Coinbase adds 5 more European countries, raises daily limit to 2000 EUR

Coinbase has expanded its services to another 5 European countries: Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and Poland.

These join the 13 which were included in their European expansion three weeks ago: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Latvia, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain, bringing the total to 18. Still absent from the list is Germany, Europe's largest economy.

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Coinbase has also raised the daily buy/sell limit in France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, and Finland from 500 EUR to 2000 EUR.

Interested users whose country is not yet supported are invited to sign up on a dedicated Global page which will alert them if/when their country has been added.