Having made a very nice profit in 3 months on Bitcoin purchased through etoro,ending up owning the imaginary equivalent of nearly 3 bitcoins , i wondered if i am better off buying actual bitcoins to own rather than using etoro, where you don't actually own any coins. With the hard fork coming up ,as i understand it , unless you actually own the bitcoin then there will be no free coins allocated. So by staying on etoro i would get nothing .
I thought about withdrawing all my money and began the process of buying again through Kraken , but they are not accepting deposits from the UK . So can anyone offer some advice please?
Hi Prolinesk8! I wanted to let you know that we do accept deposits from the UK, we just don't accept GBP.
The quickest and most cost efficient method for you to fund your Kraken account is to navigate to Funding > Deposit > EUR and select "Fidor Bank AG (SEPA)". You can send Euro from a UK bank via SEPA transfer as your bank should be able to convert GBP to Euro before sending. These funds will be credited to your account as Euro which is our most liquid market.
For more information on the GBP trading pair delisting please look through:
https://blog.kraken.com/post/1234/announcement-delisting-pairs-and-temporary-suspension-of-advanced-order-types/