Generating Your Coinbase Prime Tax Documents

Here's what you need to do

The first step is to download all your data from Coinbase Prime and upload it into Koinly. There are a couple of ways you can do that:

CSV

Follow these steps to sync your Coinbase Prime data automatically to Koinly:

Detailed instructions on how to generate the Coinbase Prime API keys can be found on this page.


  1. Sign in to Coinbase Prime.
  2. On the lower-left corner of the page, click the Gear settings icon.
  3. Click APIs.
  4. Next to Activated Keys, click Create API Key.
  5. In the pop-up window, enter the API NameAccess Type, and Expiration Date (optional)
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Under Pending Keys, find your API Key.
  8. Click Activate Key.
  9. Add your Access Key to the API key field on Koinly
  10. Add your Signing Key to the API Secret field on Koinly
  11. Add your Passphrase to the API Pass field on Koinly

On Koinly:

  1. Create a free account on Koinly
  2. Complete onboarding until you get to the Wallets page and find Coinbase Prime in the list
  3. Select API > Paste the API keys you copied above in the appropriate box
  4. Hit Import and wait for Koinly to sync your data. This can take a few minutes
  5. Review your transactions on the Transactions page to ensure everything is tagged correctly and no missing data
  6. Go to the Tax Reports page to view your tax liability!
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