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A Beginner’s Guide to Buying Cryptocurrencies With FIAT

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With an increasing number of cryptocurrency amateurs coming into the market every day, it is evident that there is a growing rise in demand for resources that guide them along their journey. Various information-providing sites are available online to help you with that information. They are needed to get an expanded picture of the whole sector and make informed decisions based on their findings. Readers are encouraged to use the resources available and allow themselves to understand and comprehend the crypto sector in a fun and guided way.

Today, we will discuss one of the most basic and essential aspects of getting into the cryptocurrency market – Buying Cryptocurrencies. As the reader might know, cryptocurrencies differ slightly from traditional assets such as stocks, bonds, etc. Their trading varies too.

To buy cryptocurrencies, one has to first keep a few principles in mind. They are essential for anyone who does not wish to lose their savings because they know they could have avoided some error.

How to be a Vigilant Buyer?

To be a cryptocurrency buyer, you must follow some guidelines or principles to avoid scams, errors, or misjudgments. Since it is still nascent, cryptocurrencies can look too complex and technical for anyone looking at them for the first time. The following are a few guidelines that we urge readers to keep in mind before rushing to buy.

Choose a Good Exchange

Choosing the proper cryptocurrency exchange that meets all buyers’ needs is essential. However, one cannot select a compatible exchange right away. So it is recommended that one accounts for various exchanges and experiments with all of them before settling on particular exchanges or exchanges.

Do not fall for scams and phishing sites.

Before buying any particular cryptocurrency or any asset in general, we urge the reader to do brief research into it. It is common for cryptocurrencies to turn out as scams, leading the buyer to lose their initial funds. DYOR or Do Your Own Research Principle must always be followed.

Double-check before sending funds

Before sending fiat to exchange or transferring cryptocurrencies from one wallet to another exchange or wallet, it is always good to double-check the funds and the address to which the funds are being sent. This is because wallet IDs are complex hexadecimal, and a slight error in entering the address might permanently cause a loss of funds.

Always store large amounts in personal wallets.

If a large purchase is made on a centralized exchange, the readers are asked to make an effort to store those funds in a wallet they created for themselves instead of letting the funds lie on the exchange. It is a saying in the community, Not your funds, not your Bitcoin, meaning that you lose out to counterpart risk if you don’t directly own the funds.

Best places to Buy

For investors looking to enter the cryptocurrency space, a centralized exchange is still the most common means of doing so. However, there are also decentralized exchanges, meaning they are autonomous and function without oversight but can be too complex for first-time traders. Following is a list of the best exchanges we recommend the reader use and a few local exchanges that can help them buy the first time.

Coinbase

Coinbase is a centralized exchange, the oldest cryptocurrency exchange out there. It is available to users in over 55 countries as of 2020 and is the world’s largest cryptocurrency broker. Customers can buy bitcoin with a connected bank account, debit card, credit card, SEPA transfer, Interac Online, and many more payment methods.

Coinbase is known to be impressively customer-centric. However, the platform’s resourcefulness is not the sole issue that separates it from different platforms. Coinbase boasts a systematic and helpful customer support system that would be accessed through the Coinbase Support Phone Number. The Coinbase customer support service is online 24/7 to help users resolve each query relating to their Coinbase account. In addition, the Coinbase telephone number helps the platform reach its customers anywhere, anytime.

Coinbase also allows for mobile trading. Mobile exchanges are the lifesavers for the on-the-go investor, allowing them to execute strategies anywhere and anytime. Moreover, unlike traditional trading, where one has to wait for the market to open, crypto trading happens 24/7.

Some of the significant advantages of choosing a centralized exchange such as Coinbase are:

High liquidity and buying limits
Easy way for new users to buy bitcoin
Instant buy is available with the credit card as a backup

For a complete review of Coinbase, refer here

Gemini

Gemini bills itself as the ‘world’s leading regulation-friendly cryptocurrency exchange.’ It is headquartered in the United States and was founded by the Bitcoin Billionaires, the Winklevoss brothers. Boasting more than 100 cryptocurrencies for exchange and very competitive rates, it is no surprise that this platform has been head and shoulders above the competition.

Gemini is one of the most lucrative centralized trading platforms for cryptocurrency currently in the market. Gemini is an excellent exchange for those who value security above all else. This makes it well-suited for those exchanging large amounts of fiat currency for either Bitcoin or Ether. In addition, being fully licensed and offering additional security features makes it one of the most secure cryptocurrency exchanges.

Like Coinbase, Gemini offers a Mobile on-the-go exchange for all its users.

For a complete review of Gemini, check here.

CoinMama

Coinmama is a US-headquartered cryptocurrency trading platform currently operational in 50+ countries worldwide. Coinmama is considered one of the most stringent exchanges out there. Coinmama ensures it collects tons of documents for its verification process, sometimes way more than the required documents set by the regulatory authorities. However, it claims that it has taken this step to make the exchange as secure as possible.

Coinmama accepts credit or debit cards that Visa or Mastercard issues. In addition, the company has recently started accepting SEPA payments with 0% processing fees. Prices are denominated in EUR or USD.

Closing Remarks

When choosing a cryptocurrency exchange, it is essential to balance some considerations. This is because exchanges are different ways of building security precautions, regulating users, building their network, and building a user experience.

The best advice one could give is thorough and DYOR – Do Your Own Research. That’s the best possible strategy when deciding on the exchange of your choice.

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