground vaults with maximum security.

Audited

Audited

Our books are balanced and we carry no debt on our balance sheet. We engage external auditors to undertake an annual audit of our financial statements in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards. This includes verification of all fiat and crypto balances held in custody on behalf of clients.

Segregated funds

Segregated funds

We maintain complete segregation of all client assets to ensure that when you need to make a withdrawal you can. We keep your assets safe. That is our promise.

Sole custodian

Sole custodian

Independent Reserve is a sole custodian of all crypto assets held on our platform. Custody is managed in Australia and we do not use any third party custodians.

We adhere to industry best practices and never lend, trade or reinvest your assets.

Learn about our security

What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is the world’s first decentralised digital currency with no central bank, authority or administrator that controls or approves transactions. Bitcoin is securely stored and exchanged through a digital ledger that is otherwise known as a Blockchain.

The genesis of Bitcoin dates back to October 31, 2008, when an individual or group of individuals acting under the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto” published the Bitcoin whitepaper. Bitcoins are divisible into smaller units called ‘Satoshis’, similar to the way a dollar is divisible into cents. However, each Satoshi is worth 0.00000001 Bitcoin.

We get it, you want to HODL, but there are some reasons why you might consider cashing out:

  • To sell at a higher price since you bought it at a lower one.
  • To get back the initial money you put into buying Bitcoin
  • To sell immediately if the the price action is going differently from what you expect
  • To diversify your portfolio by adding some other tokens to your wallet
  • To use your profit to buy something in real life, maybe a car, a house or a gift to your loved one

  • Nick Addison
    Nick Addison
    ConsenSys

    As someone who has integrated to over 20 crypto exchanges via their APIs, I can say Independent Reserve has the best API documentation by far.

    Their customer support is also excellent which is something most exchanges sadly lack these days.

  • Lucas Cullen
    Lucas Cullen
    Blockchain developer

    I organise and host blockchain meetups and conferences and am always hearing very positive things when it comes to Independent Reserve which is why I always recommend them.

    They are by far the most trusted exchange in Australia for consumer trading as well as institutional investment, and offer a great 'open order book' unlike most other Australia exchanges.

  • Claire Wivell Plater
    Claire Wivell Plater
    Managing Director, The Fold Legal Pty Ltd

    I find Independent Reserve to be one of the easiest, smoothest cryptocurrency exchanges that I use.

    The client onboarding process was simple, it is easy to deposit funds and I particularly like the transparency of market depth and speed of execution.

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