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The fees involved with purchasing Monero will generally be lower if you can purchase directly on a reliable Monero trading exchange such as Kraken. For large purchases, we recommend using an exchange. It can take a few days to send funds to an exchange and get your identity verified with it.

If you are in a rush to buy Monero to take advantage of a dip in prices and you are able to more rapidly obtain some Bitcoin (or other crypto), then you may prefer to purchase Bitcoin (or other crypto) first and then convert it to Monero. You can then convert it to Monero either using a BTC/XMR exchange service or a service like shapeshift.io or Changelly which are very easy to use and offer decent rates.

You can instantly exchange any cryptocurrency to Monero without leaving our site buy using the button below (service provided by Changelly):


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