# How to get a wallet By [Your Key Your Coin](https://paragraph.com/@your-key-your-coin) ยท 2022-06-20 --- To start trading tokens in the Uniswap app, you first need to get an Ethereum wallet and obtain some tokens. Get an Ethereum wallet ---------------------- Your Ethereum wallet is the key to interacting with the Uniswap app and all decentralized applications (dapps) in the Ethereum ecosystem. Your wallet stores your private keys - the secret password you use to authorize transactions. Read this [guide](https://ethereum.org/en/wallets/find-wallet/) to learn what factors you should consider in choosing a wallet. Some popular wallets are [https://metamask.io/](https://metamask.io/), [https://wallet.coinbase.com/](https://wallet.coinbase.com/), [https://rainbow.me/](https://rainbow.me/), and [https://trustwallet.com/](https://trustwallet.com/). Get your first tokens --------------------- The Uniswap app supports trading any token for another token. However, if you're new to Ethereum then you need to purchase your very first token using fiat money from a bank account or credit card. The Uniswap app does not support this "fiat on-ramp" experience, but many popular crypto services can help you do this. While you can trade almost any ERC-20 token on the Uniswap app, your wallet must hold ETH in order to execute a trade. This because all transactions on the Ethereum network must pay a gas fee to miners who perform the computation. The gas fee must be paid in ETH, hence you must hold enough ETH in your wallet to cover the cost of a Uniswap transaction. Once you've bought ETH, send it to your wallet and return to [https://app.uniswap.org/](https://app.uniswap.org/) to start trading. _Note: non-Ethereum assets such as BTC, BCH, DOGE, etc are not compatible with the Uniswap protocol because they are note ERC-20 tokens. These assets live on different blockchains, separate from the Ethereum blockchain._ --- *Originally published on [Your Key Your Coin](https://paragraph.com/@your-key-your-coin/how-to-get-a-wallet)*