Exchanges with support for bitcoin Lightning network ⚡ payments

4 min readJul 9, 2019

[Updated: 28 May 2024]

Caution: Some altcoin exchanges include a cryptocurrency with the symbol “LBTC” for “Lightning Bitcoin”. That LBTC is NOT the same as bitcoin on Lightning network ⚡. That currency symbol is for a small value altcoin that has no relation to the bitcoin Lightning network ⚡. There is another currency symbol that may be similar, L-BTC, and that too is unrelated to bitcoin on Lightning network ⚡. The L-BTC symbol is used by exchanges which support bitcoin on Blockstream’s Liquid Network (🌊), which has its own list of exchanges and swap methods.

Exchanges where you can buy and/or sell bitcoin using Lightning network ⚡

Bitfinex (⚡) [NO KYC] ← Also supports Liquid network (🌊)
Kraken (⚡) ← Announcement
River Financial (⚡) [DCA]
Bull Bitcoin (⚡) [DCA] ← Canada, Announcement. Also supports Liquid network (🌊)
Strike (⚡) [DCA] ← Announcement
Cash App (⚡) ← U.S. and UK, Article
Azte.co (⚡) ← Announcement
@BitcoinVoucherBot [DCA] through Azte.co (⚡)
OKCoin (⚡) ← Announcement
OKEx (⚡) ← Announcement
CoinCorner (⚡) [DCA] ← Announcement
Bitonic (⚡) ← Announcement of pilot
Bitbargain (⚡)
Mt. Pelerin (⚡) ← Announcement
HolyTransaction (⚡) ← Also supports Liquid network (🌊)
PrimeBit (⚡) ← Details
SimpleFX (⚡) ← Details
Bitaroo (⚡) [DCA] ← Australia
BitNob (⚡) [DCA] ← Announcement
Vaultoro (⚡)
BitcoinVN (⚡) ← Vietnam
VBTC (⚡) ← Vietnam, Announcement, Press
Buda (⚡)
NiceHash Exchange (⚡)
Breez (⚡) ← Announcement
Bipa (⚡) [DCA] ← Brazil
SouthXchange (⚡) ← Argentina
Belo (⚡) ←Argentina
IBEX Mercado (⚡) ← Guatemala
Osmo Wallet (⚡) [En Espanol] ← Guatemala
Landifa — Bitcoin Trade Namibia (⚡)
Graaf One (⚡) ← Canada
SimpleFX (⚡)
BitSTAMP (⚡) ← Cash out through Zebedee
xSats, when operations resume, is planning on LN (⚡) support

P2P Trading Platforms with support for Lightning network ⚡

RoboSats (💵, ⚡ only) [NO KYC]← Non-custodial. Requires Tor browser. Guide
HodlHodl (💵, ⚡) [NO KYC] ← Non-custodial. Not available in the U.S. [Lightning network ⚡is implemented simply as a payment method allowed for buying or selling bitcoin, as is Liquid network (🌊)]
Noones (⚡) [KYC]
Additional P2P Trading Platforms might not explicitly allow bitcoin on Lightning network ⚡ as a payment method, but might have an “Other” payment method that is a catchall in which the details of the payment method are located in the details of the trade offer.

Crypto-to-crypto methods

Coinos (⚡) [NO KYC] ← Also supports swap to/from Liquid network (🌊)
FixedFloat.com (⚡) [NO KYC] ← Not available in the U.S.
Boltz (⚡) [NO KYC, Atomic Swap]
SideShift AI (⚡) [NO KYC] ← Also supports swap to/from Liquid network (🌊). Not available in the U.S.
Flyp.me (⚡) [NO KYC] ← Uses “LNX” as currency symbol for bitcoin on LN. Also supports swap to/from Liquid network (🌊)
Coin Swap (⚡) [NO KYC] ← LN BTC to/from on-chain BTC, LTC, Dash, or XMR
SecureShift.io (⚡) [NO KYC] ← High minimum trade amount when swapping from Lightning Network, and swap to Lightning Network not supported
Wallet of Satoshi (⚡) [NO KYC] ← Built-in onchain/offchain exchange, not available in the U.S.
Lightning Loop client (⚡) [NO KYC]
Submarine Swaps (⚡) [NO KYC] ←LN BTC to/from on-chain BTC or LTC
BitRefill (⚡) [NO KYC]
Marduk.exchange (⚡) [NO KYC, Atomic Swap] ← LN BTC to/from RBTC, SOV, or xUSD
LNSwap (⚡) [NO KYC, Atomic Swap] ← LN BTC to/from STX, or USDA
CoinPlaza (⚡)

On P2P Trading Platforms:

For buying or selling bitcoin on HodlHodl, BTC is supported as the base currency and Lighting network ⚡ as the payment method.
Paxful permits you to convert from either USDT or ETH to BTC, and then you can withdraw that BTC on Lightining network ⚡. And vice-versa, deposit BTC on LN ⚡ and then convert to ETH or USDT.

Precious Metals

Vaultoro (⚡)
BitGild (⚡) Announcement

Trading / Investment

Loft (⚡) ← Invest inStocks using Lightning network ⚡
LNMarkets (⚡) ← Not available from the U.S.
BitMEX Research does operate a Lighting Network (⚡) node, however the BitMEX trading platform does not yet support LN deposits or withdrawals