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Rating
2.5 ⭐⭐⭐ on Reviews.io1.7 ⭐⭐ on SmartCustomer
Reviews
2,941 reviews
Years in business
15 years
Address
1 Madison Ave, 24th floor, New York, NY 10010
Email address
Not found
Phone number
+1 888-908-7930
Contact page
coinbase.com/contact-us/
Website
coinbase.com
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Coinbase - Buy and Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more with trustCoinbase is a secure online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing cryptocurrency.

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Is coinbase.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 86 out of 100, high truth signals: 7 of 10 public checks clear, 1 to be cautious about, 2 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: mostly dissatisfied.

We read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy. Its website address was registered 15 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. It is among the 1,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar). Google Safe Browsing shows no malware or phishing warnings for its website. Be cautious: its 2,117 reviews on Reviews.io average only 2.5 stars out of 5. Its 824 reviews on SmartCustomer average only 1.7 stars out of 5. We could not find an email address.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is a scam.

Positives

  • We read 4 of its pages · contact, about, terms and privacy.
  • Its website address was registered 15 years ago.
  • It is among the 1,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar).
  • Google Safe Browsing shows no malware or phishing warnings for its website.

Be cautious

  • A large number of independent reviews (2,117 on Reviews.io), but it falls short with only 2.5 stars out of 5.
  • A substantial number of independent reviews (824 on SmartCustomer), but it falls short with only 1.7 stars out of 5.

Not found

  • Email address information was not found from our checks.

How to check if coinbase.com is legit

1 be cautious · 7 clear · 2 for information

To check if coinbase.com is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews, visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about coinbase.com; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.

Who they are
Company detailsBased in the US; serves 18 countries; founded in 2012 in San Francisco, California, U.S. (Wikipedia) · BBB rating A+For information
  • The Better Business Bureau rates it A+, and accredits it; 448 of its 3,001 complaints closed in three years were resolved to the customer's satisfaction
Country
Where the company is based
US
Why we believe that
its Better Business Bureau profile is a US listing
Which countries the company serves
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Spain, France, UK, India, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, US
Why we believe that
$ prices on its homepage, it publishes pages for 18 countries (hreflang)
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau profile
Found
BBB rating
A+
BBB accredited
Yes
BBB complaints closed in three years
3,001
BBB complaints closed in twelve months
489
BBB complaints resolved to the customer's satisfaction
448
BBB complaint types
Service or Repair Issues: 923, Product Issues: 864, Billing Issues: 604, Customer Service Issues: 339, Sales and Advertising Issues: 150, Order Issues: 98, Delivery Issues: 23
BBB customer reviews
310
BBB business started
2 Jul 2011
BBB file opened
12 Sep 2013
From Wikipedia
Type (Wikipedia)
Public
Industry
Cryptocurrency
Founded
June 2012; 14 years ago, in San Francisco, California, U.S.
Area served
100+ countries
Employees
3,772 (2024)
Revenue
US$7.18 billion (2025)
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 15 years agoClear
  • Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else
Domain age
15 years
Domain transfer lock enabled
Yes
Website detailsWe read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacyClear
  • Company contact phone number is available
HTTPS enabled
Yes
Contact email or contact form available
Not found
Contact phone number found
+1 888-908-7930
What its pages say

Quoted word for word from coinbase.com.

In their own words
“Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world. The most trusted crypto platform, Coinbase stores more digital assets than any other company and is building the everything exchange — one place to access crypto, equities, derivatives, prediction markets, and more. Coinbase serves consumers through its suite of financial apps, institutions through Coinbase Prime, and developers through the Coinbase Developer Platform.” About page
Reputation and track record
Customer reviewsSmartCustomer 1.7 stars from 824 reviews · Reviews.io 2.5 stars from 2,117 reviewsBe cautious
  • It has a review page on Trustpilot
  • Rated 2.5 stars out of 5 from 2,117 reviews on Reviews.io
  • Rated 1.7 stars out of 5 from 824 reviews on SmartCustomer
PlatformRatingReviews
TrustpilotUnknownUnknown
SmartCustomer1.7 out of 5824
G2Not found
CapterraNot found
Reviews.io2.5 out of 52,117
FeefoNot found
Independent review platforms
2
Reviews.io rating
2.5 out of 5
Reviews.io review count
2,117
SmartCustomer rating
1.7 out of 5
SmartCustomer review count
824
Visitor trafficIt is among the 1,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)For information
  • Real people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months (Google Chrome usage data)
  • Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
Google Chrome usage data
Popularity among Chrome users
top 50,000 sites
First known user traffic
Feb 2021 or earlier
Months with real traffic, of the last 24
24
Traffic pattern
sustained
Rank jump in the last 12 months
none
Rank drop in the last 12 months
none
Cloudflare Radar
Popularity across the internet
top 1,000 sites
Web history and authorityThe Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 25 years agoClear
Website archive history
25 years
Wikipedia page
yes
SourcesWikipedia
Social presenceIt is on 6 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube); the largest audience is 7,200,000 followers on XClear
  • Its YouTube channel has 129,000 subscribers and 758 videos, the latest uploaded 15 days ago
PlatformProfileAudience
FacebookProfile412,989 followers
InstagramProfile559,000 followers
XProfile7,200,000 followers
LinkedInProfile676,025 followers
YouTubeProfile129,000 subscribers
TikTokProfile77,300 followers
Social platforms with discovered profiles
facebook, instagram, linkedin, tiktok, x, youtube
Social follower counts
9,054,314 followers in total
YouTube channel
758 videos, 129,000 subscribers, last upload 15 days ago
Safety
Malware and phishingGoogle Safe Browsing shows no malware or phishing warnings for its websiteClear
Malware or phishing threat status
None
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the companyClear
Known data breaches found
0
Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name is blockedClear
Email
MX records
Yes
SPF record
Yes
DKIM key
Yes
DMARC record
Yes
DMARC policy
reject
Certificate
Certificate issuer
Google Trust Services
Certificate type
DV
Certificate expires
20 Dec 2026
Hosting
Nameservers
sam.ns.cloudflare.com
sue.ns.cloudflare.com
Address
104.18.35.15
172.64.152.241

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