How do I buy MON?
Open a spot market on an exchange that lists MON (for example Coinbase), create and verify your account, deposit funds, search MON, and place a market or limit order. Full steps are on this page.
To buy Monad (MON), use a spot market on 9 exchanges: Coinbase, Kraken, Crypto.com, Bitget, Bybit, OKX, MEXC, KuCoin and Gate.io. Major regulated options include Coinbase, Kraken, Crypto.com. Live price: $0.02254. A simple path: open Coinbase, create an account, complete ID checks if required, deposit USD/USDT (or buy with a card), search MON, then place a market or limit order. Use the Trade Spot buttons below to jump straight to each exchange.
Which venues you can use depends on your country and the exchange’s own rules.
Use the buttons above to open each exchange’s live Monad (MON) page. Trade Spot is for buying and holding; Perp is futures.
Tier-1 (Coinbase, Kraken, Crypto.com) usually means stricter ID checks and country limits — pick a venue you can actually open.
To own MON, stay on a spot pair (often MON/USDT or MON/USD). Match the ticker on the exchange before you deposit.
Perp only on Binance: leveraged futures, not buying the coin. Positions can be liquidated.
Open a spot market on an exchange that lists MON (for example Coinbase), create and verify your account, deposit funds, search MON, and place a market or limit order. Full steps are on this page.
Monad (MON) spot markets we list: Coinbase, Kraken, Crypto.com, Bitget, Bybit, OKX, MEXC, KuCoin, Gate.io. Use the Trade Spot links above for each venue.
Monad is a native Layer-1 asset on the MON network — not a token that lives on another chain with a single contract address. Use the deposit network your exchange lists for MON.
No — on a centralized exchange you can buy MON inside the exchange account first. Withdraw to a self-custody wallet later if you want long-term holding, using the correct network.
Three costs decide it: the exchange's taker fee, the spread you cross, and how you fund the account. A limit (maker) order usually costs less than a market (taker) order, and funding with a USDT or USD transfer is normally cheaper than a card purchase, which carries its own processing fee. Check the fee schedules on Coinbase, Kraken, Crypto.com before you trade — they differ.
Most major exchanges let you buy USD or USDT with a card, then swap into MON on Coinbase. Direct card-to-MON depends on the exchange and your country — check that venue’s payment options.
Coinbase yes, Binance no. MON trades spot on Coinbase, but Binance is not among the venues listing it today.
That depends on the exchange, not on MON itself — each venue serves different regions and runs its own verification. Check the exchange’s country list before signing up.