Coinbase Bitcoin Wallet vs Bitstamp

If security is one of your top priorities, Coinbase takes a unique approach at protecting users by storing most information offline.

By integrating a US bank account, Bitcoin can be converted to USD using ACH.

You can open your bitcoin wallet and fully manage it on both web and mobile, and access your bitcoin any time.

Allows avoiding using Bitcoin addresses by transferring funds through email instead.

Bitstamp is very economical if you live in Europe as they have free SEPA deposits.

For small transactions (< $500 USD) you're only charged 0.5%. This incrementally decreases to 0.2% for transfers over $150,000 USD.

On Bitstamp users can enter limit orders that stay open until they are either cancelled by the client or executed in the market.

Bitstamp supports US dollars, British pounds, and Swiss francs.

You can purchase physical or virtual prepaid debit cards through Bitstamp and load money into them directly from your Bitstamp account. There are currently three supported currencies: USD, EUR, and GBP. Note: this is currently unavailable to US citizens.

Multiple threads on the Bitcoin sub-reddit praise Bitstamp for fast and helpful support.

The interface and overall user experience of Bitstamp is fantastic. The design is clean, easy to use while also providing great features like the order book.

The order book is a great feature because it’s where the exchange shows all the open orders it has from its clients.
The first part of the order book is a chart that represents all the orders organized by type (bid or offer), price, and volume. This is a very efficient way of looking at the market depth and also analyzing the open interest so you can decide how to set and manage your orders.