Swissquote bitcoin trading at a bank in Gland

Swiss angle

Swissquote Bank SA appears as a bank, seated in Gland, on the FINMA list of authorised banks and securities firms, read on 4 October 2026, so this is a FINMA-licensed bank and not an anti-money-laundering intermediary. The Swissquote contact page gives the head office as Chemin de la Crétaux 33, 1196 Gland, in canton Vaud.

You trade bitcoin in the same account that holds your shares and funds. The crypto pricing page, read on 4 October 2026, sets your fee tier from your trading volume over the past 30 days, starts everyone at 1% maker and 1% taker, and says "the transaction size is in CHF, while the fees are in the currency you are trading with". The same page charges custody each quarter on everything in the account, crypto included, starting at CHF 20 for up to CHF 50,000. Your bitcoin therefore counts toward the custody tier of the whole account.

You can move bitcoin out of the bank. The wallet page, read on 4 October 2026, lists bitcoin on its native chain among 50 tokens that support external transfers, with a USD 10 withdrawal fee and a USD 10 flat fee on deposits worth less than USD 500. You first add the destination to an address whitelist. Swissquote accepts deposits only from six named exchanges or from a wallet whose key you alone hold, and the same page rules out withdrawals to an exchange.

The same bank runs a second app in this directory: Yuh opens its accounts via Swissquote and keeps its crypto in Swissquote custody.

Coins you leave at Swissquote show up on the bank's statement. You still declare their year-end value in the wealth tax section of your return; the Swiss Bitcoin tax guide covers the ESTV year-end rate and where it goes.

Who it is for

Swiss residents with a Swissquote trading account who want bitcoin next to their shares, under one login and on one statement.

People who want to buy at a bank and keep the option to move coins out later. The whitelist withdrawal on the wallet page lets you send bitcoin to a hardware wallet, and the self-custody guide explains how to set one up.

Active traders. Your fee falls as your 30-day volume grows, down to the lowest tiers on the pricing page as of 4 October 2026.

Who it is not for

Small monthly savers. Swissquote charges the quarterly custody fee on the pricing page, read on 4 October 2026, whatever the size of the account, so a few hundred francs of bitcoin carries the same CHF 20 minimum per quarter as a larger portfolio. The dollar-cost averaging guide shows how fixed costs eat into small buys.

Anyone who moves coins between exchanges. The wallet page warns that a transfer to an exchange could lose the funds.

Bitcoin-only savers who want an app built for that one job. For the other Swiss options, see how to buy bitcoin in Switzerland.