Coinmama in Ethiopia: not available
- Availability
- Not available
- Bitcoin in Ethiopia
- Banned
- Our rating
- 3.9
- Review updated
- 2026-09-07
Bitcoin access is banned in Ethiopia
Bitcoin access is banned in Ethiopia, and Coinmama does not serve residents of Ethiopia either: Ethiopia is on the list of restricted countries that Coinmama itself publishes, quoted below with the date it was read. The National Bank of Ethiopia has treated cryptocurrency trading and payments as illegal since 2022, and Proclamation No. 1359/2025 reinforced its authority over the financial system.
- Availability
- Not available
- Ranks in
- 136 country guides
- Currency
- Ethiopian birr (ETB)
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, Canada (Wellfield Technologies)
Where this comes from
Derived from Coinmama's restricted countries and states page, https://www.coinmama.com/support/restricted-countries-and-states, read on 2026-09-05. It is an exclusion list: every country listed here is a sourced no, and a country absent from it is unknown rather than served. The page also names New York and Louisiana, which the state pages cover, and territories without a guide on this site (Abkhazia, Crimea, Northern Cyprus, South Ossetia, the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and North Korea), which are not listed. Nine of the countries on the page (Belarus, the Central African Republic, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe) were ranked in this site's guides until 2026-09-07, when those rows were removed on the strength of this page: the operator's own list decides availability.
What is actually allowed in Ethiopia
The National Bank of Ethiopia has treated cryptocurrency trading and payments as illegal since 2022, and Proclamation No. 1359/2025 reinforced its authority over the financial system. In March 2026 the NBE banned birr-paired peer-to-peer crypto transactions, and its public notice of July 23, 2026 clarified that the prohibition covers the exchange, transfer, custody, and issuance of virtual assets unless expressly authorized. Data-center bitcoin mining has been permitted separately, but that carve-out does not extend to trading.
Platforms that state they serve Ethiopia
Our Ethiopia guide ranks no exchange yet.
Where Coinmama does work
Coinmama ranks in 136 of our country guides and lists 21 other countries it cannot serve. Every country, with rank and rails
Also not available in
Frequently asked questions
Is Coinmama available in Ethiopia?
No. Coinmama lists Ethiopia among the countries whose residents it cannot serve. Derived from Coinmama's restricted countries and states page, https://www.coinmama.com/support/restricted-countries-and-states, read on 2026-09-05. Our Ethiopia guide was last reviewed 2026-08-20 and the Coinmama review on 2026-09-07.
Why does Coinmama not serve Ethiopia?
Coinmama names Ethiopia on the restricted-countries list it publishes, without a per-country reason. The list is quoted on this page with the date it was read; a country absent from it is unknown rather than served, which is why this site only says no where the operator itself does.
What platforms state that they serve Ethiopia?
Our Ethiopia guide ranks no exchange yet.
Is bitcoin legal in Ethiopia?
The National Bank of Ethiopia has treated cryptocurrency trading and payments as illegal since 2022, and Proclamation No. 1359/2025 reinforced its authority over the financial system.
Where is Coinmama available?
Coinmama ranks in 136 of our country guides and lists 22 countries it cannot serve, Ethiopia included. Both lists are on the Coinmama countries page.
Sources
- 99Bitcoins: Coinmama review
- Coin Bureau: Coinmama review
- Coinmama: restricted countries and states
- Afriwise: Ethiopia's virtual asset ban explained, what the NBE's July 2026 notice covers
- BitKE: Ethiopian central bank expands crypto ban to exchange, transfer, custody, and issuance
- The Reporter Ethiopia: NBE reaffirms ban on virtual assets, warns public against crypto transactions
