Buy Bitcoin In The United States

Coinbase is one of the most popular digital currency exchanges. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, it offers both an all-in-one exchange and a wallet, making it one of the easiest starting points with Bitcoin. Coinbase’s wallet and merchant services, which have won the trust of over 30 million users, have their payment platform integrated with more than 48,000 businesses worldwide.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, CNY & 50+ more

Payment methods include: Bank Account, Debit Card, Credit Card, Wire Transfer, SEPA Transfer

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S

Founders: Brian Armstrong Fred Ehrsam

LocalBitcoins works as a decentralized exchange, facilitating P2P (peer-to-peer) Bitcoin sales by allowing users to list their own buy/sell advertisements. By using the site users can create and list advertisements, communicate with prospective buyers and sellers and confirm all the transaction details before finalizing any trade. Users can either meet in person or trade online. LocalBitcoins allows for private purchases and can be used worldwide; it also allows users to make purchases via a number of different payment methods and doesn’t impose buying or selling limits.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, CNY & 50+ more

Payment methods include: BPAY, Cash, Credit card, Cryptocurrency, Debit card, Flexepin, iDEAL, Neosurf, Neteller, PayPal, Perfect Money, Bank transfer (SEPA), SWIFT, Western Union

Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland

Founders: Jeremias Kangas

With millions of active users, an international market, and strategic investors on board, Kraken, joins Coinbase and Binance to become the big three cryptocurrency exchanges in the global market. Kraken provides cryptocurrency to fiat trading and provides price information to Bloomberg Terminal. In February 2019, Kraken announced that it had raised US$100 million in a direct offering to its largest customers at a $4 billion valuation.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CAD

Payment methods include: Electronic Funds Transfer, Bank transfer (SEPA), Wire transfer

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S

Founders: Jesse Powell

BitQuick describes themselves as a hybrid between LocalBitcoins and BitInstant. BitQuick allows for instant buying and selling in their Bitcoin marketplace. Buyers connect directly to sellers via cash deposits or SEPA transfers. BitQuick has a flexible platform that has already expanded operations to Europe, Taiwan, and India and launched AltQuick, an alternate cryptocurrency exchange. Bitquick is also known as the first Bitcoin marketplace to provide public proof-of-reserve in February of 2014.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, CAD, RUR, AUD

Payment methods include: Cash, Bank transfer (SEPA)

Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S

Founders: Jad Mubaslat

Gemini is a digital asset exchange and custodian, founded in 2014 by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, that allows customers to buy, sell, and store digital assets such as bitcoin and ether. Gemini is regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS) and also the first exchange to launch bitcoin futures contracts in December 2017.

Supported Fiat: USD

Payment methods include: Wire transfer, Electronic funds transfer, Cryptocurrency

Headquarters: New York City, New York, U.S

Founders: Cameron Winklevoss Tyler Winklevoss

Bitfinex is a cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in Hong Kong and registered in the British Virgin Islands. Bitfinex ranks among the top exchanges in terms of daily trading volumes and is one of the most well-known trading platforms albeit a troubled history of multiple hacks, loss of user funds, and other allegations.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY

Payment methods include: Cryptocurrency, Wire transfer

Headquarters: Hong Kong, HK

Founders: Giancarlo Devasini Raphael Nicolle

eToro is an innovative and versatile trading platform where you can trade stocks, ETFs, currencies, cryptocurrencies, incides, and commodities. eToro works as a social investment platform with its 'CopyTrading' feature which allows users to view, follow and copy the network's top traders automatically. eToro has a good reputation but it is worth mentioning that purchasing cryptocurrencies with eToro does not mean that you will physically own the asset. If you want to purchase the asset instead of just trading it, it is recommended to use another exchange.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, RUB, CNH, CAD

Payment methods include: Bank transfer, Wire transfer, China Union Pay, Credit card, Debit card, Giropay, Neteller, PayPal, Yandex

Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel

Founders: Yoni Assia Ronen Assia David Ring

Paxful works as a peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform. Established in 2015, the peer-to-peer marketplace allows buyers and sellers to interact by posting trade offers. Users can choose to make purchases using PayPal, MoneyGram, Amazon/iTunes gift cards and many more payment methods.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, CNY & 50+ more

Payment methods include: Cash, Credit card, Debit card, Flexepin, iDEAL, Neosurf, Neteller, PayPal, Perfect Money, SWIFT, Western Union, Moneygram, Giftcards

Headquarters: Wilmington, Delaware, U.S

Founders: Ray Youssef Artur Schaback

Wall of Coins is a peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace that lets users buy and sell bitcoin, working similarly to LocalBitcoins. Wall of Coins is run by Genitrust, a privately-funded corporation that has specialized in Bitcoin software solutions since 2013. Despite only accepting cash payments for bitcoin, Wall of Coins serves over 120,000 locations in the United States alone, including popular remittance centers like Western Union and MoneyGram.

Supported Fiat: USD, AUD, GPB, CAD

Payment methods include: Cash, Bank of America’s Teller Assist, MoneyGram

Headquarters: Sarasota, Florida, U.S

Founders: Robert Genito

Changelly allows one to exchange one cryptocurrency for another and also buy using a bank card. All this is done through a convenient and clean user-interface and a quick registration via email or social media account. Changelly’s conversion mechanism is integrated into some of the biggest cryptocurrency platforms such as Poloniex, Bittrex, and Binance. There are no geographical restrictions to the service that Changelly provides, so it can be accessed from anywhere in the world.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP

Payment methods include: Credit card, Debit card

Headquarters: Valletta, Malta

Founders: Alex Melikhov Konstantin Gladych

Abra is an all-in-one, mobile-based cryptocurrency wallet and exchange supporting over 28 cryptocurrencies and over 50 fiat currencies. Abra was founded in 2014 by Bill Barhydt, a former software engineer for Goldman Sachs and former director of Netscape. Since launching, Abra has raised approximately $35.5M in funding and has been backed by Jungle Ventures, Arbor Ventures, and American Express. The team is headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA and also retains an office in Manila, in the Philippines. Abra’s wallet is based on a non-custodial wallet architecture, which means it doesn’t control or have access to users’ funds.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, CNY & 50+ more

Payment methods include: Bank transfer, Cash, Credit card, Debit card, Cryptocurrency, Wire transfer

Headquarters: Mountain View, California, U.S.

Founders: Bill Barhydt Pete Kelly Pete Kelly