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How to Change your Currency on Coinbase

By default, the Coinbase website and mobile app will display your country’s currency.

For example, if you’re from Singapore, cryptocurrency prices will be displayed in SGD (Singapore dollar).

On the other hand, if you’re from the US, cryptocurrency prices will be displayed in USD (United States dollar).

However, you might be looking to change the currency to see what they’re worth in another country.

In the US, cryptocurrency prices are cheaper than other countries because the US dollar is stronger.

Hence, if you want to see cryptocurrency prices in USD, you need to change your Coinbase currency.

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In this guide, you’ll learn how to change your currency on the Coinbase website and on the Coinbase mobile app.

How to change your currency on Coinbase

To change your currency on Coinbase, go to the Coinbase website and log in to your account.

Once you’ve logged in, you need to navigate to the preferences tab on the settings page where you’ll be able to change your currency.

You can navigate to the settings page by first clicking on your profile picture.

Then, click on “Settings” to go to the settings page.

After you’ve changed the currency, cryptocurrency prices will be displayed in it.

For example, if you’ve changed the currency to USD, cryptocurrency prices will be displayed in USD.

Similarly, your portfolio balance will be displayed in USD as well (e.g. USD 100).

Here’s how you can change your currency on Coinbase:

1. Log in to Coinbase & click on your profile picture

Coinbase profile picture

To begin with, you need to go to the Coinbase website.

To go to the Coinbase website, search for “Coinbase” on Google and click on the first search result.

You can also go to the website by clicking on this link: https://www.coinbase.com.

Once you’re on the website, you need to sign in to your account.

To do so, click on “Sign in” on the top navigation bar.

Then, enter your email address, password, and click on the “Sign in” button.

After you’ve signed in, you’ll land on your dashboard.

On the top-right corner of the website, you’ll see your Coinbase profile picture.

Click on your profile picture to open a navigation menu.

2. Click on “Settings”

Coinbase settings

After you’ve clicked on your profile picture, a navigation menu will open.

On the navigation menu, you’ll see four options.

The options include “Settings”, “Reports”, “Help”, and “Sign out”.

The “Settings” option will open the settings page.

Secondly, the “Reports” option will open your Coinbase transaction history.

The “Help” option will open the help center and the “Sign out” option will sign you out of Coinbase.

Click on “Settings” to go to the settings page.

3. Click on “Preferences” & change your currency

How to change your Coinbase currency

After you’ve clicked on “Settings”, you’ll land on your profile settings.

By default, clicking on “Settings” will open your profile settings.

On the settings page, you’ll see a navigation bar containing multiple tabs.

The tabs include “Profile” (default), “Preferences”, “Security”, “Activity”, and more.

Click on the “Preferences” tab to go to your preferences.

Once you’re on the preferences page, you’ll see a “Local currency” dropdown box.

On the “Local currency” dropdown box, you’ll see the currency that is currently selected (e.g. SGD).

Click on the dropdown box and choose the currency that you want to change to (e.g. USD).

Then, click on “Save” to save the currency.

You’ve successfully changed your currency on the Coinbase website!

How to change your currency on Coinbase mobile

To change your currency on Coinbase mobile, you need to navigate to the “Native currency” setting.

Once you’re on the “Native currency” setting, you’ll be able to change your currency.

The first step is to sign in to the Coinbase app and tap on the settings icon.

The settings icon is located on the bottom navigation bar of the app.

Then, you’ll be able to navigate to the “Native currency” setting where you’ll be able to see a list of currencies that you can change to.

You can either search for the currency that you want to change to using the search bar or scroll down the list to find it.

Here’s how you can change your currency on Coinbase:

1. Sign in to the Coinbase mobile app

Coinbase mobile sign in

The first step is to sign in to the Coinbase mobile app.

Firstly, download the Coinbase mobile app if you haven’t already.

Then, open the app and tap on “Sign in”.

Next, enter your email address, password, and click on “Sign in” to sign in to your Coinbase account.

You’ll only be able to change your currency after you’ve signed in to your account on the Coinbase mobile app.

2. Tap on “Settings” & tap on “Native currency”

Coinbase native currency

After you’ve signed in to the Coinbase mobile app, you’ll land on the homepage.

On the bottom navigation bar of the app, you’ll see multiple icons.

The icons include “Home”, “Portfolio”, and more.

There’s also a “Settings” icon on the extreme right of the bottom navigation bar.

Tap on the “Settings” icon to go to your settings.

After you’ve tapped on “Settings”, you’ll land on the settings page.

On the settings page, you’ll see your email address, name, and payment methods.

You’ll also see your account and security settings.

Scroll down the settings page until you see the “Native currency” tab.

The “Native currency” tab is located under the “Account” header.

Tap on the “Native currency” tab to go to the currency settings.

3. Change your currency

How to change your currency on Coinbase mobile

After you’ve tapped on “Native currency”, you’ll land on the “Currencies” page.

On the currencies page, you’ll see a list of currencies that you can choose from.

The first method is to use the search bar at the top of the page.

Search for the currency that you want to change to using the search bar.

Then, tap on the currency to change to it.

Alternatively, you can scroll down the list and find the currency that you want to change to.

Similarly, tap on the currency to change it.

Lastly, go back to the homepage and you’ll see that the cryptocurrency prices are now in the currency that you’ve changed to.

For example, if you’ve changed your currency on Coinbase to “USD”, the cryptocurrency prices will be displayed in USD.

You’ve successfully changed your currency on Coinbase mobile!

Conclusion

Changing your currency on Coinbase is something that you might have to do at least once.

When you visit the Coinbase website, the currency that is displayed will be set to your country’s currency by default.

If you want to view cryptocurrency prices in another country, you can change the currency on Coinbase.

This will allow you to know the prices of cryptocurrencies in another country’s currency.

Further Reading

How to Download Your Coinbase Transaction History

How to Change Your Email on Coinbase

3 Ways to Contact Coinbase

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