Localbitcoins.com is always a good option for an experienced user. If you prefer to stay with an exchange it depends what country you are in.

I’ve heard a few stories like this so don’t use them to store anymore! Still OK to buy from, BitPanda is really good and simple like Coinbase. LocalBitcoins is good but the rates are super terrible on it in some countries. Sounds racist but I think they call it Kimchi tax ha! Bittylicious is another buying platform I have heard of.

yeah that kimchi tax stinks (jeez i cant help myself). paxful is a good substitute for lbc, especially as they have become so compliant to the banking cabal.

There really isnt any good reason to use coinbase anymore, Besides being antiethical to little biggy and freedom in general they are also shitty with customers. They dont even take credit cards anymore. There are dozens of better substitutes these days.

Please name 1 or more that services the US?

square cash app is best in us for non credit card, with cards cex.io is pretty good, kraken as well.

what I do with coinbase is I use them just for purchasing. Then I move the coin to a wallet on a different site and I use that site to buy from. That way coinbase's 3 day delay (or any other rule) can't hurt me and my "spending" is simply a transfer to a different wallet.

You defined half of the problem. Been using them for 6 years, and at least 2 transactions every year have been "delayed", and NONE of those were justified or necessary. The last one, 2 weeks ago, bought BTC from them, went to send it to my wallet, and got a 72 hour "clearing" warning. Why? To "protect" me. Their answer was "it's a new address...". Why the f**k should they care what BTC address I send to??? So yeah, 3 days is great, but not when you want it TODAY and you paid for it TODAY.

They stopped the delay for me after I started sending the coin to the same wallet.

They booted me this month. Denied advancement to next level due to my coin going to places they don’t approve

Blockchain App for me. From memory i had to do a £90 minimum 1st purchase, but after that I've been able to do any amount by Card, with the funds cleared to use within 30 minutes.