# Buying ADA with USD **URL:** \ **Category:** Trading\ **Created:** [10 December 2017 15:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/buying-ada-with-usd/2360 "2017-12-10T15:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zoomster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zoomster/32/850_2.png) [@Zoomster](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Zoomster)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2017 15:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/buying-ada-with-usd/2360/1 "2017-12-10T15:49:39Z")
Does anyone know if there’s going to be an exchange where you can buy ADA with USD? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![CosmosX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/cosmosx/32/2318_2.png) [@CosmosX](https://forum.cardano.org/u/CosmosX)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2017 16:01 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/buying-ada-with-usd/2360/2 "2017-12-10T16:01:14Z")
Hi @Zoomster! It’s not possible at the moment. Fiat-ADA pairs are only available in Korea (Upbit-Coinnest) An alternative might be Coinspot (AUD), but a bit more expensive in fees as it is with credit card. You might want to consider buying ADA with ETH on Bittrex or Binance (see my post comparing the two [here](https://forum.cardano.org/t/which-is-the-better-exchange-platform/2196/2)), it’s cheaper and faster. I would avoid Bitcoin at the moment if I were you (too slow with high transaction fees) ---
**Author:** ![persia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/persia/32/420_2.png) [@persia](https://forum.cardano.org/u/persia)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2017 17:34 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/buying-ada-with-usd/2360/3 "2017-12-10T17:34:12Z")
Great recommendation. I tried ETH/ADA last week and the fees were significantly less - did however encounter a slower transaction transferring ETH into Bittrex but that was due to Ethereum being backed up (cryptokitties??). ---
**Author:** ![billdreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@billdreak](https://forum.cardano.org/u/billdreak)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2017 20:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/buying-ada-with-usd/2360/4 "2017-12-10T20:49:07Z")
Same, I bought BTC to trade, damn me, it’s so volatile and fees are so expensive… Would be cool if we could use USD/ADA; EUR/ADA ---
**Author:** ![Ghost](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/ghost/32/69_2.png) [@Ghost](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Ghost)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2017 22:58 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/buying-ada-with-usd/2360/5 "2017-12-10T22:58:54Z")
Agree we need fiat pairs! ---
**Author:** ![Hodler30](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/hodler30/32/707_2.png) [@Hodler30](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hodler30)\ **Post date:** [12 December 2017 04:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/buying-ada-with-usd/2360/6 "2017-12-12T04:49:26Z")
I bought Litecoin from gdax transferred to BITTREX then actually sold for Bitcoin and bought ADA since volume was larger. May have not been the most cost effective but wasn’t bad only a couple dollars ---
**Author:** ![epowell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/epowell/32/943_2.png) [@epowell](https://forum.cardano.org/u/epowell)\ **Post date:** [16 December 2017 01:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/buying-ada-with-usd/2360/7 "2017-12-16T01:49:08Z")
Yeah, I’m pretty bummed out about how difficult it is to get ADA with FIAT… but looking from another angle, probably it is a good thing for right now because this mess is definitely keep the price DOWN. Once it becomes easy and quick to buy with FIAT the price will suddenly go NUTS!