There’s no good reason to turn down easy money. Many of these exchanges believe they have the best product on the market, and are willing to give you free stuff to try them out. But because they want there to be a social component to the whole thing, they make you use a referral link to get the most out of the sign up bonuses. Never sign up for a crypto or stock exchange without getting the best possible sign up bonus. The list below will simplify the process, and each of the links should get you the best bonus for the given exchange.
A Few Things To Note Before You Get Started Signing Up
- Dependent Bonuses: Some of the exchanges below like to use clickbait to get you in, saying there’s a $250 sign up bonus or something ridiculous. Usually those are only if you sell your house and deposit everything you have. The bonuses listed below are what the average person will get. They may also have a time requirement (eg maintain a balance of $100 or more for the first 30 days). Most people just wait for the time requirement, sell their free bonus stuff, and then withdraw all their money.
- KYC: Most reputable exchanges now adhere to KYC (“Know Your Client”). This means that in order to sign up, you’ll have to give them some personal info so that they can make sure you’re not laundering money or anything crazy. To make the list below, a company will need to have a decent track record on security with data, and no red flags. The list will be continually updated to add or take away companies as necessary.
- All of the links here are for my personal accounts, meaning that if you end up signing up with them, I’ll get some sort of a bonus too. Usually it’s not much, but still, you should know this before using my links (and thank you in advance). This also means that I trust each of the companies below enough to go through the KYC process with them and deposit my own money onto their platform.
Coinbase
Cryptocurrency Exchange
$
40
00
In Cryptocurrency -
$10 in Bitcoin when you buy/sell $100 of crypto + $30 in various crypto's for doing about 10 mins of learning modules
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Easy sign up process, Learning modules are actually interesting and informative
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You should transfer your money to Coinbase Pro (free) before buying and selling in order to avoid fees (but in terms of crypto exchanges, their fees are pretty small)
WeBull
Stock + Crypto Exchange
2 Stocks
Each Valued $8 - $1600
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Potential for a huge bonus
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Additional promotions after you sign up
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Sign up process could be simpler, requires you to deposit at least $100 ON THE FIRST DEPOSIT to get both stocks
Robinhood
Stock + Crypto Exchange
1 Stock
Valued $3 - $225
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Easiest platform to use overall, great for starting out
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Access to a large number of stocks, which can be grouped by sector, most popular, largest daily movers, etc...
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Sign up bonus potential is smaller than others (but doesn't require an initial deposit)
Binance.US
Crypto Exchange
25% off Fees
On every trade you make
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Lifetime bonus with referral link, biggest potential upside of all the bonuses (you can get up to 50% off the fees if you use their own crypto token - BNB)
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Has a lot of cryptocurrencies not listed on the other exchanges
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Less extensive than the main Binance site, but your only option if you live in the US
Bonus Code: 56310895
(Note that it will show your bonus "kickback" as 0% not matter what referral code you enter - they're still working on the US version of the site)