How to Buy Bitcoin: 5 Things to Know

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You Need a Crypto Wallet A crypto wallet isn’t a place to store your crypto, per se, but a type of software or hardware that protects the public and private keys that enable you to trade your bitcoin. Learn more

Understand Public and Private Keys When you buy, sell, send, or receive bitcoin, you need a public key (basically the digital address of your wallet). Learn more

Decide Where to Trade You need to buy and sell bitcoin on a crypto-based trading platform like an online exchange or app Learn more

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