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Coinbase

AUSTRAC RegisteredListed Parent (COIN)Global · AU Entity
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The Nasdaq-listed giant. Public-company audits and a clean security record, with PayID deposits for Australians - just mind the simple-buy pricing.

Headquarters
United States (Nasdaq: COIN)
Founded
2012
AUSTRAC
Registered - Coinbase Australia Pty Ltd, ABN 89 654 922 442VASP register, checked 25 Jul 2026
AU Entity
Coinbase Australia Pty Ltd
AUD Deposits
PayID · Card
Model
Order book
Assets
250+
Coindaily Score
84 /100

Regulatory standing in Australia

Coinbase serves Australians through a local AUSTRAC-registered entity, with PayID deposits added for AUD users. Its defining feature is the parent: Coinbase Global is Nasdaq-listed, files audited financials, and is the most scrutinised exchange business in the world.

That listing is a real protection signal - public reporting, SOC audits, and a security record with no major customer-fund loss - but it does not make the Australian offering ASIC-licensed; like every spot venue here, AUSTRAC registration is the local baseline.

Pricing is the honest caveat: the simple buy flow carries some of the highest all-in costs of any major venue. The Advanced Trade interface on the same account trades the real order book at 0.40% / 0.60% and below.

Costs in practice

Maker
0.40%
Taker
0.60%
Typical Spread
0.06%
Effective Cost
~0.66%

Order-book venue: effective cost ≈ taker fee + spread. Figures match the Coindaily exchanges table and are modelled; check the live schedule before trading.

coinbase.com/en-au
Coinbase homepage
Homepage as served to Australian visitors · captured Jun 2026

Local offerings & AUD rails

  • PayID deposits for AUD, card purchases supported
  • Advanced Trade gives order-book execution at materially lower fees than simple buy
  • 250+ assets, staking on majors (AU availability varies by asset)
  • Public-company transparency: audited financials, SOC 1/2 reports
  • Strong account security defaults and a clean breach record

Where it wins

  • Listed-parent transparency unmatched by private rivals
  • Clean long-run security record
  • PayID on-ramp plus Advanced Trade for fair execution

Where it costs you

  • Simple-buy fees and spreads among the highest anywhere - always use Advanced Trade
  • AUD trading pairs limited; most depth is USD-quoted
  • Support quality lags the governance story
Trading fee from
0.00% maker on Coinbase Advanced
https://www.coinbase.com/en-au/advanced-trade
AUD deposit
Free via PayID, Osko or bank transfer
https://www.coinbase.com/en-au
SMSF accounts
Yes - dedicated Australian SMSF onboarding
https://www.coinbase.com/en-au/smsf

What it costs

Trading fees, subscriptions, deposits and withdrawals

Simple buy and sell feeThe one-tap Coinbase buy flow has no published rate card. Coinbase says the fee is worked out at order time from your payment method, order size, market conditions, jurisdiction and asset, and is only shown on the trade preview screen.
Not publishedQuoted per order
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Spread on simple tradesOn top of the fee, Coinbase builds a spread into the quoted price on simple buys, sells and converts. Coinbase states it may retain any excess spread from a transaction and that the spread may vary between similar trades.
Included in the priceCoinbase keeps any excess
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Coinbase Advanced maker and takerThe separate Advanced order book charges volume-tiered maker and taker fees with no spread, because you trade directly against the book. Your tier is set by trailing 30-day volume or total asset balance, whichever gives the lower fee.
Maker from 0.00%Volume tiered, no spread
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Where the Advanced tier table livesCoinbase does not publish the Advanced fee tier table on an open page. The help article tells you to sign in to your account to see the full structure, so you cannot compare rates before opening an account.
Sign-in requiredTiers update hourly
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Coinbase One subscriptionThree paid tiers in Australian dollars. Basic is AU$4.99 a month or AU$49.99 a year, Preferred is AU$29.99 a month or AU$299.99 a year, and Premium is AU$299.99 a month or AU$2,999.99 a year.
From AU$4.99/mthThree tiers
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What Coinbase One actually waivesZero trading fees apply only to simple crypto buys and sells, and only up to a monthly volume cap - AU$500 on Basic, AU$10,000 on Preferred, unlimited on Premium. Coinbase Advanced, DEX trades and derivatives are excluded, and a spread still applies.
Capped and partialSpread still charged
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Staking commissionThere is no fee to stake, but Coinbase takes a cut of the network rewards. The standard commission is 35% for ADA, ATOM, AVAX, DOT, ETH, MATIC, SOL and XTZ. Coinbase One members pay 31.75%, 28.5% or 25.25% depending on tier for a subset of assets.
35% of rewardsStandard rate
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AUD in and out, crypto outCoinbase advertises zero-fee AUD deposits and withdrawals using PayID, Osko, card or bank transfer. Sending crypto off the platform is charged at Coinbase's estimate of the prevailing network fee, disclosed at the time of the transaction.
AUD freeCrypto at network cost
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Limits and the costs that hide

Spreads, deposit caps and charges that do not appear on a fee page

GST on every trading feeAustralia applies 10% GST to Coinbase fees on buys, sells and crypto-to-crypto converts. Coinbase remits it to the ATO and shows it in your transaction detail, so your real fee is 1.1 times the headline rate.
+10% on feesBuys, sells and converts
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There is effectively no AUD order bookCoinbase's public product list shows 937 tradeable markets, of which exactly one is quoted in Australian dollars - USDC-AUD. Everything else is quoted in USD, USDC, EUR, GBP, BTC or USDT, so AUD holders are carrying a currency conversion somewhere in the trade.
1 AUD pair of 937USDC-AUD only
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Fee tiers are measured in US dollarsAdvanced fee tiers are calculated on total USD trading volume over the trailing 30 days. Non-USD fills are converted to USD at the most recent fill price, so an Australian trader's tier moves with the exchange rate as well as their activity.
USD volume bandsConverted at fill price
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Coinbase One volume capsThe cheapest membership only zeroes fees on AU$500 of trading a month. Trade past the cap on Basic or Preferred and normal fees resume, which makes the AU$4.99 tier close to useless for anyone trading in thousands.
AU$500/mth on BasicThen fees resume
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Instant unstaking feeUnstaking is free if you wait out the full unbonding period, which runs from about two days for ADA and XTZ to roughly 25 days for ATOM. Jumping the queue with instant unstaking, or converting a pending standard unstake, carries a fee quoted at the time.
Fee if you skip the queueFree if you wait
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Wrong-asset recovery feeIf you send an unsupported coin to a Coinbase address, recovery is not free. Coinbase charges the network fee plus a 5% recovery fee on any value above US$100, and warns the estimated value may differ from the real market value.
5% above US$100Plus network fee
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Card purchases have no published rateDebit card is buy-only for Australian customers - you cannot sell, deposit or withdraw to it. Coinbase does not publish an Australian card rate anywhere on its site, so the cost only appears on the order preview.
Rate not publishedBuy only
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Fees are openly experimentalCoinbase states it occasionally tests changes to fees and spread, rolled out across different regions, assets, order sizes and trade types. Two Australians placing the same order can legitimately be charged differently.
A/B testedBy region and order
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What you can trade

Assets, Australian dollar pairs, staking and derivatives

Assets for Australian usersThe Australian site advertises buying, selling and trading Bitcoin, Ethereum and over 200 cryptocurrencies, and elsewhere on the same page cites 210+ assets available to trade.
200+ assets210+ cited elsewhere
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Spot pairs on Coinbase AdvancedThe Advanced platform lists 552 spot pairs, including 237 USDC pairs and 22 stable pairs that trade with 0.00% maker fees.
552 spot pairs237 USDC, 22 stable
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Direct AUD pairsCoinbase's own product endpoint lists a single AUD-quoted market, USDC-AUD. Australians who want an order-book trade in a major coin are routed through USD or USDC pricing rather than a native AUD book.
USDC-AUD onlyNo BTC-AUD book
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Staking assetsCoinbase supports staking on ATOM, ETH, XTZ, ADA, SOL, DOT, POL (formerly MATIC), AVAX and SUI, with rewards paid every one to seven days depending on the asset. Coinbase says staking is available in most jurisdictions.
9 assetsETH, SOL, ADA and more
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Staking minimums and unbondingETH, DOT, POL, AVAX and SUI have no minimum balance to earn. ADA and SOL need about US$1 worth. Estimated unstaking waits run from around 24 hours on SUI to roughly 25 days on ATOM, and you keep earning while unstaking.
No minimum on ETHUnbonding up to ~25 days
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Derivatives authorisationThe April 2026 AFSL carries a retail derivatives authorisation. Coinbase says it will offer crypto and equity perpetuals to Australians first, followed by futures and options, then stock trading and payments.
Licensed for retail derivativesPerpetuals first
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Derivatives disclosure documentsBecause the licence covers retail derivatives, Coinbase Australia publishes a Product Disclosure Statement, Financial Services Guide and Target Market Determination for derivatives trading. That is the standard Australian retail disclosure set, and most crypto exchanges here do not have one.
PDS, FSG and TMDPublished
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How your assets are held

Custody, reserves, insurance and self-custody

Held one for oneCoinbase states customer crypto is held 1:1 and is not lent out or otherwise used without your permission. It reports US$193 billion of safeguarded assets on the Advanced platform.
1:1, no lendingUS$193b safeguarded
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Crime insurance policyCoinbase Global carries a commercial crime policy covering a portion of digital assets across hot, warm and cold storage against theft including cybersecurity breaches.
Crime policy in placeCovers a portion only
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What the insurance does not coverThe policy excludes losses from unauthorised access to your own account through a breach or loss of your credentials, and excludes non-fungible tokens. Coinbase also warns total losses may exceed insurance recoveries, so funds can still be lost.
Not account takeoversNFTs excluded too
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The insurance is smaller than the pileCoinbase's own FY2025 annual report states total customer assets on the platform are substantially more than its corporate assets and available insurance, and that the crime policy has a one-year term without automatic renewals.
Cover well short of assetsOne-year term, no auto-renewal
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Bankruptcy risk is disclosedThe same annual report warns that custodially held crypto may be considered property of a bankruptcy estate, and in that event customers could be treated as general unsecured creditors. This is a real disclosure, not a hypothetical from a critic.
Unsecured creditor riskCompany's own wording
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Assurance instead of Proof of ReservesCoinbase does not run a Merkle-tree Proof of Reserves. As a Nasdaq-listed SEC registrant it files audited annual accounts and quarterly reports instead, audited by Deloitte (PCAOB ID 34), including an unqualified opinion on internal control over financial reporting.
Audited financialsDeloitte, annual
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Your Australian dollarsFor non-US customers, cash is held as cash in dedicated custodial accounts separate from Coinbase funds, and Coinbase says it will not use those funds for operating expenses or corporate purposes. There is no government deposit guarantee.
Segregated custodial accountsNo deposit guarantee
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Who can open an account

Entity types onboarded in Australia

IndividualsYou must be at least 18 years old and resident in a country where the relevant Coinbase services are available. Identity is verified with a driver licence or passport during onboarding.
18+ residentsID verified
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Companies and trusteesThe Australian user agreement allows a company, or a trustee acting on behalf of a trust, to use the services as a Legal Entity, provided the entity is duly organised and validly existing under Australian law and an authorised representative applies.
SupportedMust be Australian
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Self-managed super fundsCoinbase runs a dedicated Australian SMSF offering with its own signup path. You need the SMSF trust deed, ABN, trustee details and a bank account in the fund's name, and verification typically takes one to two business days.
Yes, dedicated flow1-2 business days
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SMSF responsibilities sit with youThe user agreement makes clear it is your job to ensure SMSF use complies with the fund's trust deed, its investment strategy and the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993. Coinbase is not giving you SMSF advice.
Your compliance burdenSIS Act 1993
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SMSF setup partnersFor people who do not yet have a fund, Coinbase lists two Australian partners with member offers - Tax On Chain at AU$420 off setup, and SuperConcepts at AU$325 for setup plus AU$495 for a corporate trustee.
Two partnersDiscounted setup
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Joint accountsCoinbase does not support joint accounts on Coinbase.com. You can link a joint bank account as a payment method, but the account itself stays in one person's name and the bank account name must match.
Not supportedJoint bank account is fine
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General trustsOutside the SMSF flow, Coinbase's global help directs trust accounts to Coinbase Prime, its institutional platform, rather than the retail app. Expect an onboarding analyst and an application review rather than a self-serve signup.
Via Coinbase PrimeInstitutional onboarding
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Trading features

Order types, recurring buys, tooling and access

Order types on AdvancedMarket, limit, stop-limit, bracket, attached take profit and stop loss, and time-weighted average price (TWAP) orders that slice a large order into scheduled executions. That is a deeper set than most Australian exchanges offer retail users.
Six order typesIncludes TWAP and bracket
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Execution controlsLimit orders support post-only (rejected if it would take liquidity, so you are guaranteed the maker fee) and allow-taker, with good til cancelled, good til time and immediate or cancel time in force settings.
Post-only, GTC, GTT, IOCMaker fee protection
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Slippage protectionMarket orders on non-stable pairs stop executing if they would move the price more than 10%, returning a partial fill. Stable pairs use a 1% protection point. Limit and stop-limit orders are also bounded by price bands at entry.
10% protection point1% on stable pairs
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Charting and layoutAdvanced runs TradingView charts with EMA, MA, MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands and drawing tools, plus 20+ rearrangeable widgets so you can build a custom trading layout from a template or from scratch.
TradingView built in20+ widgets
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Recurring buysYou can schedule buys weekly, on the 1st and 15th of the month, or monthly, funded from an eligible payment method or your cash balance. Setting one up executes an immediate one-off buy for the same amount.
Weekly, twice monthly, monthlyFirst buy is immediate
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Recurring buys cannot be editedOnce a recurring buy is confirmed you cannot change the amount or frequency. The only fix is to cancel the schedule and build a new one, which is a small but real annoyance for anyone tuning a dollar-cost-average plan.
Cancel and rebuildNo editing
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APIs and volume matchingAdvanced exposes high-throughput market data and trading APIs. High-volume traders from other exchanges who can show over US$500,000 of 30-day spot volume can apply to be matched one tier above their current exchange status for 60 days.
API accessVIP tier matching
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Money in and out

Minimums, methods and settlement speed

AUD deposit methodsAustralian customers fund with a bank account via PayID or BSB. Coinbase lists settlement as instant for both deposits and withdrawals on that rail, and the Australian site advertises them as zero fee.
PayID or BSBInstant, free
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First deposit is slowerCoinbase warns your first PayID or BSB deposit may take up to 24 hours to clear because of your own bank's security checks. Plan for that if you are trying to catch a move on day one.
Up to 24 hoursFirst transfer only
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Debit card is one-wayCard works for instant buys only. You cannot sell to a card, deposit to your AUD balance with it, or withdraw to it, so every exit path runs back through your bank account.
Buy onlyNo sell or withdraw
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AUD withdrawalWithdrawals go back to a verified PayID or BSB bank account and are listed as instant. Coinbase advertises zero fees on AUD withdrawals on its Australian homepage.
Free and instantTo bank account
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Name matchingThe name on your payment method must match the name on your Coinbase account. Mismatches are reviewed manually and take one to three business days, which catches out people funding from a partner's or company's account.
Must match exactly1-3 days if not
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Minimum purchaseCoinbase does not publish a single Australian minimum. It states minimum purchase amounts vary by crypto and by payment method, and the app tells you if your order is below the threshold.
Varies by assetShown at order time
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Crypto withdrawalsCoinbase charges its estimate of the prevailing network fee for a standalone wallet-to-wallet send, disclosed before you confirm. Because it batches transactions, the total estimated fees collected across a batch can exceed what Coinbase actually pays.
Estimated network feeBatching can favour Coinbase
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Tax and reporting

What you get at tax time, and what you do not

GST is handled for youCoinbase applies 10% GST to fees on buys, sells and converts for Australian customers and pays it to the ATO directly. The GST component is itemised in your transaction information.
Collected and remitted10% of the fee
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No ATO-format tax reportCoinbase's tax centre produces US forms such as 1099-MISC and 1099-DA. There is no Australian equivalent, so an ATO capital gains position has to be built from your transaction history or a third-party tool.
US forms onlyExport and calculate
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Tax software partnersCoinbase officially partners with Summ (formerly Crypto Tax Calculator, an Australian product) and CoinTracker. Coinbase customers get up to 10,000 free transactions plus 30% off paid Summ plans, or 20% off CoinTracker.
Summ and CoinTrackerDiscounted
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Better deals with Coinbase OneMembers get a AU$1 Summ Rookie plan and up to 50% off other Summ plans, or a free CoinTracker Base plan or US$89 off any other plan. For a heavy trader that can offset a chunk of the subscription.
Deeper discountsMember benefit
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SMSF tax supportThe Australian SMSF page carries its own tax reporting offers - 1,000 free transactions and 30% off with Summ, or 20% off all CoinTracker plans - aimed at funds that need audit-ready records.
Partner discountsSMSF specific
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Read-only data sharingConnecting CoinTracker uses a Continue with Coinbase flow that grants read-only access to your transactions. Coinbase is explicit that these are third-party services and it takes no responsibility for their performance.
Read-only OAuthThird-party risk is yours
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Platform and support

Apps, account security and how you reach a human

AppsCoinbase runs iOS and Android apps alongside the web platform, and you can switch between the simple Coinbase view and Coinbase Advanced without moving balances between accounts.
iOS, Android and webOne balance
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Two-factor authenticationEvery account is auto-enrolled in two-factor authentication, with hardware security key support including YubiKey and mobile biometrics. Coinbase Vault adds multi-approval withdrawals for larger balances.
Auto-enrolled 2FASecurity keys supported
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Withdrawal allowlistCoinbase offers an address allowlist so crypto can only be sent to addresses you have pre-approved in your address book, alongside its broader risk management programs.
AvailableAddress book based
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Support channelsYou can reach Coinbase by phone or messaging and speak with a real support agent, backed by a help centre and a virtual assistant. Coinbase has offered 24/7 chat support to Australian customers since 2022.
Phone and chat24/7 chat
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Priority support is a paid tier24/7 priority support is not included on the AU$4.99 Basic membership. It starts at the AU$29.99 Preferred tier, and a concierge level sits behind the AU$299.99 Premium tier.
From AU$29.99/mthNot on Basic
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Learn and Earn is goneCoinbase Learning Rewards, the learn-and-earn program that paid small amounts of crypto for watching lessons, was discontinued on 27 May 2025. The Coinbase Learn education library remains free to read.
Ended 27 May 2025Learn library remains
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EducationCoinbase Learn publishes beginner guides, tips and tutorials and market updates on the Australian site, including material on order types and technical analysis aimed at people moving from simple buys to Advanced.
Coinbase LearnFree, no signup
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Trust and regulation

The entity you are actually contracting with

Australian entityYou contract with Coinbase Australia Pty Ltd, ACN 654 922 442, incorporated locally in 2022. It is licensed and regulated by ASIC.
Coinbase Australia Pty LtdACN 654 922 442
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Australian Financial Services LicenceCoinbase Australia holds AFSL No. 569752. On 7 April 2026 Coinbase announced ASIC had granted the licence with a retail derivatives authorisation, which it says makes it the first crypto exchange to receive this approval from ASIC.
AFSL 569752Granted 7 April 2026
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Why the licence mattersAn AFSL subjects Coinbase Australia to the same conduct, disclosure, governance and consumer protection standards as traditional financial services providers. It was granted ahead of the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025, which passed on 1 April 2026 and will require exchanges to hold one.
Ahead of the mandateDigital Assets Framework
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AUSTRAC registrationCoinbase Australia is registered and enrolled with AUSTRAC as both a virtual asset service provider and a remittance service provider under the AML/CTF Act 2006. It has held digital currency exchange registration since 2022.
RegisteredVASP and remittance
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External dispute resolutionIf Coinbase's internal complaints process does not resolve your issue, you can escalate to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. Complaints about retail derivatives run through a separate published financial services complaints policy.
AFCAFree to consumers
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Listed parent companyCoinbase, Inc. was founded in 2012 and the group's parent, Coinbase Global, Inc., trades on the Nasdaq under COIN. That means audited annual accounts, quarterly reporting and continuous disclosure - a level of transparency no private crypto exchange matches.
Nasdaq: COINFounded 2012
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Licence responsible managerCoinbase Australia's chief operating officer Adam Judd oversees the AFSL as a responsible manager. He was previously an executive manager at CommSec and spent more than a decade at ASIC in senior regulatory and market structure roles.
Named responsible managerEx-ASIC, ex-CommSec
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Enforcement historyA review of ASIC's media release archive as at July 2026 turns up no enforcement action against Coinbase Australia. ASIC has taken action against other crypto operators in the same period, including the Australian operator of Kraken.
None foundASIC media releases
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Figures are read from Coinbase's own published schedules and disclosures. Crypto platforms change pricing and product availability often - click source on any row to check it yourself, and dispute anything that looks wrong.

Frequently asked questions

Is Coinbase safe for Australians?

Its parent is Nasdaq-listed with audited financials and a clean record on customer funds, and the local entity is AUSTRAC-registered. As with all exchanges, holdings are not covered by the Financial Claims Scheme.

Why do my buys cost more than the fee schedule?

The simple buy flow adds a spread and flat fees. Switch to Advanced Trade on the same account to trade the order book at 0.40% maker / 0.60% taker or better.

Can I deposit AUD?

Yes, PayID deposits are supported for Australian accounts, alongside card purchases.

Registrations, licences and product availability change. Check the current AUSTRAC Virtual Asset Service Provider Register and the platform's own disclosures before depositing. This page is general information only, not financial advice, and may contain modelled figures.

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