How do you gift crypto to someone?

You can gift crypto to someone by sending it to their wallet, by using an app feature that delivers it by email or link, or by giving a gift card they redeem for crypto. Which one fits depends mostly on whether the recipient already has a wallet or exchange account.

How do you gift crypto to someone who already has a wallet?

Ask them for a receiving address for the specific coin, then send to it like any other payment. Coinbase's guide notes that the address type must match the coin, for example a Bitcoin address for bitcoin. For tokens that exist on several networks, confirm which network their wallet uses.

On Robinhood, for instance, you open the coin, tap Send, paste the address and enter the amount. Robinhood says transfers are final, and a network fee is added. A small first payment is a sensible check for larger gifts. Our guide to what a wallet address is explains formats and the wrong-network problem.

How do you gift crypto on Coinbase?

Coinbase says its customers can send crypto to an email address in more than 100 countries for free. You pick the asset and amount in the Coinbase app, enter the email address and send.

The Base app, formerly Coinbase Wallet, offers claim links. You can send up to $500 in some cryptocurrencies as a link instead of an address. The funds leave your wallet when the link is made, and anyone who has the link can claim them, so share it only with the recipient. If no one claims it within 5 days, the funds return automatically. Real links start with wallet.coinbase.com or go.cb-w.com/claim, and claiming is free.

How do you gift crypto on Robinhood?

Robinhood launched a Crypto Gifts feature in December 2021. Senders chose a coin and card design, added a message and shared a link by text or email, with a $1 minimum. Recipients had 14 days to accept and could open an account to claim. It was not offered in Nevada or Hawaii. Whether it is available on your account in October 2026 should be checked in the app. If it is not, a normal send to the recipient's address works.

How do you gift bitcoin without a wallet address?

A crypto gift card is the usual option. The buyer pays in dollars and the recipient redeems a code in the issuer's app, as explained in how do crypto gift cards work.

Avoid giving a wallet you set up yourself along with its recovery phrase. Anyone who has seen the phrase can move the funds, so the recipient should create their own. Old-style tricks, such as a memorable phrase that becomes the key, are especially weak. The Bitcoin Wiki calls passphrase-based brain wallets obsolete, and our brain wallet guide explains why.

Gifts can have tax consequences for the giver or the recipient. Those rules are covered in is gifting crypto taxable.

Rules differ by country and change often. Check the tax authority or a qualified professional for your own situation.