I'm looking for a new way to purchase Ethereum other than Coinbase.
Can anyone give me some feedback on other wallets or sites to do so?
Thanks!
I'm looking for a new way to purchase Ethereum other than Coinbase.
Can anyone give me some feedback on other wallets or sites to do so?
Thanks!
Just stick with Coinbase! lol
I would but I have been banned. Lol Here is the message they sent before closing my account.
"Hello, Thank you for your interest in Coinbase. Our primary goal is to make digital currency safe and secure for our customers. Coinbase is a regulated Money Services Business under FinCEN (FinCEN.gov), and as part of achieving this goal, we are legally obligated to implement regulatory compliance mechanisms.
Upon careful review, we believe your account has engaged in prohibited use in violation of our Terms of Service and we regret to inform you that we can no longer provide you with access to our service. We respectfully request that you follow the on-screen instructions presented when you log into your Coinbase account to send any remaining balance offsite to an external address.
Should you have any questions or need assistance, please let us know and we'll be happy to help.
Respectfully,
Coinbase Customer Support
Do you have any idea what they think you did to get banned?
Not sure and didn't ask. The experience made me question the anonymity of Bitcoin & Coinbase. I'm just thinking of ways to be my own central bank. Also articles in the recent past, "U.S. Federal Court Approves IRS Collection of Coinbase User Database" made me start thinking about other options.
Kraken, Gemini, Abra. My favorite is Abra. But none of these will be any better than Coinbase when it comes to the IRS. Anywhere that fiat currency is accepted in exchange for cryptocurrency has to meet the same regs as Coinbase. The IRS will catch up to them eventually.
Thanks for the advice! I'm going to see how Gemini works out and repost my findings soon.
I like Kraken and QuadrigaCX. Not a big fan of Coinbase.
Thanks! I was going to go with Kraken but I saw a post that the site was recently compromised. I have now way to verify this but I'm going to try Gemini. I'll let everyone knows how it goes.
How'd gemini go for you?