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Coinbase Canada
The Canadian arm of Coinbase. Its OSC registration decision describes a platform through which clients enter into crypto contracts with the company to buy, hold, stake and sell crypto assets, with a hosted wallet; head office in Toronto.
Coinbase Canada Inc.: Restricted Dealer (Dealer and Marketplace), decision April 3, 2024, amended April 1, 2026 (OSC registered crypto asset trading platforms list, read September 4, 2026).
Quoted from the regulator, with the read date. Registrations change; check the CSA list before opening an account.
A plain-English walk through your first bitcoin purchase in Canada: registered platforms, KYC, exchange accounts versus wallets, the scams the Anti-Fraud Centre sees most, and what the CRA wants later.
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