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4 reviews

Beginner On-Ramps

Apps and brokers built for a first purchase. The cost is rarely in the headline fee, so these reviews dig into spreads, payment-method surcharges and whether you can move coins off the platform at all.

Current pick: Bitpanda7.5/10

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    Bitpanda

    7.5/10
    European buyers who want a licensed local provider

    Bitpanda is what a European retail crypto broker should look like: regulated, boring, and priced at about 1.49% for the convenience. The cheaper product is on the same site, and almost nobody finds it.

    ~1.49% spread on the broker, far lower on Pro
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    Robinhood Crypto

    7.2/10
    US investors holding crypto alongside equities

    Robinhood charges no commission on crypto. That is true, and it is not the same as free — the revenue arrives through order routing, and it shows up in the price you get rather than on your statement.

    No commission; cost is in the spread
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    eToro

    6.7/10
    Social trading across crypto and equities

    eToro's fee is simple and simply expensive: 1% to buy, 1% to sell. Everything else about the platform — the regulation, the polish, the social layer — is downstream of whether you accept that number.

    1% buy and 1% sell on crypto, plus spread
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    MoonPay

    6.3/10
    One-off card purchases inside a wallet app

    MoonPay is not an exchange and should not be compared with one. It is a payment rail that converts a card into a token at the point of need, and it charges payment-rail prices for it.

    ~4.5% by card, ~1% by bank transfer