Admiral Markets Vs. Coinbase - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Admiral Markets (now Admirals) is a global broker headquartered in Estonia with a comprehensive asset offering (5000+) in CFDs and real stocks or ETFs along with MetaTrader 4 & 5.	Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange and wallet founded in 2012 with the aim of simplifying cryptocurrency transactions for the average user. Through their mobile and web app they allow purchasing, storing, receiving and sending several real cryptocurrencies.
Best For
Beginners looking to get started investing in stocks or ETFs Intermediate and advanced traders looking to trade CFDs Professional traders and asset managers	Inexperienced cryptocurrency investors Long term cryptocurrency holders Investors meeting the above two conditions and also satisfied with the cryptocurrency offering they provide Seasoned investors and traders looking to explore the Coinbase Pro option for better pricing.
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Unregulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)	None
The Good
Broad offering of 5000+ assets including CFDs, real stocks and ETFs MetaTrader 4 & 5 along their propietary trading app Tools for professionals and asset managers	Extremely simple and friendly interfaces Moderate variety of cryptocurrencies Independent wallet application Option to choose from standard Coinbase or Coinbase Pro Coinbase debit card (for eligible countries) to spend and manage your cryptocurrencies
The Bad
Costly spreads in some of their assets when compared to similar competitors No propietary web trading platform	Extremely high fees for cryptocurrency transactions (especially on standard app) Low variety of cryptocurrencies to trade when compared to leading exchanges
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!	No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day	1 day
📋 Documents Required
Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc) Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills) All documents must be under the account holder's name.	Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc) Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills) All documents must be under the account holder's name.
📍 Year Founded
2001	2012
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfers Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.	All supported cryptocurrencies.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Yes
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	None
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
Yes	Yes
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	Equities
Total Asset Offering
4,559	110
Exchange Access
1	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
3,254	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
40	0
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
28	0
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
43	0
📔 ETFs
778	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
372	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	110
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
42	0
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
2	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	$2
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1000 (0.01 Lots)	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	Unavailable
💪 Professional Leverage
500	Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	No
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	No
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Depending on account type (eg: Zero MT4 or 5 accounts have a $3 per lot round turn commission, ASX shares have a 0.15% fee, etc)	From 0.50% up to 2.0% of transaction value.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.8 Pips	Unavailable
📉 SP500
From 50 Pips	Unavailable
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 20 Pips	Unavailable
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.45	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 2 Pips	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Variable - From $208	Dynamic - From 0.50% up to 2.0%
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	No
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No