diff --git a/packages/p2p/src/components/buy-sell/buy-sell-form.jsx b/packages/p2p/src/components/buy-sell/buy-sell-form.jsx
index fa64dae229ba..2be3056b0a0a 100644
--- a/packages/p2p/src/components/buy-sell/buy-sell-form.jsx
+++ b/packages/p2p/src/components/buy-sell/buy-sell-form.jsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { localize, Localize } from 'Components/i18next';
 import { useStores } from 'Stores';
 import BuySellFormReceiveAmount from './buy-sell-form-receive-amount.jsx';
 import PaymentMethodCard from '../my-profile/payment-methods/payment-method-card/payment-method-card.jsx';
+import { floatingPointValidator } from 'Utils/validations';
 
 const BuySellForm = props => {
     const isMounted = useIsMounted();
@@ -290,6 +291,11 @@ const BuySellForm = props => {
                                                         {buy_sell_store.account_currency}
                                                     </Text>
                                                 }
+                                                onKeyDown={event => {
+                                                    if (!floatingPointValidator(event.key)) {
+                                                        event.preventDefault();
+                                                    }
+                                                }}
                                                 onChange={event => {
                                                     if (event.target.value === '') {
                                                         setFieldValue('amount', '');
diff --git a/packages/p2p/src/utils/validations.js b/packages/p2p/src/utils/validations.js
index eda6728135f2..44f197422a29 100644
--- a/packages/p2p/src/utils/validations.js
+++ b/packages/p2p/src/utils/validations.js
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ export const decimalValidator = v => /^(\d+\.)?\d+$/.test(v);
 export const lengthValidator = v => v.length >= 1 && v.length <= 300;
 
 export const textValidator = v => /^[\p{L}\p{Nd}\s'.,:;()@#+/-]*$/u.test(v);
+
+// validates floating-point integers in input box that do not contain scientific notation (e, E, -, +) such as 12.2e+2 or 12.2e-2 and no negative numbers
+export const floatingPointValidator = v => ['Backspace', 'Delete', 'ArrowLeft', 'ArrowRight', '.'].includes(v) || /^[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]+$(?:[eE\-+]*$)/.test(v);