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How to gift crypto

To gift crypto, send it from your wallet or exchange to their wallet address on the same network. A payment cannot be taken back.

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What you need

  • Their wallet address.
  • The network it is on.
  • The coin, on that network.
  • A little of the network's coin for the fee.

The steps

  1. Ask them for their address and the network.
  2. Choose send and paste the address.
  3. Pick the same network. Check the first and last four characters.
  4. Send a small amount first.
  5. Send the rest.

Which coin

A stablecoin such as USDC tracks the US dollar, so what you give is what arrives.

Bitcoin and ether move in price.

This page is about giving what you already hold.

If they have no wallet

They need one first, set up by them.

Or give the card now and the money another way.

What goes wrong

  • The wrong network.
  • An address typed by hand.
  • An address swapped on the clipboard. Check it after pasting.
  • Anybody asking for recovery words. Nobody needs them to be paid.

Tax, in the UK

HMRC counts giving crypto to another person as a disposal, so the giver may owe Capital Gains Tax on any gain.

A gift to a spouse, a civil partner or a charity is the exception. Other countries have their own rules.

Source: GOV.UK, tax when you sell cryptoassets.

Giving as a group

A group can each send to the same address. What goes missing is the card: who gave and what they said.

tbfcrypto is a group card with the money in it, in USDG on Robinhood Chain. A group card on tbf takes a normal bank card.

The front of the card

For Maya · Her 30th · 9 November

Collection pot8 people chipped in 300 USDC

  • Thirty and still the first to reply. Happy birthday.

    Ana

  • For the trip. Spend it on the good seats.

    0xfinn

  • gm, birthday girl. 🎂

    Lee

Base

An example card. The names are made up.

Questions

Can you gift crypto?

Yes. Send it to their wallet address on the same network.

Can I take a crypto gift back?

No. Send a small amount first.

Do I pay tax on a crypto gift in the UK?

The giver may owe Capital Gains Tax, because HMRC counts a gift as a disposal. Gifts to a spouse, civil partner or charity are the exception.

What is the safest coin to give?

None is without risk. A stablecoin moves least.

Can several people give together?

Yes. Each sends to the same address. A group card keeps the notes together.

On 27 September 2026 we read posts on X from people giving crypto. One asked how to give bitcoin as a wedding gift when the person has no wallet.

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