Exchange profile · ExchangeChecked on: 5 October 2026

Coinbase

MiCA-licensed · CSSF (Luxemburg)

Real cost · buy + sell

6.45 %

Average of test trades of €100 and €500 in the app (Frankfurt School Blockchain Center & intas.tech, Jan–Feb 2026). With flat fees, the percentage depends on the order size.

How beginners buy there

No fixed rate published. Spread and fee vary and only appear in the order preview. Limit orders cost 1 %. Coinbase Advanced has no spread.

Rating

The overall score under our methodology follows once every field in the spec sheet is backed by a source. We don't score on the basis of gaps.

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Spec sheet

Type: Exchange
Simple buy: n/a
Crypto assets: n/a
Savings plan: Yes
Savings plan intervals: weekly, twice a month, monthly
Savings plan cost: n/a
Staking: n/a
Withdrawals to own wallet: Yes
Offers leveraged products: n/a
SEPA deposit: n/a
Card deposit: n/a
PayPal deposit: n/a
Euro withdrawal: n/a
Bitcoin withdrawal: n/a

"n/a" means we could not verify the value yet. We don't guess.

Licence

Coinbase Luxembourg S.A.

Supervisor: CSSF (Luxemburg)
Home country: Luxembourg
Authorised since: 20 June 2025
LEI: 984500F14CA4571AAC11

Permitted services

Custody of crypto assets
Exchanging crypto for funds
Exchanging crypto for other crypto
Executing orders

Check in the ESMA register ↗

What users report

We don't have our own test account with this provider yet. So here we summarise what other users write publicly, in our own words.

Trustpilot ↗4.0 out of 523,214 reviews43 % give 1 starProvider actively invites customers to reviewAs of: 5 October 2026 App Store (DE) ↗4.4 out of 543,939 reviewsAs of: 5 October 2026

Often praised

Easy sign-up and use
Fast transactions
Good security features

Common complaints

Accounts get locked without a clear explanation
Repeated identity checks
Support hard to reach; automated answers often don’t help

Themes from recent Trustpilot reviews, summarised on 5 October 2026.

Review sites are not representative: unhappy customers write more often, and providers that invite customers get more good reviews. We don't verify whether individual reviews are genuine. These voices never feed into our cost data or a score.

Sources

Coinbase Help – Pricing and fees disclosures (crypto)Gebührenmodell, Spread, Limit-Order-Gebühr · accessed 5 October 2026
ESMA – Interim MiCA Register, CASPs (Stand 31.08.2026)MiCA-Lizenz · accessed 5 October 2026
Frankfurt School Blockchain Center & intas.tech, März 2026Roundtrip-Kosten 6,45 % · accessed 5 October 2026
Coinbase Help – How to set up recurring buysWiederkehrende Käufe: Intervalle · accessed 5 October 2026