Exchanges & brokers

All-in-one package
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Testresult
95%
Excellent
04/2024

Pocket

  • Beginner-friendly service
  • No ID verification (up to 950€/day)
  • Savings plan function
  • App & Web
  • Real-time transfer
  • Purchase directly into your own (hardware) wallet
  • Integration in the BitBox app
  • Lightning network
  • Fees slightly higher than the competitors
  • Your own wallet must be verified using an (automated) signature procedure, but this was solved in a very beginner-friendly way.

 


Disclaimer: Pocket focuses primarily on the Swiss market.

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Top Support
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Testresult
90%
Excellent
04/2024

Coinfinity

  • Present since 2014
  • Based in the EU (Austria)
  • German bank account
  • Price fixing directly at the time of purchase
  • SEPA & real-time transfer
  • Savings plan
  • Low spreads
  • Purchase via the Lightning Network (Beta)
  • In-person support
  • No own wallet available yet
  • Payouts sometimes costly (non-custodial)
  • Fee model less flexible than direct competitors (but usually lower spreads)
  • Bonus code: BLOCKTRAINER
    Get 21% discount on trading fees (for the first 6 months)
Börse Stuttgart
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Testresult
90%
Excellent
04/2024

Bison App

  • Very user-friendly
  • Very favorable fees
  • Many functions (savings plan, limit order, tax report)
  • Shares & ETFs tradable
  • Web & App
  • Product of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange
  • "Demo mode" for test purposes
  • Only SEPA bank transfer as a payment method
  • Not comprehensible selection of cryptocurrencies offered
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Testresult
90%
Excellent
04/2024

Relai

  • Beginner-friendly service
  • No ID verification required
  • Many payment options
  • Purchase possible directly on your own wallet
  • Affordable fee model
  • Automatic & regular purchase possible as a savings plan
  • Relai subsidises the network fee completely
  • Only available as an app
  • With the code BLOCKTRAINER you permanently pay 0.5 percentage points less in fees
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Testresult
85%
Good
04/2024

bitvavo

  • EU-regulated
  • Real-time bank transfer (instant sepa)
  • PayPal as a deposit method
  • Many security-relevant features (2FA, whitelisting, anti-phishing etc.)
  • Account guarantee (type of deposit protection up to €100,000)
  • The first €1000 can be traded free of charge
  • "Overcautious" with KYC/AML regulations
  • Wallets must be verified before payout (security feature)
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