Alright I need a guide...how many marketplaces are out there and what's good in these streets?
I heard binance was having issues and not a good place to go to as of late.
Probably the easiest for beginners...at least it was for me. I'm only a couple months doin this so...
Coinbase
Only thing is they don't have a lot of the alt coins. So you gonna need the other exchanges to trade lfor a lot of stuff
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Probly best to spread your trades out over different exchanges instead of everything in one. Bitmart got hacked a few weeks back and I could'nt withdraw the USDT I had purchased there for over a week.
Main thing is get your own wallet. Most popular is probly Metamask. There's a million wallets tho.

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Get on youtube and search the different exchanges. Lot of tuts on how to use em. First time I went to one I was like WTF is this shit?
Def a learning curve to this shit