I am a bit of a newbie here and have seen a bit of information on the net regarding Coinbase and Bitstamp being great exchanges to use to purchase coins, but being as though they only offer much of the main cryptos coins, I am not able to purchase any of the alternative coins that are cheaper.
I wouldn't choose your investments based on what's "cheap" and what's "expensive." There is a huge graveyard of dead altcoins and tokens which were once "cheap" and are now simply worth
nothing. Some altcoins will have larger % gains than Bitcoin; others will simply die. Keep that in mind when gambling on altcoins.
Plus, since I reside in the States, some of the other exchanges cannot do business with US residents. So, I wanted to know if anyone knew of any alternative REPUTABLE exchanges/brokers to go through that could provide service to US residents, as well as have the option for purchasing the less popular/cheaper coins?
Binance is still okay for US residents until September 12. Then they are officially kicking us out and launching a US platform. Presumably the US platform will lack access to many of the coins currently trading on Binance.