Earlier today someone asked me the best way to buy Steem.

Well, there are a lot of different ways to buy it. However, some exchanges charge more than others.

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 I know Coinbase gets a lot of flack,  but they have pretty good rates and I usually do use them when it comes to buying crypto.

Having said that, I think that we are actually ripe for a higher fall in the Crypto Market. I know nobody wants to hear that,  but I honestly think we're going to dip down more until February. 

I do think that 2019 is going to be a great year for cryptocurrency,  but I certainly would not buy Bitcoin on Coinbase and then wait those seven days to get the money into my account because I have a feeling that it could definitely go down.

My advice would be to buy USDC then transfer to Binance and convert it to Steem and then put it into your account here.

 I don't think Bittrex supports USDC at the moment.

USDC is Coinbase's stable pegged coin which is pegged at a dollar. Actually,  it's listed at$1.01 on most exchanges right now.

Whether or not you want to buy Steem,  or Bitcoin, or any other cryptocurrency,  if I were you I would first by USDC then wait to seven days and then convert it to your accepted currency so that you don't take a chance on another dip. 

Of course this is not Financial advice,  I'm just saying that I wouldn't take a chance on the market when it's very possible there's a downtrend coming.

 I could be wrong. It's possible we will only be heading out from here. However, one should always consider a Bear Market could be coming.