How to Buy VeChain (VEN) via Coinbase and Binance—A Step By Step Guide

An easy way to purchase VeChain (VEN) cryptocurrency is via Coinbase and Binance.

Overview

  1. Sign up for Coinbase and buy Bitcoin.
  2. Sign up for Binance.
  3. Transfer your Bitcoin from Coinbase to Binance.
  4. On Binance, exchange your Bitcoin[1] for VEN.

Step by Step

1. Sign up for Coinbase
  • Go to Coinbase and sign up. You’ll need to verify your email, phone number, and bank account.
  • Then, go to Coinbase.com/buy. After choosing your payment source and how much you want to buy, click Buy Bitcoin.
    Buy-Screen
2. Sign up for Binance
  • Go to Binance and sign up for an account.
  • Verify your email.
3. Send Bitcoin from Coinbase to Binance
  • Log in to your Binance account.
  • On the top of the screen, hover over Funds and click Deposits.
    Binance-Click-Deposits
  • On the next page, click the Select Deposits Coin drop-down. Type BTC and select BTC-Bitcoin once it appears.
    Binance-Select-BTC
  • Your BTC Deposit Address will now appear. Click the Copy Address button (or copy it manually).
    Binance-Copy-BTC-Address
  • Now, go to Coinbase.com/accounts and click “Send” under your Bitcoin wallet.
    Coinbase-send
  • Paste your BTC Deposit Address (which you just copied from Binance) in the Enter a BTC Address field.
    Coinbase-send-form
  • Enter your desired send amount, and press Continue to send your Bitcoin to Binance.
  • To see whether this transaction has completed, go to Binance Transaction History. It can take 1–3 minutes for the transaction to appear, and 10–30 minutes for it to be fully confirmed.
4. On Binance, exchange your Bitcoin for VEN
  • Go to Binance’s BTC–VEN exchange: www.binance.com/trade.html?symbol=VEN_BTC (P.S. This page may look complicated. Hang in there!)
  • In the middle of the page you will see a chart. Just below the chart, there is an interface (below). If Limit is selected, then click Market.
    VeChain-Click-Market
  • After the Market tab is selected, click 100% (this means “convert all of the Bitcoin in my Binance account into VEN”).
    • If you don't want to spend all of the Bitcoin in your account, you can select a different percentage or manually type how much VeChain (VEN) you'd like to buy.
      VeChain-Percentages
  • Then click Buy VEN.
  • To view your newly purchased VEN, go back to the Balances page on Binance.
    Binance-click-balances

Best of luck in all of your crypto pursuits!

  1. If you are familiar with Ethereum, you can adapt this guide to use Ethereum instead of Bitcoin for lower transfer fees. I used Bitcoin to make this process as approachable as possible for anyone who may have not heard of Ethereum. ↩︎