EasyCoin

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EasyCoin is one of Poland’s most popular cryptocurrency exchanges. It serves as a gateway company and while liquidity and trading volumes are not consistent, occasionally relatively big deals pass.
 
EasyCoin Advantages

Competitive fees –   both trading and deposit fees at EasyCoin are very competitive with the current state of the crypto-space. Trading fees start at 0.16% and can only go lower, with bigger transaction volumes. As a comparison, Bitstamp (a popular exchange, which also accepts fiat currencies) charges 0.25%.

When it comes to the banking fees, they are dependent on having a Bank account with one of the partnered banks.

Bank transfers accepted – Bank transfers are accepted at EasyCoin. As you can see above, multiple currencies are supported. This is a pretty decent offering, given the fact this is more of a country-specific exchange.

Sadly, no instant payment methods are available with this exchange. A lot of people use credit cards when making online payments nowadays and there are places where you can even buy Bitcoin this way.

Mostly positive feedback – Not surprisingly the user reviews for this exchange are mostly in Polish. A quick glance shows mostly positive ones.

Partnership with Megavaluta – EasyCoin has a partnership with Megavaluta, an online currency exchange service. Transferring funds from one company to the other is free.

Ok trading platform – The platform provided by EasyCoin is web-based and nothing special. That being said, we have seen much worse trading software at other cryptocurrency exchanges. While charting is not impressive (and illustrates the low trading activity) the rest of the platform looks very clean. The fact, the “bid” and “ask” columns have been swapped will annoy experienced traders.

EasyCoin Disadvantages

Focus on Poland – This is a theme which reapers with a lot of exchanges. The company is based in Poland and is tailored to the local market. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, other than the fact, you may not be satisfied with a lot of small details if you are not Polish.

Liquid trading only against PLN –  While trading is done around all of the supported currencies, the bulk of the action (liquidity and volume) at EasyCoin is concentrated in trading against PLN.

Only Bitcoin supported – EasyCoin does currently not support altcoins. Then again, this is more of an entry service, so this is acceptable. If you are looking for more exotic assets, check out Bittrex or Cryptopia.

No leveraged trading  – Most of you have probably guessed it at this point, margin trading is not available at EasyCoin. This is understandable, as most other exchanges don’t.  This also means taking short positions is not possible. 

Conclusion

EasyCoin is Poland’s premier cryptocurrency exchange. They offer an acces to the world of Bitcoin to the “uninitiated”, by providing a fiat currency banking service. Trading is done on an actual platform, with wallets provided by this exchange. While this may sound obvious to some of you, keep in mind there are companies who only offer to send you Bitcoin to your desired address, instead. Overall, the opinion of EasyCoin is rather high.

On the other hand, one must remember there always is some form of counterparty risk involved with crypto-exchanges. In case you are willing to invest in Bitcoin (or ant other coin for the long term, having a private wallet or even a hardware wallet may be beneficial.