5 Platforms You Can Start Trading Cryptocurrency Today as a Non-Expert

Sandy Chiu
DataDrivenInvestor
Published in
2 min readJul 19, 2020

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Are you Crypto-Curious? Here is the easiest way for you to start trading cryptocurrency:

1. Etoro

Founded 2007 in Tel Aviv, Isreal. Etoro is a trading platform that includes cryptocurrency on top of the stock exchange and other investment assets. It is also highly visible in its effort of advertisement and marketing.

Fee

  • Withdraw fee $5

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2. Coinbase

Founded 2012 in San Francisco, California. Coinbase offers a hybrid wallet and trading platform specifically designed for ease of use over cryptocurrency trading experience. It supports a wide variety of cryptocurrencies, and you can start the transaction and start investing as small as $1.

Fee

  • Buy/Sell Transactions from $0.90

Products

  • Coinbase: integrated wallet with the trading platform
  • Coinbase Earn: learn & earn program to earn free cryptocurrency

3. Revolut

From 2017, Revolut customers can buy and sell cryptocurrency on their mobile app. Additional to trading normal currencies, you are now able to trade limited cryptocurrency with Revolut. It currently holds Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, and Stellar.

Fee

  • Exchange 2.5%

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4. Blockchain.com

Logo by Blockchain.com

Launched in 2013 with a London-based head office. Blockchain.com is one of the most popular crypto wallet and trading platform, back by many well-known Venture Capital such as Virgin. You can download and start trading instantly via their apps, available in both iOS and Android. They have two different features:

Fee

  • Buy 0.02% — 0.14%
  • Sell 0.05% — 0.24%

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5. CoinJar

Founded 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. This interesting startup also provides up-and-coming cryptocurrency debit card service.

Fee

  • Buy & Sell 1%

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Other than the fees indicate in this article, there are some other fees across the platforms, which are varied by location and payment method.

Disclaimer: There are great risks in investing and cryptocurrency in general. Please do your own research and this is not a piece of financial advice.

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