Coinbase Vs. Trading 212 - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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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.	Trading 212 is a global broker headquartered in the U.K specialising in real stocks and ETFs investing along with CFD trading.
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.	Passive investors looking to buy stocks or ETFs with their investing account Traders of all levels of experience looking to trade CFDs on shares
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Unregulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
None	FCA (UK) CySec (Cyprus) FSC (Bulgaria)
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	Broad asset offering in their investing account (more than 10,000 assets) Friendly, smooth and simple proprietary platforms (both web and mobile) Great spreads on stocks and no commissions on investing accounts
The Bad
Extremely high fees for cryptocurrency transactions (especially on standard app) Low variety of cryptocurrencies to trade when compared to leading exchanges	Despite both platforms being beautiful, they are gamified for engagement. Clicking on the buy button on mobile platform will trigger a random order without asking for confirmation Asides from stocks, their asset offering lacks variety Very high forex spreads (1.4 Pips on EUR/USD)
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
2012	2004
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	From $1 to $10
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfers Paypal	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay
💵 Account Base Currencies
All supported cryptocurrencies.	9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes	No
❌ Restricted Countries
None	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
Yes	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Equities	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
110	13,615
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	10,000
📙 Stock CFDs
0	1,526
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
0	179
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
0	25
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
0	35
📔 ETFs
0	1,800
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	50
💸 Cryptocurrencies
110	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	0
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2	Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
Unavailable	$500 (0.005 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
Unavailable	30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
No	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 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.	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips
📉 SP500
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 166 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $0.6
📈 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	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No