Self-custody
Buying straight to a hardware wallet: the full cost
Keeping coins on your own hardware wallet means withdrawing every purchase, so the withdrawal fee is paid each time, on top of the one-time price of the wallet. Here is the exchange that costs least with the withdrawal included, and what a year adds up to.
Cheapest way to buy $1,000 of Bitcoin in United States and withdraw it
| # | Exchange | Trading | Spread | Deposit | Conversion | Withdrawal | Total | You receive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kraken LowestVerified 2d ago | $8.00 | $0.00068 | — | — | $1.11 | $9.110.91% | 0.013419 BTC |
| 2 | Gemini Verified 2d ago | $12.00 | $0.000068 | — | — | ≈ $0.10 | $12.101.21% | 0.013378 BTC |
| 3 | Crypto.com Verified 2d ago | $5.00 | $0.000068 | — | — | $29.54 | $34.543.45% | 0.013074 BTC |
Not ranked: incomplete data
- CoinbaseMissing deposit fee, currency conversion
- BitstampMissing trading fee, deposit fee, withdrawal fee
- Binance.USMissing withdrawal fee
Your first year
- Each $1,000.00 purchase, withdrawal included
- $9.11
- Withdrawal fees in a year
- $13.29
- First year, wallet included
- $109.30
Enter the price shown on the maker's official shop for your region. Prices change by region and are often shown without shipping or tax.
Which wallet supports which coin
| Wallet | BTC | ETH | SOL | XRP | USDT (Tron) | ADA | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ledger Nano S Plus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Official shop |
| Ledger Nano X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Official shop |
| Trezor Safe 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Official shop |
| Trezor Safe 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Official shop |
| BitBox02 | ✓ | ✓ | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | ✓ | Official shop |
| BitBox02 Bitcoin-only | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Official shop |
From each maker's own pages, checked 9 November 2026. "Not listed" means the maker's page does not mention the coin. We do not print prices: the official shops show them by region and we could not verify one figure for everyone.
To pay less
- Buy less often and withdraw in one go: the withdrawal fee is usually flat, so one large withdrawal costs the same as one small one.
- Buy the wallet only from the maker's official shop or an authorised reseller, never second-hand.
- Send a small test amount first and check it arrives before you withdraw the rest.