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Coinbase Vs. ForexVox - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 17 2022

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Investing in cryptocurrencies involves risk.

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61% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

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.

ForexVox is a new trading name from Valutrades, a broker operating since 2012 that offers currencies, indices and commodities under FCA and FSAS regulation.

Best For
  • 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.
  • Experienced traders that look for an ECN account offering with commissions
  • Currency traders
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Unregulated

Top-tier Licenses

0

Other Licenses

0

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

1

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🏛 Financial Regulators

None

  • FCA (United Kingdom)
  • FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
  • 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
  • FCA Regulation and being a trading name of ValuTrades (founded in 2012)
  • Scalping is allowed
  • Ecn account offered
The Bad
  • Extremely high fees for cryptocurrency transactions (especially on standard app)
  • Low variety of cryptocurrencies to trade when compared to leading exchanges
  • Poor asset offering (less than 100 instruments)
  • Low platform offering (only MT4 and MT5 available)
  • Client area lacks usability
  • Average spreads are high
Status
Operational Operational
Recent News

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Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day 1 hour
📋 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
2012 2020
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0 0
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfers
  • Paypal
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Skrill
  • Neteller
  • UnionPay
  • USDT (Tether)
  • Bank Transfer
  • SticPay
💵 Account Base Currencies
All supported cryptocurrencies. 3 - EUR, USD, GBP.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes No
❌ Restricted Countries
None

US, CA, SY, IR.

📊 STP Account
No Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes No
📊 ECN Account
No Yes
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
Yes No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Equities CFDs
Total Asset Offering
110 104
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
0 0
📙 Stock CFDs
0 0
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
0 74
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
0 3
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
0 15
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
110 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0 5
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 0
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
0 0
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
0 7
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2 Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
Unavailable $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
Unavailable 30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable 500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes No
🎓 Demo Account
No Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes No
📱 Android App
Yes No
📺 MetaTrader 4
No Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No Yes
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No No
👫 Social Trading
No Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None None
💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None None
💰 Commissions

From 0.50% up to 2.0% of transaction value.

  • No commissions on their standard account
  • A $7 per lot round turn commission on their ECN account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Unavailable Dynamic - From 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Unavailable Dynamic - From 135 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable Dynamic - From 16 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From 0.50% up to 2.0% Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No No
🗓 Economic Calendar
No No
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No No
📡 Educational Content
Yes Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes Yes
📡 Account Management
No No
📡 Webinars
No No