How to buy Cardano (ADA)
Cardano is the name of Cardano's platform. When talking about Cardano's cryptocurrency, it is referred to as ada or ADA. In this article, we will show you the different ways you can buy ADA at Firi.
Create a Firi-account
To trade Cardano with Firi, you must first complete 3 easy steps.
1. Create a Firi account
Before you can buy ADA, you need to create a Firi account with your email or Vipps.
2. Verify your account
To be able to shop on Firi, you need to verify your account. You do this easily by connecting to your BankID and completing a simple customer control form.
3. Make a deposit or buy crypto with Vipps, Apple Pay or bank card.
To be able to buy ADA via Firi, you must make a deposit in NOK. After you have made a deposit, you can easily use NOK to buy ADA via Firi. Alternatively, you can use one of our solutions for direct purchase.
How to make a deposit on Firi?
There are 2 alternative ways to make a deposit on Firi. You can either make a deposit via Firi automatically by connecting to your online bank, or by transferring money manually to an account number.
Whether you want to make a deposit manually or automatically, you must first navigate to the deposit page.
On the Firi app, you will find the page for deposits under the Overviewtab, and the tapping Deposit money. If you use Firi on a web browser, you will find the Deposit page under the Main Account tab.
Option 1: Make a deposit automatically without using online banking
- Click on Deposit money.
- Enter the bank you want to pay from in the search field.
- Grant access to the account you want to pay from with BankID.
- Enter the amount and sign for the payment with BankID.
Option 2: Make a manual transfer via your online bank.
- Click on Deposit money.
- Click on Manual transfer.
- Use the designated account number and messages to make a manual deposit.
- Log into your online bank and transfer the amount you want to deposit with Firi.
Processing deposits usually take up to 1 business day.
How to buy ADA on Firi
To buy Cardano (ADA) from Firi, you have two options.
- One is to deposit money via bank deposit and then buy.
- The second is to buy directly with Vipps, Apple Pay or a bank card.
When you trade, you will also get the best available price on DOT at the time you trade (market order). However, if you wish, you can enter buy/sell orders at specific prices in advanced trading. We will return to that later in the article. Advanced trading is only available via browser.
Buy ADA directly with Vipps, Apple Pay or bank card.
- Go to "Trade" and press "Buy Crypto".
- Select ADA from the list of cryptocurrencies.
- Enter the amount.
- Select the payment method "Direct purchase with Vipps", Apple Pay or "Direct purchase with card" from the menu.
- Make the payment at checkout to Vipps, Apple Pay or card payment.
- Sign, and voila, you have done ADA shopping.
Buy ADA via "Trade" when you have made a deposit.
How to make a purchase via Trade:
- Log into Firi and click on the Trade tab.
- Select the tab that says Buy or Buy crypto.
- Select ADA as the cryptocurrency in the bottom field.
- Enter the amount of NOK you want to buy ADA for.
- Click on Preview Purchase.
Buy ADA manually via Advanced Trade
How to make a purchase via Advanced Trading:
- Log into Firi and click on Advanced Trading on the left side of the Firi dashboard.
- Make sure the market you select in the top left corner is set to ADANOK.
- Navigate to the box where it says Buy ADA.
- Enter the amount of ADA you want to buy in Amount field.
- Enter the price you want to pay per ADA in the Price field.
- Click on BUY ADA.
- When the price on the market matches the order you have placed, the purchase is automatically executed.
If you have followed these steps, you are now the proud owner of Cardano's cryptocurrency ADA. You can view the balance of your ADA-wallet and other relevant information by clicking on Main Account in the Firi dashboard.
If you want to learn more about Cardano, you can click on and read more about Cardano here