Sunday, January 31, 2021

How to start trading cryptocurrency (BTC/ETH/DOGE) in Canada

  1. Register with an exchange 
    1. Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange
      referral link: https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=72626669
      • Popular, high-volume and highly liquid
      • Low fees
      • Trusted online
      • Supports a lot of coins including DOGE
    2. Newton
      referral link: web.newton.co/r/BZY8MO
      • Canadian exchange FINTRAC-regulated platform
      • 0 fees (they make a profit from exchange rates)
      • Funding options include Interac e-Transfer, wire transfers, pre-authorized debit, and crypto
  2. Register a crypto wallet
    It is recommended to store coins long-term in a wallet rather than in exchanges’ accounts for security reasons. Although in the case of day trading, it makes more sense to keep them in exchanges considering transfers are slow.
  3. Deposit funds
    Apparently, it is beneficial to fund Newton first in order to avoid cash advance fees and then transfer to Binance. On Newton, once it's funded go to Withdraw, to Wallet, enter your Binance wallet address for the currency you are transferring.
  4. Trade on Binance
    https://www.bitdegree.org/crypto/tutorials/how-to-use-binance#how-to-use-binance-for-basic-trades
  5. Withdraw from Binance to your wallet (beware of transaction fees)
    https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/115003670492-How-to-Withdraw-from-Binance
  6. In order to sell coin
    1. Deposit from the wallet to the exchange account
    2. Sell
    3. In order to transfer from Binance to Newton paying less, it is possible to convert a crypto coin to XLM and transfer that.
    4. Withdraw to the bank account
      https://newtoncrypto.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052518713-How-do-I-withdraw-fiat-money-CAD-from-my-Newton-account-
      Newton has a maximum withdrawal limit per transaction is $10,000 CAD.
    5. P.S. declare any profit as a capital gain - there’s a tax calculator for frequent traders https://koinly.io/canada/ (reviewed by https://blockonomi.com/koinly-review/
  7. In order to earn interest (up to 9.3% per year depending on the cryptocurrency) from your cryptocurrency, can register with BlockFi and deposit it there.
    referral link: https://blockfi.com/?ref=869d04c5