Coinbase is one of the most popular Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges. It has offered a reliable on-ramp for BTC since October 2012 and started adding altcoins in 2016. Coinbase is secure, has a good record as a custodian, but falls short in the privacy department .
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While cryptocurrency exchanges are not protected by the FDIC or the SIPC, Coinbase says that all of the digital currency it holds online is insured .
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