Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets are heating up and people are starting to pay attention many of us have been curious about Bitcoin and crypto for a while now and haven't dipped our toes in yet and what's great is that it's easier than ever now to buy crypto the world has changed significantly over the past few years at an extremely fast pace culturally politically geopolitically technologically and the most obvious to most of us financially with more and more people becoming aware of our failing economy and monetary system and now we are looking for alternatives to protect our
purchasing power to try and survive to try and build wealth so we can take care of ourselves our families to maintain and gain more freedom over our lives and for some of us that alternative is Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies so how do we buy Bitcoin how do we buy other cryptocurrencies how can we do it safely and securely in a way we understand and are comfortable with to keep our minds at ease when first starting to work with new Innovative technology like blockchainbased digital assets well it's much easier and more straightforward than we may have thought
so we are going to buy Bitcoin and crypto together step by step in this ultimate guide for beginners feel free to use the time stamps below to make the process more efficient when following along and replicating each step consider watching this video all the way through to get a nice overview of the process and then going back through it a second time to follow along so buying Bitcoin and crypto can be just as easy as downloading a crypto exchange app like coinbase Kraken or crypto.com signing up linking our bank account PayPal account or similar selecting
a crypto selecting the amount and tapping the buy button which we will be doing together in this guide however buying is the easy part securing it and keeping it safe over the long term is where a lot of people end up making silly mistakes that are very easy to avoid signing up for an exchange and tapping by is not the safest and most secure way to invest in these new Innovative digital assets because the technology although easier to use than we may think as beginners is unfamiliar technology and there are a ton of scams out
there that take advantage of that fact most people that jump into crypto without investing time into learning about it end up losing their crypto from user error from scammers from hackers not properly securing it or by leaving their crypto on exchanges or platforms like FTX or Celsius that go bust and although this may sound intimidating at first we are going to make the process extremely simple and easy to follow together in this video in three separate sections first we are going to learn some simple Concepts we need to be aware of before buying crypto then
we are going to take some simple easy steps together before signing up for exchanges to buy crypto and finally we are going to buy Bitcoin and crypto together from reputable exchanges and once we've got our crypto we will explore another video on how to transfer our crypto off of exchanges together step by step to holding our own Cold Storage Hardware wallet so we can completely own and control our digital assets on the channel we have bought and secured crypto over the years and this is the most upto-date video No Nonsense straightforward guide where the exchanges
wallets and similar are easier than ever to use use from advancements and user interfaces simplification of the technology and much much more so whether you are new or experienced in the space watch the video guide all the way through follow along if you're new give some feedback and additional recommendations if you're experience and as always share with friends and family so we can all safely buy Bitcoin and crypto simply and easily hello I'm crypto Casey and this is the latest and greatest ultimate guide on how to buy Bitcoin and how to buy crypto for beginners
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your very own Cold Storage harder wallet like tangent wallet their new tangent wallet is out now with a ton of cool new features it has a sleek black matte design is the size of a credit card multi-currency multi-chain and it's by far the easiest crypto wallet to set up and use on the market right now and it's extremely affordable so scroll down and use links blit to access the correct and official sites as well as redeem any special offers they have for us section one Concepts to understand before buying crypto concept one Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
are unique in that they can't be physically stored in your house like cash in your mattress or gold in your safe it can't be stored at a bank like money or held in a stock like a brokerage account Bitcoin and crypto are actually just bits of data stored on a database that never leave the database so Bitcoin and crypto are never actually in your crypto wallet and are never actually on crypto exchanges rather when we use a crypto wallet the wallet can be more accurately described as a key a key to access the Bitcoin or
crypto on the database and whoever has the key to access the crypto can transfer the crypto to another place in the database that is assigned to a different key this may seem confusing or strange at first however as we go through this process together and if we explore other video guides on the channel dedicated to breaking down certain Concepts like this one all about crypto wallets and how they work it will actually start to make a lot of sense cool so the importance of this concept is that unlike Banks brokerage accounts retirement accounts and similar
we are in complete control and ownership of our Bitcoin and crypto which means we are 100% responsible for securing it and 100% responsible for anything that may happen to it because there is no hotline to call no corporate headquarters no insurance Behind These digital assets which means we can lose all of our funds from user error scammers hackers glitches Network failures or similar without any recourse this is why it's crucial to not simply sign up on an exchange buy crypto and just let it ride if we are serious about getting into crypto we need to
take steps to create a secure Foundation to build on which will require some investment of our time and some money into products and services that help us be our own bank this is extremely important to consider as an investor in new Cutting Edge technology which brings us to the second key concept we need to understand before buying crypto the golden rule of investing never invest anything you absolutely cannot afford to lose high risk can lead to high reward and we humans have a tendency to want to overreach so we need to figure out an amount
we are completely comfortable with investing in highrisk highly volatile assets like crypto and more importantly an amount we are completely comfortable with potentially losing then we need to stick with that amount keep learning and growing in the crypto space and be patient in the process because unlike the 95 Monday through Friday stock market crypto is traded around the world 24/7 it is volatile it moves up and down violently at times so if we want to get a good night's sleep in this market we need to budget an amount of money we are going to use
to buy crypto and stick to it and finally the third key concept is that we need to understand that there are a lot of scammers and hackers in the space that are constantly trying to steal crypto on the channel we have a few dedicated video guides covering all the different types of scams out there how to avoid them and how we can protect ourselves which you can check out by clicking on the link above and without losing sight of this video when buying crypto we need to make sure we are double and triple checking the
URLs of any websites we access to make sure we are accessing the correct and official sites in order to avoid landing on a fake lookalike site that is set up by a hacker that will try to steal your identity login credentials money and crypto so to make things safe and simple for us as we go through this process we can use the links in the description area below to access the correct and official sites redeem any special offers they have for our community and make sure to book these sites and only access them using the
bookmark in order to avoid happening upon a fake hacked site sweet now to further to protect us from scammers user error and similar next let's cover section two steps to take before buying crypto we can follow all of these steps or we can pick and choose the ones that make us feel the most comfortable some are free some have a cost and following all of them will create a more secure foundation on which we can start buying and securing our Bitcoin and crypto properly as a pretty serious crypto investor personally I have done do and
use all of these things we are going to cover step one first we need to ensure our computers cell phones tablets or whatever devices we are going to use to buy and manage our crypto are secure and free of any malware before we start setting up accounts wallets and similar there are a ton of tools and services available to scan and secure our devices and my personal favorite is malware bites using the link below we can get a free scan for a computer and malware removal and get their premium services at a discount so get
their free download install malare bites scan our computer and if our computer is clean great if not malare bytes will quarantine any Mare and then we can permanently delete the infected files from there it's best to go ahead and use the premium version to make sure our computer's tablets and cell phones are scanned frequently and constantly monitored for any suspicious files malware or similar cool step two now that our devices are clean and secured if we haven't already make sure we require a strong password or passcode to access our computers tablets and phones that way
if we lose our devices a potential hacker won't have access to our accounts and information another thing to consider since our cell phones play a big role in account creation security and similar is removing our cell phone numbers from any public website social media or similar and try to never publish it anywhere publicly going forward cell phones are used to access a myriad of sensitive data including banking crypto two-factor authentication and similar so they are huge targets for hackers one of the most devastating types of hacks that is rampant right now is called Sim swapping
or Sim hacking or Sim theft this is where hackers Ste our phone's identity by calling our cell phone providers over and over and over again to request a new SIM card and these attacks are getting more sophisticated where even though victims of sim swaps had Sim protection on had a pin code for their SIM card did not use SMS text message for TFA and did every single thing Security Experts advised to do it's still proving not to be enough we still aren't safe when workers within cell phone companies who are able to bypass all of
those security measures are performing inside jobs and it's a risk that is happening in every single telecommunications company T-Mobile AT&T Verizon all of them and when this happens all of our money from all of our bank accounts crypto accounts it's all drained in an instant which brings us to step three get protection against Sim swaps thankfully we found a solution about 3 years ago that I been using since called Aon it's the only secure mobile service that 100% guarantees protection against Sim swapping in fake Towers eavesdropping location tracking spam calls spam texts Mal and it
even comes with $5 million insurance policy if we do become a victim of a Sim swap Aon is super easy to use affordable has great customer service and provides a great piece of Mind knowing that our financial accounts won't be drained in seconds due to a Sim swap attack so if you would like to learn more about Sim swaps and how Aon can protect our financial assets check out this video guide by clicking on the link above or you can access aon's correct and official site by using the links below nice step four another important
step we can take to secure our identity private data and Investments is by using a VPN or virtual private Network vpns hide our IP addresses mask our location secure any data that passes through our device on the internet so any hackers connected to a network would not be able to steal our login credentials to important accounts and as we start learning more about crypto and using decentralized applications like 1 in to trade crypto a VPN allows us to access websites our countries May otherwise block and censor from us so my personal favorite virtual private network
service is is nordvpn it's extremely easy to set up very userfriendly and using the link below to access the correct and official site we can redeem a discount which comes out to just $3 per month with an extra month free and 30-day money back guarantee so we can try them out step five this is a new Step that wasn't featured in previous guides because it didn't exist at the time and if it had existed and I was aware of it it would have prevented me from losing over $20,000 to a scammer when I was trying
to Mint some nft for a new project why and what's great is that it's free it's a free browser extension called wallet guard that helps us make sure we are accessing the correct and official sites of crypto projects and shows us exactly what is going to happen when we connect our crypto wallets to websites to sign transactions so we avoid losing all of our funds to a scammer or hacker for example if we are interacting with a smart contract like fermenting nfts when accessing the site Ward's fishing protection layer executes and warns you if the
website might be harmful if it was created recently and has a low trust score or if you proceed to do so with caution and if we do proceed before attempting to verify a transaction with our wallet a second layer of protection is executed with a clear human readable warning about what exactly will happen if you decide to proceed with the transaction like if it's going to drain your wallet instead of actually mint an nft like I said this feature alone would have saved me from losing over $20,000 when menting an nftd on a fake lookalike
website back in the last bull cycle so make sure to scroll down and use link below to access the correct and official site to download walg guard's free extension to protect your wallet and crypto assets seriously it takes like 10 seconds and if you'd like to see a video guide all about how it works click on the link above step six we need to get a new encrypted email account to use just for crypto exclusively using a brand new unique handle we've never used anywhere else before online or offline in the past this is to
separate our crypto accounts from any other platforms on the internet like banking brokerage social media and similar in order to protect their identity and what's great about encrypted email accounts is if a hacker was able to successfully change the password and access our account all of the emails would be encrypted meaning they would not be able to read them meaning they wouldn't be able to get any information about other accounts we had that they could Target and try to gain access to like if we had banked that chase had a brokerage account with Fidelity Etc
so my favorite encrypted email service provider is proton and we can create a new encrypted email account for free using the link below proton is a private encrypted email service that uses open source independently audited into to end encryption to secure our emails protect against data breaches and ensure no one not even proton can access our emails so again any of us can quickly and easily get a free private encrypted email account to use exclusively for accounts related to crypto like exchanges in order to protect our data privacy and our crypto nice step seven most
online accounts now like bank accounts crypto exchanges Etc have the option in the security settings to enable 2fa or two Factor authentication to access them which means after putting in our password to login it will require a second form of verification before we can gain access we should have two FAA enabled on all important accounts related to crypto and finance like our new proton mail account and all the exchanges we signed up for so make sure TFA is enabled however do not use SMS text as the second verification Factor because as we discussed earlier if
our cell phones are ever compromised by a Sim swap attack or similar we're toast instead use a tofa mobile app like aie or Google Authenticator which are both free to use that way if we ever lose our phone or become a victim of a Sim swap our accounts are still secure so make sure when you enable TFA and set it up with aie or Google Authenticator that the backup codes they provide are copied down preferably on paper or a device not connected to the internet to avoid them being compromised ized if the device was ever
hacked and make sure everything is stored in a secure location in case you ever need to restore access to your account if your phone with the tofa app is lost stolen broken or similar or for more protection you can choose to use a dedicated two Factor authentication Hardware device like yuiki these Hardware authentication devices are created for the sole purpose of securing your accounts by providing the highest level of fishing defense while being extremely easy to use they come in several shapes and sizes available for a myriad of devices like mac and Microsoft computers as
well as mobile devices like cell phones and tablets to scroll down to check them out sweet step eight throughout our crypto Journey we eventually will start branching out and trying new wallets decentralized exchanges or dexes like 1 in dabbling into nft trading all sorts of things because the crypto world is our oyster it's nearly Limitless and continues to expand and grow every day so over time if we don't stay organized it can get messy during tax season or even worse in the event of our death a severe injury or similar any family member or friends
we would like to have passed them down to or access to retrieve them for you would likely not be able to access everything or potentially anything so we need to figure out a safe secure recordkeeping system that works for us where we can store accounts passwords instructions on how to access them store lists of our wallets addresses and similar in the event of an emergency or just to avoid tax nightmares every year when trying to remember and figure out everything you did in the space listen if you're brand new to this space take heed this
is your chance to avoid organizational nightmares get a notebook dedicated offline device or whatever suits your fancy and log everything anyone would need to access things secure it and consider Consulting an estate planning lawyer to get legal documents drawn to help you pass down any Investments to loved ones without any issues step nine get a hardware wallet when we buy crypto it's important to get it off the exchange so we completely own and control it and what's great is tangum wallet is extremely affordable and Incredibly easy to set up literally it only takes like 60
seconds check it out opening the box here we have the three cards with a new slake matte black design next installing the correct and official tangum mobile app on our phones and opening the app tap scan card and touch one of the cards to your phone like so next click create wallet and tap the card to your phone again nice now that we have a wallet let's create backups of it tap backup now and then tap add a backup card and tap the second card to your phone cool now tap add a backup card again
and tap the third card to your phone then tap finalize the backup process and now we need to create an access code to secure the wallets tap continue then type in whatever word phrase numbers or combination of texts you want to use to access your wallet re-enter it to verify the access code and then scan the primary card ending in the corresponding numbers on the screen that matches that card holding it up to your phone until the operation is complete then repeat this process for the other two backup cards that's it it's configured and ready
for use and if you want to watch a full video on how to use tangum check out this video guide by clicking on the link above and scroll down and use links below for a nice discount and to access their corrected official site to get your W today great if you made it this far congratulations let's safely and securely buy some crypto section three how to buy crypto it's easier than ever now to buy crypto literally after opening accounts with exchanges it takes like 30 seconds to buy crypto and another 30 seconds to transfer it
to our own Cold Storage Hardware wallet so once we decided to take the plunge and get into crypto it's always best to have accounts with as many reputable exchanges as possible like Kraken coinbase crypto.com binance and Gemini that way we have as many options as possible to buy sell and trade cryptocurrencies especially when the market is hot because sometimes crypto exchanges experience downtime they can have regulatory issues with the SEC or similar each of them support different cryptocurrencies and most importantly at the end of the day we want to be able to buy and sell
cryptocurrencies with as much Freedom as possible to try and realize gains and the exchanges have made it easier than ever to sign up link accounts and start trading so make sure to scroll down and use links below to sign up with as many reputable exchanges as possible with our new encrypted proton email account make strong passwords go through the security settings to enable tofa or two-factor authentication with aie or Google Authenticator consider using yubik then link any bank accounts or payment methods you'd like to use to fund the account to your profile and in order
to have the least amount of restrictions it's a good idea to go through any verification processes they have so you have higher trading limits and less time delay for depositing and withdrawing funds like I said signing up for each of these exchanges is extremely easy and straightforward so once you've signed up secured the account link the funding methods and get verified you're ready to roll so now let's buy some crypto together step by step starting with Kraken open the kraken app on your mobile phone tap the trade button in the middle at the very bottom
tap buy select the cryptocurrency you want enter the amount choose the account you want to pay with tap next make sure everything looks good check the box that you understand you won't be able to withdraw for a certain time period then swipe to confirm and you're done you've got some crypto in less than 30 seconds amazing next let's buy some crypto on coinbase open the coinbase app on your mobile phone tap the buy button choose the cryptocurrency you want choose the amount and which account you want to pay with then tap review order make sure
everything looks good then tap place order and that's it your order submitted tap done sweet next up Gemini open the Gemini app tap buy choose the crypto you want enter the amount you'd like to buy select the funding source tap review make sure everything looks good and then swipe to confirm and Bam you've got some crypto tap done let's try out crypto.com open the crypto.com app tap buy choose the crypto you want this time I'm going to use usdt to buy a Bitcoin by tapping crypto as funding source then usdt enter the amount we want
tap buy make sure everything looks good then tap confirm and that's it and now let's use binance open the binance app tap the buy button choose the crypto you want enter the amount choose the funding source tap preview buy make sure everything looks good then tap confirm buy and the buy was successful brilliant so as you can see it's super easy to buy crypto anyone can buy crypto however if we are serious about actually securing it and completely owning and controlling our digital assets there are a few extra steps that may seem daunting at first
that we now know are actually simple and easy to take our next step after buying crypto should be transferring off of the exchanges to hold in our own Cold Storage harder wallets because exchanges are tools for exchanging and trading crypto not for storing crypto because they are targeted by hackers sometimes they fail and we risk losing all of our money and if you don't know how to do it I'm going to show you how easy it is with tangum right now it literally takes 60 seconds let's move some Bitcoin we have on our coinbase account
off of the exchange together to hold in our very own Cold Storage harder wallet tangum wallet open the tangum app tap scan card scan the card card enter the access code scan the card again and from here on the dashboard press and hold Bitcoin then tap copy address next open the coinbase exchange app tap send tap Bitcoin paste the tangum Bitcoin wallet address into the two field and tap continue enter the amount of Bitcoin we want to send I always recommend sending a small amount as a test first to make sure everything is good to
go in this case we're sending $100 worth tap preview make sure everything looks good then tap send now and it's on its way and if a few minutes or so when we open our tangent Wallet app we will see the $100 worth of bitcoin that we now completely own and control repeat this same process for any other type of cryptocurrency by copying the corresponding address on the tangum wallet also making sure we select the right Network for example with tether there are many available networks like ethereum versus B&B smart Chain versus salana and more awesome
if you would like to learn more about tangum wallet and how it works step by step check out this video if you would like to have that Eureka moment and finally understand how crypto wallets addresses and private Keys work check out this video and to get your very own tangent wallet click on the link on the screen like And subscribe for more be safe out there
