This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to buy cryptocurrency with our service, through our website or with our mobile app.
5 minutes|Yann Gerardi|Published 2020-04-17|Updated 2024-10-07
With our exchange service, you can buy cryptocurrencies easily and receive them directly on any of your existing wallets, as long as it is self-custodial app (meaning that you control the wallet address and its private key / secret phrase).
This step-by-step tutorial below shows you how it works:
If you don't have a crypto wallet yet, downloading our mobile app Bridge Wallet is the easiest way to get started if you want to buy cryptocurrencies.
This step-by-step tutorial below shows you how it works:
Create a new wallet, or restore an existing one if you prefer to. If you need help on the creation of a wallet, we have made a step-by-step guide here.
Go in Settings > My profile > Register, choose an authentication mode then provide an email address on which you will receive notifications about your transactions.
Registering allows to buy crypto by bank transfer up to CHF1,000 per day, CHF15,000 per month and CHF100,000 per year.
To buy crypto above these limits or to buy crypto by card, you will need to identify. For more info, please see our support page.
The cryptocurrencies available to buy are all displayed by default in Bridge Wallet. You can see the list on this page as well.
Please note that we have different cryptocurrencies available on different networks. To switch network, use the network icon on the upper left of the screen.
Click the "Buy" button and choose "Buy by bank transfer" or "Buy by card".
You can buy cryptocurrency in 19 different fiat currencies. Choose one of these and you will see our all-inclusive exchange rate.
By default, your receiving address is your Bridge Wallet address. You can also directly receive your crypto on another wallet address belonging to you. To do so, you will need to link it first to your profile, here is how to do it.
If you have chosen to buy crypto by bank transfer, you will see here our bank account information. Follow the instructions to make your bank transfer, and you will receive a notification as soon as we receive it. See "Bank transfer times" here for more info.
If you have chosen to buy crypto by card, enter your card details and confirm. Please note that once your payment has been confirmed, your crypto can take from several minutes up to several hours to be delivered on your wallet. See "My card payment was successful but I haven't received my crypto" here for more info.
The most common questions that our clients ask us are all answered there. Have a look!
We answer all your questions, and we answer them fast! Get in touch by email or through Bridge Wallet's contact form.
We accept clients from all countries, except US and Russian persons, and residents of:
Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mainland China (Hong Kong and Taiwan accepted), Mali, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Romania, Russia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe.