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Where you can actually buy NIM

3 exchanges
0 fiat pairs
$24k daily volume
6 markets blocked

Liquidity

Volume by venue

24 hours, CoinGecko tracked markets

$24k total, 24 hours
MEXC54.4%
Gate33.8%
KuCoin11.8%

The 40 largest crypto populations

Ranked by number of crypto owners, scored against the three live venues

28 of 40 have full access
All three open29
Partly open6
Shut out4
Sanctions screened1

The four shut out are China, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

VenuePairs24h volumeShareBlocked
MEXCThe deepest book NIM/USDT $13,204 54.4% United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, the Russian held regions of UkrainePlus anywhere under EU or OFAC sanctions, or on the FATF high risk list
CoinExDelisted NIM on 5 August 2026, so it is no longer counted NIM/USDT, NIM/BTC no trades since 5 Aug n/a United States, Canada, United Kingdom, the entire European Union and EEA, Switzerland, mainland China, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Iran, CubaThe EU was added on 25 June 2026. Moot now that the book is dead, but it is why Europe never reached this venue.
KuCoinThe old default for NIM traders NIM/USDT $2,860 11.8% United States, Canada, United Kingdom retail, Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and sanctioned statesPleaded guilty in January 2025, then permanently barred from the US by a March 2026 CFTC order. Canada runs on a standing Ontario Securities Commission order.
GateWas under $400 a day on 9 August, now a third of all NIM volume NIM/USDT $8,217 33.8% United States, Canada, United Kingdom, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Malta, Malaysia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, and sanctioned statesOver 30 named jurisdictions. Gate stopped onboarding EEA users to the global platform in March 2025 and routes them to Gate Europe, licensed in Malta since September 2025. Whether that entity lists NIM is unverified.
CoinSpotA broker, not an order book, so it never shows in tracked volume NIM/AUD not tracked n/a Everyone outside AustraliaThe only direct fiat pair for NIM anywhere

As published by each venue. These change without notice.

CoinEx delisted NIM. It announced the removal of NIM/USDT and NIM/BTC on 29 July 2026, alongside eight other assets, and closed deposits and trading on 5 August 2026 at 08:00 UTC. The market data agrees: the pairs are gone from CoinPaprika, stale on CoinGecko since that morning, and CoinEx's own NIM page reports no volume and no price. Two things follow. NIM no longer has a BTC pair anywhere, so every live market now prices it in USDT. And Singapore, which reached NIM only through CoinEx, has no venue left at all. If you still hold NIM on CoinEx, withdrawals close on 5 November 2026 at 08:00 UTC.

Access

The share of that $24k sitting on books that will take your account.

Ranked by crypto owners. Those counts are Triple-A's 2023 country table, the newest complete per country dataset anyone publishes. Everything else on this page was checked today.

Rank
Market
Reachable
Status
01
India97.5m owners, 7.1% of the population
100%
All three open
02
China78.1m owners, 5.5% of the population
0%
Shut out
03
United States46.9m owners, 13.7% of the population
0%
Shut out
04
Brazil26m owners, 7.8% of the population
100%
All three open
05
Vietnam18.6m owners, 18.7% of the population
100%
All three open
06
Nigeria13.3m owners, 10.3% of the population
100%
All three open
07
Indonesia12.2m owners, 4.5% of the population
100%
All three open
08
Iran12m owners, 13.5% of the population
0%
Sanctions screened
09
Pakistan9.9m owners, 4.1% of the population
100%
All three open
10
Russia8.7m owners, 6.1% of the population
100%
All three open
11
Mexico8.4m owners, 6.5% of the population
100%
All three open
12
Philippines7m owners, 6.1% of the population
100%
All three open
13
Ukraine6.5m owners, 15.7% of the population
100%
All three open
14
Thailand6.2m owners, 9.3% of the population
88.2%
No KuCoin
15
Kenya6.2m owners, 10.7% of the population
100%
All three open
16
South Africa6m owners, 9.5% of the population
100%
All three open
17
Japan5.1m owners, 4.0% of the population
100%
All three open
18
Turkey4.8m owners, 5.6% of the population
100%
All three open
19
Germany4.8m owners, 5.8% of the population
66.2%
No Gate
20
Bangladesh4.3m owners, 2.5% of the population
100%
All three open
21
United Kingdom4.3m owners, 6.2% of the population
0%
Shut out
22
Saudi Arabia4.2m owners, 11.4% of the population
100%
All three open
23
France3.5m owners, 5.0% of the population
66.2%
No Gate
24
Egypt3.4m owners, 2.9% of the population
100%
All three open
25
Venezuela3m owners, 10.3% of the population
66.2%
No Gate
26
United Arab Emirates2.9m owners, 30.4% of the population
100%
All three open
27
Colombia2.6m owners, 4.8% of the population
100%
All three open
28
Argentina2.6m owners, 5.6% of the population
100%
All three open
29
Ethiopia2.3m owners, 1.8% of the population
100%
All three open
30
South Korea2.1m owners, 3.9% of the population
100%
All three open
31
Morocco1.9m owners, 5.1% of the population
100%
All three open
32
DR Congo1.8m owners, 1.7% of the population
100%
All three open
33
Tanzania1.6m owners, 2.4% of the population
100%
All three open
34
Canada1.6m owners, 4.1% of the population
0%
Shut out
35
Italy1.5m owners, 2.5% of the population
100%
All three open
36
Nepal1.4m owners, 4.6% of the population
100%
All three open
37
Peru1.2m owners, 3.7% of the population
100%
All three open
38
Spain1.2m owners, 2.5% of the population
66.2%
No Gate
39
Algeria1m owners, 2.2% of the population
100%
All three open
40
Malaysia1m owners, 3.1% of the population
66.2%
No Gate

Triple-A's 2024 report drops to a top 30 by rate with no owner counts, and the 2026 figures in circulation are blended from different surveys. One older dataset measured the same way beats four newer ones that are not comparable.

How many people

No one authority counts crypto owners. The two that publish most often disagree by roughly a hundred million, and per country they disagree far harder than that.

Crypto owners worldwide

Two independent counts of the same thing

0200400 600800 202320242025 741m 562m, last published
Crypto.com
Triple-A

Owners by country, source against source

Triple-A 2023 in blue, the 2026 compilation in green

India
97.5m
104.4m
Average 101.0m
China
78.1m
63.5m
Average 70.8m
United States
46.9m
56.1m
Average 51.5m
Brazil
26.0m
27.1m
Average 26.6m
Vietnam
18.6m
21.9m
Average 20.2m
Philippines
7.0m
26.6m
Average 16.8m
Pakistan
9.9m
16.5m
Average 13.2m
Nigeria
13.3m
14.6m
Average 13.9m
Indonesia
12.2m
14.0m
Average 13.1m
Iran
12.0m
12.6m
Average 12.3m

The Philippines is the tell. One source says 7m, the other says 26.6m, because the second counts a share of internet users rather than a share of the population. Same country, same year, nearly four times the answer. The ranking above uses Triple-A alone so that all 40 rows are at least measured the same way.

By country

Where you liveVenues openLiquidityBest routeCeiling
United States None of the three 0% Stablecoin into the Nimiq Wallet. Above the cap, a swap desk, but see the desk terms below $1,000 / 30 days
United Kingdom None of the three 0% Buy the stablecoin on an FCA registered venue, finish in the wallet. The desks do not take UK users either $1,000 / 30 days
Canada None of the three 0% Same as the US $1,000 / 30 days
Hong Kong None of the three 0% Same as the US $1,000 / 30 days
Mainland China78m owners, the second largest crypto population on earth None of the three 0% Same as the US, where local law allows it at all $1,000 / 30 days
European Union MEXC and KuCoin 66% Fiat to USDT on MEXC or KuCoin, then USDT to NIM there. Gate now carries a third of all NIM volume and the global platform does not serve you. Gate Europe is licensed but its NIM listing is unverified Exchange limits
Switzerland All three open 100% Same as the EU Exchange limits
Singapore None of the three 0% CoinEx was the only venue that took Singapore, and its book died on 5 August. The wallet route is now the only way in Exchange limits
Kazakhstan KuCoin and Gate 45.6% Gate carries most of it now, with KuCoin behind Exchange limits
Thailand All but KuCoin 88.2% MEXC or Gate Exchange limits
Australia All three, plus CoinSpot 100% AUD straight to NIM on CoinSpot, the only direct fiat pair in the world Account limits
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines All three open 100% Fiat to USDT on MEXC, then USDT to NIM in the same place Exchange limits
Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina All three open 99 to 100% Same, or peer to peer for the first leg where banks block exchanges Exchange limits
Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia All three open 100% Peer to peer for USDT is common, then USDT to NIM on MEXC Exchange limits
Ukraine, Russia, Turkey All three open 100% Same as above. Occupied Ukrainian regions are blocked everywhere Exchange limits
South Korea, Japan All three open 100% Open on the venues own lists, though local rules push people to registered domestic exchanges Exchange limits
North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Syria, Sudan None 0% Nothing on this page applies. Every venue and swap desk screens these lists n/a

Swap desks

DeskUnited StatesUnited KingdomWhat it actually takes
ChangeNOW Only with an account No Clause 11.1 says do not use it from the US or UK, then carves out the US "after account creation". The Pro terms name 41 US jurisdictions whose registered and verified users are routed through third party processors. Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and Washington are not on that list.So it is an account plus ID, not the no signup swap it is sold as. The UK gets no carve out.
ChangeHero No Not listed Section 5.1.2 names the United States and all its territories a Prohibited Jurisdiction, next to Cuba, Iran and North Korea. The terms add that ChangeHero "makes no attempt to operate in Prohibited Jurisdictions".Ontario, Japan, Bangladesh and Bolivia are on the same list.
SimpleSwap, StealthEX, SwapSpace, Changelly, Swapzone Not checked Named on the Nimiq buy page, terms not read yet. Given the two above, assume nothing until someone reads them.