Coinbase Wallet

Adding crypto to your wallet

You can buy crypto on Coinbase Wallet in over 130 countries; either through your Coinbase account or a third-party.

To use a Coinbase.com account, link your account to your Wallet then buy or transfer any supported crypto on Coinbase.com directly from Coinbase Wallet. If you don't have a Coinbase account, you can create an account from the Coinbase Wallet mobile app.

To use a third-party, sign in or create an account with the relevant third-party then buy crypto assets that may be supported.

To sign up for a Coinbase account through Coinbase Wallet:

  1. Open and sign into your Coinbase Wallet.

  2. Tap Migrated from https://help.coinbase.com/content/dam/help/articles/wallet/icons/Settings%20Tab.png, updated at Mon Apr 11 2022 12:52:36 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) to open your Settings.

  3. Tap Buy or transfer from Coinbase.

  4. Tap Sign up for Coinbase, and follow the remaining prompts.

Note that you'll need to do the following:

  • Verify your email

  • Add a 2-step verification method to secure your new account

  • Verify a new payment method 

  • Verify your identity

Learn more about creating a Coinbase account.

Once you’ve connected your Coinbase account to your Wallet, then follow the below steps:

  1. On the Coins tab, tap Buy or transfer > Buy or transfer from Coinbase.

  2. Tap Buy next to the crypto you’d like to purchase, then enter the amount you’d like to buy.

  3. Tap Continue, then choose your payment method or add a new payment method. 

  4. Tap Confirm. (You can always tap the back button to go back.) 

  5. Follow the remaining prompts.

Once you’ve connected your Coinbase account to your Wallet, then follow the below steps:

  • On the Assets tab, select Receive then choose Receive from Coinbase.

  • Select the Transfer from Coinbase tab. 

  • Select the asset balance you'd like to transfer.

  • Select Continue. (You’ll see Coinbase balance under From.)

  • Select Confirm, and follow the remaining prompts.

Note: Assets moved to Coinbase Wallet from Coinbase.com will no longer be held by Coinbase. Therefore you are responsible for keeping your assets secure.

  1. Select Send.

  2. Select the asset you’d like to transfer, and enter an amount.

  3. Enter the address of the other wallet.

  4. Confirm the transaction.

MetaMask

From the MetaMask browser wallet extension:

  1. Go to the Coinbase Wallet extension, click Show Wallet address and Copy to copy your Coinbase Wallet address.

  2. Open the MetaMask browser extension, and enter your password to access your MetaMask wallet.

  3. Click Send and paste your Coinbase Wallet browser address that you copied from step 1.

  4. Enter the amount of crypto you’d like to send and select the asset.

  5. Complete the transaction. 

From the MetaMask mobile app:

  1. Go to the Coinbase Wallet extension, click Show Wallet address > QR code

  2. Open the MetaMask mobile app, and tap Send > QR code and scan the Coinbase Wallet extension QR code in your web browser. 

  3. Enter the amount of crypto you’d like to send and select the asset.

  4. Complete the transaction.

Trust Wallet or another wallet

  1. Go to the Coinbase Wallet extension, click Show Wallet address > QR code

  2. Open the Trust Wallet mobile app, and tap Send > QR code and scan the Coinbase Wallet extension QR code in your web browser. 

  3. Enter the amount of crypto you’d like to send and select the asset.

  4. Complete the transaction.

You can also import your MetaMask or Trust Wallet into the Coinbase Wallet via your 12-word recovery phrase to make it easier to track your balances and conduct transactions.

Network fees

To ensure that transactions are processed on the blockchain, outgoing transactions will incur a network fee. This fee is paid to cryptocurrency miners who secure and process transactions on the respective network. This fee is applied when conducting various actions, such as sending crypto to another wallet address, trading one crypto for another, and using dapps or DeFi applications.