Coinbase Pro Is Now Coinbase Advanced: Fees, Changes and Availability

Coinbase Pro no longer exists. Coinbase folded it into Advanced Trade, now simply called Coinbase Advanced, inside the main Coinbase app and website, and finished moving users across in 2023. If you landed here looking for Coinbase Pro, Advanced is the product you want: the same order-book trading, entry-level fees of 0.40% for makers and 0.60% for takers, and one login with your regular Coinbase account.

This page explains what changed, what Advanced costs, where Coinbase is licensed, and the parts of its record worth knowing, using Coinbase’s own pages and regulator sources. We do not give investment advice or quote prices.

From GDAX to Coinbase Pro to Advanced

The practical gain is that there is no longer a second balance to transfer into before trading. The loss, for some long-time Pro users, was the old fee schedule: Advanced’s entry tiers are not cheaper than Pro’s were, and Coinbase’s simple buy screen remains the expensive way in.

If you still had a Coinbase Pro account

Balances held on Pro were moved into the matching Coinbase account during the migration, so there is no separate Pro login to recover. Old order history can be downloaded as statements from your Coinbase account settings. Developers who used the Pro API had to switch to the Advanced Trade API, which uses different endpoints and keys; the institutional platform Coinbase Exchange, aimed at professional firms, continues with its own API and fee schedule and is not the same thing as Pro.

Be careful with sites and apps still advertising “Coinbase Pro” logins. Some are simply outdated, but phishing pages have used the old brand to collect passwords. Always type coinbase.com yourself.

What Coinbase Advanced costs

Advanced uses maker and taker fees that fall as your 30-day trading volume rises. A maker order adds liquidity by resting on the book; a taker order fills immediately against it.

Some stablecoin pairs carry lower or zero maker fees, and Coinbase lists those separately on the fee page shown after you sign in. Coinbase One, a paid subscription, advertises zero trading fees on eligible trades, though spreads can still apply on simple buys.

Worked example

Suppose you buy $1,500 of bitcoin. On Advanced, a limit order that rests on the book costs $6 at 0.40%; a market order costs $9 at 0.60%. Selling later costs the same again, so a full round trip runs between $12 and $18 before network fees. The simple Coinbase buy screen adds a spread and a separate Coinbase fee, both shown before you confirm, and that total is usually higher than either Advanced figure. Buying with a debit card costs more still.

Other charges

• Sending crypto out: a network fee based on the coin and network you choose.
• Bank deposits: cheap or free in many countries (Interac e-Transfer and EFT in Canada, for example), while cards carry processing fees.
• Converting between coins: priced with a spread inside the quote.

Where Coinbase is licensed

Coinbase says it operates in more than 100 countries, but the services you get vary with the local entity. The licences most relevant to our readers:

• European Union: Coinbase received a MiCA licence through its Luxembourg entity in June 2025, granted by the CSSF, which lets it serve customers across the EEA.
• United Kingdom: CB Payments Ltd, the UK entity, was added to the FCA register as a cryptoasset firm in January 2025.
• Canada: Coinbase Canada, Inc. is a restricted dealer in every province and territory and registered with FINTRAC as a money services business (M22815925).
• United States: Coinbase holds state money transmitter licences and a New York BitLicense; Coinbase Global, Inc. has been listed on Nasdaq under COIN since April 2021 and joined the S&P 500 in May 2025.

Sanctioned jurisdictions are excluded everywhere, and a few products such as staking or derivatives depend on local rules.

Regulatory and security record

The 2025 data incident is the most relevant to everyday users. The stolen data enabled scammers to pose as Coinbase support with convincing personal details. Coinbase staff will never ask you to move funds to a “safe” wallet or share a recovery phrase. Treat any such call or message as a scam.

Custody: Coinbase account versus the Base App

Funds in your Coinbase or Advanced account are held by Coinbase. As a listed US company, Coinbase publishes audited financial statements in its SEC filings, which is more disclosure than most exchanges offer, but custody risk does not disappear. Coinbase’s separate self-custody app, previously Coinbase Wallet, now appears as the Base App. In that app you hold the recovery phrase; Coinbase cannot freeze or restore it. Our wallets guide explains when self-custody makes sense.

Using Advanced: a short setup

1. Sign in to your normal Coinbase account on the web or app; Advanced is a view inside it.
2. Complete identity verification and turn on two-factor authentication with a security key or authenticator app.
3. Fund the account by bank transfer to avoid card fees.
4. Switch to Advanced, pick the trading pair and place a limit order to pay the maker rate.
5. For long-term holdings, withdraw to a wallet you control after a small test transfer on the correct network.

Who Advanced suits

Advanced is a sensible step up for anyone already using Coinbase who buys more than occasionally. You keep the same account, identity checks and bank links, and the fee saving over simple buys starts from the first order. It also offers market, limit and stop-limit orders with TradingView charts, which is enough for most self-directed buyers.

It is less compelling for very active traders chasing the lowest costs, who will find cheaper order books elsewhere, or for anyone wanting obscure small tokens, since Coinbase lists fewer assets than offshore venues. If your goal is to buy a major coin a few times a year and move it to your own wallet, Advanced does that cleanly and at a fair, published price.

Advanced against the alternatives

At entry level, Coinbase Advanced’s taker fee (0.60%) is lower than Kraken Pro‘s (0.80%) while maker fees match at 0.40%. Binance charges far less per trade, at 0.1%, but has no MiCA licence and left Canada. KuCoin and HTX list many more tokens from offshore bases with heavier enforcement histories. Our exchange comparison covers each, and the Ethereum guide explains the second-largest asset on these order books.