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# Buy & Sell Crypto

The 'Buy & Sell Crypto' tab provides a comprehensive platform for trading digital assets seamlessly with USDg. It features interactive charts for market analysis, a customizable watchlist to keep track of your favorite assets, and a dedicated 'Asset Research' button for in-depth insights. You can quickly execute trades and manage your crypto portfolio efficiently.

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="443"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Here, you can seamlessly execute trades, whether you're buying, selling, or swapping. Transaction history is also on displayed in a human readable format for convenience. </td><td><img src="/files/DQhrHHYK6VLH6gfNL9UC" alt="" data-size="original"></td></tr></tbody></table>

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You can trade assets, buy with USDg and sell to USDg. One stop shop for all your trades.&#x20;

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You can search and find any token or coin with the inbuilt search function on the trading page by using the drop down menu.&#x20;

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There is a quick access panel on the top of the page for your watchlist. Note that if you have not yet created a watchlist, then the quick access will show the 'Top Assets'. However, after creating a watchlist the 'Top Assets' becomes your watchlist.&#x20;

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For our first trade, lets buy some Bitcoin.&#x20;

**Step 1**

Go to the 'Buy & Sell Crypto' and select BTC. Then on the right hand side of the page, put in the amount, for example 1,000 USDg. Then click 'Approve Buy Order (1/3)'.&#x20;

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MetMask will prompt you with a spending cap request. Feel free to customize the spending cap.  Click 'Confirm'.&#x20;

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**Step 2**

Confirm the buy order by clicking on 'Confirm Buy Order (2/3).

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MetaMask will prompt you with a transaction request to confirm. &#x20;

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**Step 3**

The last step is to buy BTC. By simply clicking on 'Buy BTC (3/3)'.&#x20;

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MetaMask will prompt you with the estimated fee for the transaction. Once happy, click 'Confirm'.&#x20;

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And that's it!

You can now see your purchase and additional information in the 'Transaction History' at the bottom of the page and in '[My Portfolio'](/glue-alphanet/welcome-to-glue-alphanet/alphanet-user-guide/my-portfolio.md).&#x20;

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{% tab title="Sell Some BTC" %}
The Sell function works exactly like the Buy function. Simply select Sell and follow the same steps as you would for buying.

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