Uphold review 2026: One account for crypto, metals, and cash

Many crypto platforms let you trade digital coins and not much else. Uphold takes a wider swing by letting you trade more than 250 cryptocurrencies, four precious metals, and dozens of national currencies. It even allows you to directly trade one for another.

What makes that possible is what Uphold calls its anything-to-anything model, which moves you directly from bitcoin to gold, or from silver to euros, without forcing a sale in dollars in between. Very few platforms work this way.

That wide selection costs you, though. Uphold folds its fee into a spread on every trade, so the price you see already includes its cut, and that all-in price runs higher than several rivals. You also won't find the advanced trading tools that active traders use or any stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Let's take a closer look at what Uphold delivers and where it falls flat based on our hands-on testing.

Uphold at a glance

Introducing Uphold

Uphold launched in 2015 and now serves more than 10 million users worldwide. Its U.S. arm, Uphold HQ Inc., operates out of Larkspur, California. The platform built its name on the range of assets it offers, letting you hold and trade digital coins along with gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and dozens of national currencies.