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What is the easiest and cheapest way to buy BTC at USA?

Just wanted to warn you.  Buying cheaper could be more risky for you.

Try localbitcoins.com  ... it's not the cheapest but you might be lucky and find seller with reasonable price
Pretty convenient way is using coinbase

I just found a new website that can answer your questions. It's called VirWox (http://www.virwox.com/) You can buy BTC with your PAYPAL account (if any)
If you need help about how to do it, you can read the guidelines here: https://99bitcoins.com/buying-bitcoins-with-paypal-a-practical-guide/

I used Coinbase to buy Bitcoins. The do charge a fee for that and you have to set up a link to a bank account and provide identification to set up your account. If you are willing to do all of that, it seems to work fine and was relatively easy.

You can also try localbitcoins but I don’t know how much that will cost you in fees.

The easiest place to buy BTC in the USA would probably be to use coinbase.

https://www.coinbase.com/?locale=en-US

The best way for getting bitcoin in the united states is definitely coinbase/gdax. Gdax would better if you plan on actively trading.

I visited the United States on October, and it was pretty easy to buy bitcoin and sell in there. Because there are a lot of people using localbitcoins to buy/sell.

Only that their rates are not fair, they are charging almost 3% over all the buy orders, and giving you a 3% less in every transaction that you create with them. It is unfair only if you are in a hurry to sell all your bitcoins.

I had to sell them in there because i needed money, so i almost paid my trip using bitcoins, but i lost some money be cause of the rate.

I am not sure about coinbase, is it allowed in there? far as i know they are asking for a lot of verifications due to the KYC.

You can use gemini.com exchange. Their fees are fair unlike ridiculously high coinbase fees

Gemini exchange, or you can buy fast on localbitcoins.com

Wait for down and you can buy bitcoin very cheap, imo this will happen in next months or weeks, so just wait for it and do transaction.

Easiest would be coinbase. They basically created a mini bank for crypto. Cheapest would be GDAX (which is part of coinbase). If a limit buy order is used, you are not charged any fees to buy Bitcoin.

My suggestion is that buy btc in big exchange platform , I don’t advise you buy btc in p2p way or some shops . There is a risk that you maybe be scammed . You can look for lots of official exchange platform in here : https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/#markets (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/#markets)
And there is very simple , you can choose other coins  exchange to btc or just use usd to btc .

Coinbase is the fastest.

From a friend is simplest.

Localbitcoins.com is cheapest.

i always use coinbase. i guess it's one of the safest ways

The problem with Coinbase or GDAX is if you transfer money from your bank account it takes forever. 3 days is all it should take. I transferred money today and it’s telling me Dec 5th it will post to my account. By the time Dec 5th gets here. BTC will be already over 10k. That’s an absurd amount of time.

Check if there are any bitcoin ATMs near you using this website.

https://coinatmradar.com/

You can put cash into them and get bitcoins immediately. There are hundreds of them in the USA. The fees they charge varies from quite low up to outrageously high, so check what fees a machine charges before using it.

VirWox has some of the highest fees. I'd recommend localbitcoins.

Easiest? Coinbase, cheapest? It depends, its market prices, noone set them, if you are looking for cheap fee on exchanges, it doesnt matter really in long run, i mean u can save 0,2% of purchase and loose 5% or earn 5% in next 10 seconds after purchase.

I use Gemini.com. It's easy in that it doesn't add any additional KYC hurdles that any legitimate bank or exchange  uses.

It will take a few days to set up your account; like with other institutions it will validate your bank to make the transfers and then, once things are operational it's seemless.

You can send up fiat from your bank and trade for BTC almost immediately. The only restriction is that they will not allow you to transfer your BTC to another wallet for 4 days. The four day wait is common for all institutions (whether crypto or stocks). The advantage is that you can immediately purchase BTC at the current price.

Coinbase is easy but it's expensive.

You can go to bitcoin ATM and get it instantly. All you need is a driver's license and a credit card - but it's very, very expensive (not worth it my book).

In your place, I would consider changing BTC over some other Crypto, which you will not have to spend so much money. I recommend Waves, because its development is also brilliant and will soon be worth a lot.