
You are ready to start buying, selling, and trading Crypto. To do that, you need an on-ramp to get in. We suggest the easiest is Coinbase.
In these step-by-step instructions, we will break down all you need to do for the novice to set up a Coinbase account.
What You Need To Get Started
You can create an account either by downloading the app to your Android or iPhone or create an account on a computer. It is way easier to do on a PC or laptop then phone, there are a lot of steps.
- Be at least 18 years old
- A government-issued photo ID (Take a picture of it or Scan it)
- A computer or smartphone
- A phone number connected to your smartphone
- The latest version of your browser (we recommend Chrome)
- Have Google Authenticator installed for Android, iPhone has something built-in (For Two-Factor-Authentication)
Step-By-Step Instructions To Create Your Coinbase Account
- Create your account
- Individual
- Fill in your personal information
- Remember your password and store it somewhere
- Verify your email
- Go you your email and verify your email
- Make sure you check your junk mail folder as well
- Go you your email and verify your email
- Verify you identity
- Verify your phone number
- They will send you an SMS code
- Country you are in
- Verify your identity
- Name, Birthday, Address, Coinbase Questions(Investing, Occupation. Employed), Last 4 of Your SSN
- Total Value of what you expect to put into your account (Select dropdown)
- What industry you work in (Select dropdown)
- If you get an error click skip and try again, it saves what you put in
- Verify your phone number
- Verify you identity
- You need to used you PC or phone camera to take a picture of you drivers license or upload a scanned version of it
- It will then take some time to process. You need to do this in order to send and receive crypto
- Add Payment Method (This is how you put cash into your Coinbase account to purchase Crypto)
