Coin Gecko is a reliable and trustworthy website where you can find cryptocurrency prices, information, and reliable market data. In today’s case we will be searching for a “contract address” for a token called AAVE that we can copy and paste in Uniswap so we can purchase the asset.
How to find a tokens contract address on CoinGecko
- Visit Coin Gecko or download the mobile application on the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.
- Use the search function to look for the asset you’re looking to buy. In this case we’re going to try to find the token contract for AAVE.
- The search box/icon is on the top right of both the mobile app and website. Click the search box/icon and type in AAVE. Select AAVE after it appears in the drop down.
- On the mobile app scroll down to the token information and you will see the first bit of information is the contract address. Press the clipboard Icon and you will get a green pop up at the bottom of your screen that says “Copied contract address to clipboard.”
- On the website, the contract address is in top middle left section of the page below the bold heading “AAVE.” Click the paper icon to the right of the contract code to copy the contract address code.
- You are now ready to paste the contract address into Uniswap in the “TO” field so that you can buy.