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# Get Coins and Tokens

To be able to trade on SwapX you need to have either: tokens in your wallet and/or BNB. If you have neither you can easily purchase BNB to use on SwapX on many platforms online, such as from [Binance Directly.](https://www.binance.com/en/buy-BNB)

The reason why you need BNB is because it’s the native coin of the Binance Smart Chain, and thus it’s traded against by most tokens, and transaction gas fees are paid in BNB.

With the BNB you can easily buy tokens on the SwapX Exchange, see the Exchange page for more details on that. The tokens of Binance Smart Chain (BSC) are called BEP20 tokens. You will need the BEP20 version of any token you want to trade, stake etc. on BSC.

You can go a few ways about converting your tokens to BEP20, here are the ones we recommend:

* [**SafePal**](https://safepal.io/download) - You don't need an account, or to register etc. Execute cross-chain swaps directly from your wallet.
* [**Binance Bridge**](https://www.binance.org/en/bridge) - You don't need an account, or to register etc.
* [**Binance.com** ](https://accounts.binance.com/en/register?ref=KNU3JQGM)**-** You can withdraw tokens as BEP20 via your Binance account (if you have one). Bear in mind you need an account to do so.


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