How to open a Coinbase Pro account

  1. Go here to sign up

  2. Specify your account details, including your name and email address. You'll receive an email asking you to verify your email address 

  3. After verifying your email address, you'll be prompted to enter your phone number. Please provide a mobile number as you'll be required to verify the phone number via SMS 

  4. Depending which region you're in, you'll be asked to provide your name, date of birth, address, intent, source of funds, occupation, and employer 

  5. Have your government-issued ID available as you will be asked to upload or take a photo of it

    • US and UK customers will need to complete an ID verification for documents and an ID verification for a profile

    • All other customers will need to verify two IDs of different types. Passport, driver's license, or government-issued ID cards are acceptable forms of ID; health cards and student IDs are not accepted

  6. Once you verify your ID, you may link a bank account or select Start Trading to skip this step for now

How to open a Coinbase Pro account when you already have a Coinbase account

If you already have a Coinbase account, please use the same login email address from your Coinbase account for your Coinbase Pro account. By doing this, your Coinbase account is automatically linked, and transferring funds of any currency between your Coinbase balance and your Coinbase Pro account is integrated into the experience.  To create your account go here and select Log In. If you were already logged in to coinbase.com, you will be prompted to accept the Coinbase Pro User Terms and may be prompted to provide additional information.

Please note that a single individual may only operate one account with Coinbase Pro and Coinbase.com. If you already have a Coinbase account and would like to open a Coinbase Pro account, please use the same login email address.

 

How to send and receive cryptocurrency

You can use your Coinbase account to send and receive supported cryptocurrencies. Sends and receives are available on both mobile and web. Note that Coinbase cannot be used to receive ETH or ETC mining rewards.

Send

There are two ways to send crypto on Coinbase: on-chain or off-chain. 

On-chain sends are used to send funds from the Coinbase platform to an external address on the blockchain. On-chain sends are irreversible; Coinbase can’t retrieve funds that were sent to the incorrect address or using the incorrect network. On-chain sends incur network fees and take time to process. 

Off-chain sends allow you to send funds to another Coinbase user using their phone number, email address, or username. Off-chain sends are instant and incur no transaction fees.

Web (Coinbase.com)

  1. From your Dashboard, select Pay from the left side of the screen. 

  2. On the Send tab, enter the amount of crypto you'd like to send. (You can toggle between the cash value or crypto amount.) 

  3. Select Pay with and choose the asset to use for the send.

  4. Enter the crypto address, phone number, or email address of the person you would like to send the crypto to.

  5. Leave a note (optional).

  6. Select Continue to review the details.

  7. Select the network that you’d like to send on, if applicable (always confirm that your recipient’s wallet supports this network; learn more about sending on other networks).

  8. Select Send now.

Coinbase mobile app

1. Tap  Send on the Home or Pay tab.

2. Select the asset.

3. Select a contact or enter a recipient's email, phone number, crypto address, or ENS name. You can also get this info by scanning the recipient's QR code.

4. Enter the amount of crypto you'd like to send (you can toggle between the cash or crypto amounts).

5. Select the network that you’d like to send on, if applicable (only available for assets that are supported on multiple networks; always confirm that your recipient’s wallet supports this network. You don’t need to select a network if you’re sending to a user’s email or phone number).

6. Leave a note (optional), then select Preview.

7. Confirm the transaction details.

8. Select Send now.

If you're trying to send more crypto than you have in your crypto balance, you'll be prompted to top up when doing the send. 

 

Important:

All sends to crypto addresses are irreversible. Coinbase cannot retrieve funds sent to the incorrect address or using the incorrect network.