Swap Bitcoin to Cardano. No account, no KYC.
CoinVast swaps BTC to ADA in one payment: paste a Cardano address, send Bitcoin, and after 2 confirmations we screen the deposit, exchange it at a 0.5% floating or 1.0% fixed spread, and send ADA straight to your wallet.
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No account · Deposits screened before exchange, never frozen after
On paper, Bitcoin and Cardano are rivals. In practice they are cousins. Cardano's eUTXO model is an extension of Bitcoin's own accounting, the development culture is similarly allergic to moving fast and breaking things, and both communities measure time in years rather than news cycles. A Bitcoin holder buying ADA is not switching teams. They are renting a second engine.
The engine in question is usually staking. Bitcoin famously pays you nothing to hold it, which maximalists consider a feature. Cardano pays delegators a small reward, and it does so without taking your coins anywhere: ADA stays in your wallet, your keys stay your keys, and there is no lock-up period at all. For someone trained on Bitcoin self-custody, that is the least alarming staking design on the market.
The traditional route into ADA runs through an exchange account, with the full KYC ritual attached. Here it is one payment. Paste a Cardano address, the kind that starts with addr1, send Bitcoin, and the card has already told you what lands on the other side, spread and network fee included.
Bitcoin is the slow half of this pair. Your deposit needs 2 confirmations, about 20 minutes, and then the ADA payout lands fast, because Cardano blocks come quickly. Most swaps on this corridor finish in 20 to 35 minutes, and the waiting is the only hard part.
BTC → ADA, by the numbers
- You send
- Bitcoin (BTC) on the Bitcoin network.
- You receive
- Cardano (ADA) on the Cardano network, at an address you control.
- Deposit confirmations
- 2 on Bitcoin. At roughly 10-minute blocks, that is about 20 minutes of waiting before the exchange starts.
- Minimum swap
- 0.0002 BTC. Below that, network fees would eat too much of the swap to be worth it.
- Spread
- 0.5%, printed on the quote next to the payout network fee. There is no deposit fee.
- Typical total time
- About 20 to 35 minutes from sending your BTC to ADA arriving at your address.
Confirmation counts and minimums above are the live values our exchange engine uses, not marketing copy. Block times are network averages and can vary.
Three steps. One of them is just waiting.
- 01
Set the amount, paste your ADA address
Choose how much BTC you are sending. The card quotes your ADA payout with the spread and network fee already counted in. Paste the Cardano address the payout should land at, plus an optional BTC refund address in case the swap cannot complete.
- 02
Send one BTC payment
You get a deposit address on the Bitcoin network. Send your BTC to it from any wallet, in one payment of at least 0.0002 BTC. No account, no email, nothing to install.
- 03
Watch the order page
Your deposit needs 2 confirmations on Bitcoin, about 20 minutes. We screen it before the exchange starts, then send ADA to your address and post the transaction hash on your order page.
Why people move BTC into Cardano
Yield on a shelf that pays nothing. A Bitcoin stack just sits there, which is the point, but some holders carve off a slice and put it to work. Delegated ADA earns staking rewards in the low single digits per year, paid out roughly every 5 days once delegation kicks in. Be honest with yourself about the trade: ADA's price moves far more than the reward rate, so the staking yield is seasoning, not the meal.
Familiar machinery. If you understand Bitcoin's UTXO model, Cardano will not feel foreign, because eUTXO builds on the same idea rather than replacing it with account balances. Hardware wallet support is mature too: Ledger and Trezor both work with the major Cardano wallets, so your cold storage habits transfer over intact.
The conviction trade. Cardano took the slow road: peer-reviewed papers first, features later. Whether that patience compounds into anything is the actual bet, and we are not going to make it for you. ADA has spent entire market cycles drifting sideways while louder chains ran. Buy it because you believe the thesis, not because a swap page was enthusiastic.
Diversification without the paperwork. Plenty of people simply want their crypto in more than one basket and want the rebalance to take one transaction. Swapping a slice of BTC into ADA here needs no account, no order book, and no withdrawal queue. The reverse trip works the same way when you change your mind.
We launched CoinVast in 2026 with screening that runs before the exchange starts. Your Bitcoin either proceeds at the quoted terms or returns to your refund address, minus the network fee. No mid-swap freezes, no surprise document requests, and a completed swap is final.
BTC to ADA, asked and answered
How long does a BTC to ADA swap take?
Count on 20 to 35 minutes. Your Bitcoin deposit needs 2 confirmations, which is about 20 minutes at one block every 10 minutes. The exchange itself takes seconds, and the Cardano payout typically shows at your address within a minute or two of being sent. The Bitcoin side is the entire wait; Cardano is quick.
What Cardano wallet should I use?
Any wallet whose keys you control. Lace and Eternl are solid browser options, Yoroi is a long-running light wallet, and Daedalus runs a full node if you enjoy commitment. Ledger and Trezor hardware wallets work with most of them. Your receiving address starts with addr1. Avoid pointing the payout at a custodial service unless you have checked it credits external ADA deposits.
Can I stake the ADA once it arrives?
Yes, and it is genuinely low-stakes. You delegate from your own wallet, the coins never leave your address, and there is no lock-up. One honest caveat on timing: delegation takes effect on Cardano's epoch schedule, so your first rewards land 15 to 20 days after you delegate. After that they arrive every 5 days like clockwork.
What is the minimum BTC to ADA swap?
0.0002 BTC. Below that, the Bitcoin network fee starts eating a silly share of the swap and the math stops favoring you. There is no upper limit built into the card, though unusually large deposits can get a human review before the exchange starts, never after it completes.
Is the rate fixed or floating?
The card quotes our floating rate, a 0.5% spread filled at the market price when your Bitcoin confirms. Because that confirmation takes about 20 minutes, the price can drift while you wait, in your favor or not. A fixed rate at a 1.0% spread exists at the API level for integrations that need the number locked at creation. Most people here just take the smaller spread.
Do I need an account or ID to swap BTC to ADA?
No. No sign-up, no email, no KYC under the screening threshold. Paste your Cardano address, send one Bitcoin payment, and bookmark the order page, which doubles as your receipt. Screening happens before the exchange begins: pass and it proceeds, fail and the BTC goes back to your refund address.
Can I send the ADA payout to an exchange account?
You can, but think about why you came here. The payout goes to any valid addr1 address, including an exchange deposit address, and it will arrive fine. But parking coins behind someone's KYC desk right after a no-KYC swap rather defeats the trip. A wallet you control, ideally with hardware keys, is the better destination.
Where to next
BTC in. ADA out. Nothing to sign up for in between.
Start this swapSetting it up takes under a minute. The blockchain handles the rest.