What is Coinbase?

Coinbase is a secure online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing digital currency. Our mission is to create an open financial system for the world and to be the leading global brand for helping people convert digital currency into and out of their local currency. 
 

  • We make buying and selling digital currency easy.

  • Sending or receiving digital currency between online wallets, friends, or merchants on Coinbase is free!*

  • We handle security and backups so you don't have to worry.

  • We are a "one stop shop" - we offer a wallet, an exchange, and merchant tools within one simple interface.

  • Coinbase is a platform on which many applications are being built using our API.

How to start

You can purchase or sell as little as 2.00 of digital currency denominated in your local currency ($2 or €2 for example).

  1. Go to the Buys page.
  2. Select the type of digital currency you'd like to buy.
  3. Enter the amount you'd like to buy denominated in either digital currency or your local currency.
  4. Select the wallet you wish to have your funds deposited into. 
  5. Select your desired payment method.  
  6. Confirm the order is correct and click Buy.

As easy as this.

Referral program

How it works:

  1. Start by visiting the referrals page. From this page you can copy your referral link or send an invite email to a friend.
  2. Your friends can click the referral link (or the link in the email) and sign up for a Coinbase account.
  3. They will then complete their account and initiate a buy or sell in one of our supported countries.
  4. If your friend visits coinbase.com/trade and initiates a buy or sell of $100 USD or more (or 100 USD equivalent of your domestic currency) within 180 days of opening his or her account, you both will receive a 10 USD (or 10 USD equivalent of your domestic currency) referral bonus when the order completes. Orders can take up to 4 business days to complete.