Moving back to Europe, Bitstamp is a Luxembourg based company with offices in London and New York as well. Their straightforward, unpretentious home page highlights key selling points, working partnerships, and news snippets alongside their BTC, XRP, LTC, ETH, BCH, USD and EUR trading pairs – they even have a EUR/USD pair – with live order book information on each pair front and center.
You can make deposits using SEPA, international bank wire, or credit card, but be careful to check if your bank allows this latter option and if they charge additional fees to the 5% charged by Bitstamp. SEPA deposits are free on the other hand, and bank wires have a minimum fee of 7.50€. SEPA withdrawals cost .90€ and bank wires a minimum of 15€. For their full list of fees, including trading fees – which are competitive – see their fee schedule posted on their website. An additional feature that will also likely interest many is the Bitstamp prepaid debit card – the aforementioned fee schedule has all the pertinent info for that too.
Security best practices are in place, running the gamut from the basic 2FA for user login, to full annual audits by one of “The Big Four”, as well as full yearly audits which include IT security checks and data protection processes. Their Internal Processes page offers readers more information about Bitstamp’s pioneering efforts in this area, what it all means, and how customers benefit.
Full ID verification is required - see the quick video guide here:
And for the answers to many of your other questions, they have one of the better FAQ out there.
Previous posts in this series:
HowTo Buy Crypto – Part 1: LiteBit
HowTo Buy Crypto – Part 2: Coinbase
HowTo Buy Crypto – Part 3: GDAX
HowTo Buy Crypto – Part 4: Kraken
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