Who we are
Crypto Israel is an independent, bilingual information website run by a small editorial team of writers and editors who know both the crypto market and the Israeli reality around it: the banks, the Tax Authority, the cash law, and what actually happens when you try to get money back into your account. Whenever the site says “we”, it means the editorial team as a whole, not any one person.
Our aim is simple: to give accurate answers to the questions Israelis ask before they buy crypto for the first time, and afterwards. Which platforms accept Israeli residents, what each payment method costs, where the nearest cash desk is, and what your bank will ask when you sell.
Independence
Rankings follow the criteria set out below, with the same order and the same scores on every page of the site. A platform at the top of a ranking still gets its weaknesses spelled out: if it has no Israeli licence, no shekel or no Hebrew, we say so right next to its strengths.
How we check and rank
Every platform in our ranking is assessed on seven criteria. They do not weigh the same for everyone: someone buying by card once a month and someone moving hundreds of thousands of shekels back to the bank care about different things, so each review explains where a platform is strong and where it is not.
| Criterion | What we look at |
|---|---|
| 1. Accepts Israeli residents | Whether the platform takes residents, based on its official country list rather than forum posts. |
| 2. Regulation | A CMISA licence in Israel, plus the group’s registrations and licences elsewhere. |
| 3. Shekel access | Depositing and withdrawing in shekels, and how money gets back to an Israeli bank account. |
| 4. Entry-level fees | What an ordinary customer pays on an ordinary amount, from the official price list. |
| 5. Track record and security | Years in operation, hacks or data incidents and how they were handled. |
| 6. App quality | Rating and number of ratings in the Israeli app store. |
| 7. Hebrew support | Interface, customer support and documents in Hebrew. |
In practice this explains the ranking. International exchanges lead on accepting residents, fees, track record and global regulation. The licensed Israeli platforms lead on local regulation, shekels and Hebrew. We say this openly in every comparison so you can choose by what matters to you. See the full ranking.
Sources and levels of verification
Our order of preference is fixed. Primary sources come first: a regulator, a law, a circular, the Bank of Israel, or the platform’s own website and help centre. Next come reputable financial media and law-firm client updates. Comparison sites, aggregators and forums are only ever a prompt to check something, never a source in themselves.
Internally, every fact carries a verification level. Anything confirmed against a primary source is written as fact, dated where that matters. Anything based on a secondary report is attributed (“according to a report in…”, “according to the company’s website”). Anything we could not confirm is either flagged as unconfirmed or left out. For example, the licence register of the Capital Market Authority cannot always be checked automatically, so we encourage you to look up any name there yourself.
The top of every page shows the month the data was checked and the date of the last update. We revisit key figures such as fees, licences and limits whenever a regulator or platform announces a change, as well as in periodic reviews.
Found an error?
Write to us at contact@crypto-israel.com with the page address, the sentence in question and a source showing the correct figure. We look into every report of this kind, correct the page where needed and update its date. More on our contact page.
This is not investment advice
In Israel, investment advice and investment marketing are regulated by law and require a licence from the Israel Securities Authority. We hold no such licence and do not claim to give advice. Our content is general and informational: we compare platforms, fees and processes, but we never tell you which coin to buy, when, or how much. There are no price predictions on this site.
A good crypto site should also tell you what it does not know. When a figure is unverified, you will see it said.
Question about a specific figure? Write to us.
Sources
- Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority (CMISA) · Checked October 2026
- Israel Securities Authority · Checked October 2026
- Bank of Israel · Checked October 2026
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It holds no Israeli CMISA licence, and neither does any other international exchange in this guide.