Answer · checked 5 Nov 2026
How do I make a small investment in US stocks, and what is the minimum?
One way is stock tokens in Catch, a Telegram app: the least you can add is $5 in USDC on Base, there is no minimum trade for a single stock, and Catch charges 0.50% once per move, $0.10 minimum, so spending that $5 of USDC on Base pays $0.10, 2% of it. Each is a token that tracks a US-listed stock or ETF, issued by Coinbase or by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited, not by Catch, and the issuers say they are not available to persons in the US.
Catch at a glance
- Trading
- 24/7, weekends included
- Fee
- 0.50% once per move, $0.10 minimum
- Chains
- Base and Robinhood Chain, one balance
- Issued by
- Coinbase on Base, Robinhood on Robinhood Chain. Not issued by Catch.
Start small
Open Catch
Open Catch in Telegram or on the web, on your phone or a computer.
Add money
Open Withdraw or Send (Pay in the Coinbase app), pick USDC and the network called Base, and send at least $5 to the address Catch shows under Add money. Only send on Base or Robinhood Chain; other networks may be lost.
Pick a stock and slide
Choose any stock or ETF on the stocks list, type the dollars you pay, check the price and the fee, then slide to buy.
What a small first buy costs
The least you can add is $5, from an exchange or another wallet. Card top-ups start at $30 where available, but not in the UK yet.
There is no minimum trade for a single stock, so all of a $5 USDC on Base top-up can go into one stock or ETF, and you can add more when you choose.
Catch charges 0.50% once per move, $0.10 minimum. If you add $5 in USDC on Base and buy with all of it, the $0.10 minimum applies, which is 2% of that buy. Selling is another move and pays the fee again.
While US markets are closed there is no live share price to compare with, so token prices can move away from the last close. You see the price and the fee before you slide.
Catch lists 70 stocks and ETFs: 17 have a Coinbase token on Base and 69 have a Robinhood token on Robinhood Chain. Each stock token is a token that tracks a US-listed stock or ETF. The tokens are issued by Coinbase on Base and by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited on Robinhood Chain, not by Catch.
Where Catch is not a fit
Catch sells stock tokens held in your Catch wallet, not a brokerage account. If you want a brokerage account, Catch is not a fit.
On small buys the $0.10 minimum fee is a bigger share of each one; you see the fee before you slide.
If you live in the US, Catch is not a fit: Coinbase says its stock tokens are not available to persons in the US and other restricted places. Robinhood says its Stock Tokens are not available to residents of the US, Canada, the UK or Switzerland.
This page does not cover the rules where you live; check those for your own situation.
Popular stock tokens
Questions
- What is the least I can start with?
- The least you can add is $5, from an exchange or another wallet. Card top-ups start at $30 where available, but not in the UK yet. There is no minimum trade for a single stock.
- What does the fee come to on a small buy?
- Catch charges 0.50% once per move, $0.10 minimum. If you add $5 in USDC on Base and buy with all of it, the $0.10 minimum applies, which is 2% of that buy. Selling is another move and pays the fee again. You see the price and the fee before you slide.
- Can I put in a small amount every month?
- Yes. Each time, send at least $5 of USDC on Base to the address Catch shows under Add money, then pick a stock or ETF and slide to buy. Each buy pays the Catch fee, with a $0.10 minimum.
- Who can buy these stock tokens?
- Coinbase says its stock tokens are not available to persons in the US and other restricted places. Robinhood says its Stock Tokens are not available to residents of the US, Canada, the UK or Switzerland. Catch blocks buying and selling only in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, Myanmar and four occupied regions of Ukraine.
Sources
Read 5 Nov 2026. Facts about other companies are paraphrased from their own pages.