Popular Exchanges to Buy Bitcoin

Founded 2012
Coinbase is one the largest brokers in the world offering a safe way to buy, trade and store crypto.
Founded 2013
Coinmama has been active in the crypto-space since 2013, offering both basic and advanced tools to buy and/or trade bitcoin.
Founded 2007
eToro has been active in the crypto-space since 2013, offering both basic and advanced tools to buy and/or trade bitcoin.
Founded 2013
CEX.io has been active in the crypto-space since 2013, offering both basic and advanced tools to buy and/or trade bitcoin.
Popuar in 2020

Coinbase

Coinbase is leading Bitcoin exchange, that offers millions of users Bitcoin services. It’s safe, easy to use and is a great way to begin buying and or trading Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

 

Founded: 2012

Headquarters: USA

Founders: Brian Armstrong, Fred Ehrsam

Alexa Rank: 830

Our Rating: 9 / 10

Pros:
Easy to use platform
High liquidity 
Reputable and safe
Cons:
Poor customer support
Long verification wait
Coinbase may track where and what you do with your purchased coins

coinmama.com Coinmama

Coinmama allows customers across 188 countries to buy Bitcoin. They charge a 4.9%-5.9% (depends on volume) fee on each purchase.

Customers in Europe can also purchase Bitcoin with SEPA transfer for a lower fee.

Want to buy using Coinmama? This step-by-step guide will show you how to use Coinmama.

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Founded: 2013

Headquarters: Ireland

Founders: Laurence Newman, Nimrod Gruber, Ilan Schuster

Alexa Rank: 59,123

Our Rating: 8.5 / 10

Pros:
Easy to use platform
Instant verification
Offer the purchaes of crypto using a credit card, debit card, ApplePay and bank wires.
Operates in 188 countires
Cons:
High fees
No advanced trading platform
No live chat or phone support
Limited amount of coins to choose from

eToro

eToro has a great innovative interface and is comfortable to trade stocks, ETFs, currencies, commidities, indicies and also Cryptocurrencies. Along with their unique feature of mirror trading others which can be beneficial, eToro will suit those looking to trade, yet not those looking to buy Bitcoin and hodl.

 

Founded: 2007

Headquarters: Tel Aviv

Founders: Yoni Assia, Ronen Assia, David Ring

Alexa Rank: 4,136

Our Rating: 8.5 / 10

Pros:
Easy to use platform, clean UI/UX
Great platform for Beginners and Professional traders
Offers the unique feature of copying other trades
Operates in traditional finance as well as crypto
Cons:
High spreads. High fees when trading different assets and when holding long term trades.
Limited deposit options. You can’t deposit or withdraw cryptocurrency, only Fiat money
No live chat or phone support
Limited amount of coins to choose from

CEX.IO

CEX.io is a great site for both beginners and those that are looking for advanced trading features. Although many complain about their poor customer support, after trying to buy ourselves from their platform, we found it pretty straight forward with an easy to use UI/UX and therefore didn’t need to contact them.

Founded: 2013

Headquarters: UK

Founders: Oleksandr Lutskevych

Alexa Rank: 36,450

Our Rating: 8.0 / 10

Pros:
Offers both basic and advanced trading platform
Supports many countries
Easy to use platform
Cons:
Bad customer support
Verification can take a while
GBP market lacks liquidity