How to Buy Bitcoin with Skrill

Skrill is a digital wallet that holds USD, EUR, GBP, and 30+ other fiat currencies. CEX.IO accepts Skrill as a deposit rail. You move funds from your Skrill wallet to CEX.IO with a single Skrill-to-Skrill transfer, the funds credit your CEX.IO USD, EUR, or GBP account on the same business day, and you buy Bitcoin against the live order book. Withdrawals back to Skrill take the same path.

CEX.IO Corp serves US residents under FinCEN MSB registration 31000061475486 and money transmitter licenses across 36 US states plus the District of Columbia (NMLS ID 1804170). The platform runs on USD as the default currency for US customers. CEX.IO has served 15M+ customers since 2013, holds PCI DSS Level 1 certification on the card-data layer, and carries a SOC 2 Type II report covering platform-wide security and availability controls.

Using Skrill, you can buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on CEX.IO within a few simple steps. Skrill is a digital wallet provider which allows you to send international money transfers quickly with low fees.

How to deposit to CEX.IO with Skrill

To deposit funds from Skrill to CEX.IO, you first need to make sure that both your Skrill and CEX.IO accounts use the same email address. You cannot make a transfer if the two accounts are registered under different email addresses.

You need to follow a separate set of steps on both CEX.IO and Skrill to complete a currency transfer:

Steps you need to follow on CEX.IO

1. Click on the green Deposit button on the right top corner of your CEX.IO homepage,
2. Choose the fiat currency you would like to deposit – USD, EUR, or GBP located on the right-hand side of the next page,
3. Enter the amount you would like to deposit,
4. Click on the Skrill button as your deposit payment method,
5. Choose the country where your Skrill account is registered and click Proceed.

You will then receive an email to your inbox with the subject, Successful Deposit Request which gives you instructions to follow on Skrill.

Steps you need to follow on Skrill

1. On your Skrill account, select the Skrill to Skrill option,
2. Enter the provided in the email message (the below recipient email address screenshot is a sample),
3. Enter the exact currency amount that you have entered on the CEX.IO Deposit page,
4. Click Add A Message to request a transfer,
5. Enter the order number in the email message into the Comment section.

Funds will be deposited to your CEX.IO account on the same day that you confirm the transfer.

Please note that Skrill transfers from other parties are not accepted, and only your Skrill account can deposit to your CEX.IO account.

Why people buy on CEX.IO with Skrill

Licensed and regulated US operator

CEX.IO Corp registered with FinCEN as a Money Services Business (registration 31000061475486). The entity holds money transmitter licenses across 36 US states plus DC under NMLS ID 1804170. State banking regulators receive quarterly reports. The full state-by-state license list lives on cex.io/legal-security/us.

Scale and track record since 2013

CEX.IO launched in 2013. The platform serves 15M+ registered users across 190+ countries. Cumulative trading volume runs in the tens of billions of US dollars. The exchange has never lost customer Bitcoin to a security incident.

Security on every Skrill deposit

Skrill itself runs 2-factor authentication and PCI DSS compliance on its checkout. CEX.IO holds the majority of customer Bitcoin in cold storage with multi-signature key controls. CEX.IO Corp completed a SOC 2 Type II audit and runs continuous anti-fraud scoring on every deposit and withdrawal.

Product depth after the deposit lands

Four ways to trade Bitcoin once your Skrill deposit credits: Instant Buy for single-click purchases, Convert for zero-fee swaps at a slightly wider spread, Spot Trading for limit orders, and Earn for yield on idle BTC. Withdraw your BTC on-chain to any wallet you control whenever you choose.

How to buy Bitcoin with Skrill on CEX.IO

1. Match the email address. CEX.IO accepts Skrill deposits from a Skrill wallet that uses the same email address as your CEX.IO account. Update one of the two emails before you start if the addresses do not match today. Skrill transfers from third-party Skrill accounts will not credit.

2. Open the deposit on CEX.IO. Click the green Deposit button on the top right of the dashboard, pick USD, EUR, or GBP, type the amount, click Skrill, pick the country of your Skrill account, and tap Proceed. CEX.IO emails a Successful Deposit Request that lists the recipient email and a reference order number.

3. Send from Skrill. Open Skrill, pick Skrill-to-Skrill, paste the recipient email from the CEX.IO email, type the exact amount and currency, click Add A Message, and paste the order number into the Comment field. Confirm the transfer.

4. Buy Bitcoin. The funds credit your CEX.IO account on the same business day. Open the Buy Bitcoin page, type the dollar (or euro or sterling) amount, review the live quote, and tap Buy. BTC lands in your CEX.IO wallet on confirmation.

New US accounts run a $1,000/day and $3,000/month deposit cap during the first 90 days after KYC. Standard rail limits open up after the 90-day mark.

Skrill account types and routes accepted on CEX.IO

Fees and Limits

There is a flat fee of 3.99% to deposit funds from Skrill. The minimum amount you can transfer is 35, and the maximum daily amount is 10,000 for each of the three available fiat currencies.

The fee for withdrawing funds to your Skrill account is 1%, regardless of the transaction size.

You will also incur trading fees when you buy or sell cryptocurrency on CEX.IO, in addition to the Skrill transfer fees.

For a detailed breakdown of all limits and commissions on CEX.IO, you can visit the Limits and Commissions page. Alternatively, you can read the New Trading Fee Schedule blog post.

Verify the live Skrill rate, the minimum, and the maximum on cex.io/limits-commissions before publishing.

Skrill vs other payment methods on CEX.IO

Skrill works for users who already keep funds on the Skrill wallet — no card linking, no bank routing number, same-day credit. Card and Apple/Google Pay carry a lower deposit fee and clear in seconds. ACH carries no deposit fee. The table below maps every funding rail CEX.IO supports for US customers.

Supported countries

On the Limits and Commissions page, you will also be able to find the countries and territories where Skrill payments are not available. So if your country is NOT on that list, it means you can use Skrill to transfer funds to CEX.IO.

Withdrawal to Skrill

To withdraw funds from CEX.IO back to your Skrill wallet, you can simply follow the below steps:

1. Click on the Withdraw button on the right top corner of your CEX.IO homepage,
2. Choose USD, EUR, or GBP as the currency to withdraw,
3. Enter the amount you would like to withdraw,
4. Click on the Skrill box as the payment option,
5. Click on the Withdraw button after selecting the “I have been notified” box,
6. Confirm the operation with a 2FA code

Finally, again make sure that the email address of your CEX.IO account matches with the email address associated with your Skrill account, then click Withdraw.

Buying cryptocurrency on Skrill

You can also buy cryptocurrency directly on Skrill’s website or its mobile app by following these six easy steps:

1. Click Deposit on the left-hand side of the home screen dashboard
2. Fund your account with a bank transfer or a credit/debit card purchase,
3. Click on the Crypto tab,
4. Go to the Market data tab and select a cryptocurrency you would like to buy
5. Enter how much you want to buy. Skrill will show you a live exchange rate to calculate the approximate crypto amount you will receive.
6. On the next page, click Confirm to finalize your transaction.