Guides, tutorials, and deep dives to help you master crypto self-custody.
Foundational concepts every crypto user should know — wallets, keys, transactions, and blockchains explained.
16 articles
Protect your crypto: seed phrases, phishing, scam patterns, and hardware wallet best practices.
17 articles
Decentralized finance explained — staking, lending, swaps, yield, and how to use DeFi safely.
38 articles
NFTs, digital collectibles, and on-chain ownership: how they work and how to manage them.
13 articles
Step-by-step walkthroughs for common crypto tasks — sending, receiving, swapping, and recovering.
22 articles
Deep dives into individual coins and chains — what they do, how they work, and how to hold them.
51 articles
The Senate is scheduled to vote on the CLARITY Act on September 15, 2026, after a last-minute ethics agreement involving President Trump. Here is what the latest text could mean for token classification, exchanges, DeFi protocols, and people using self-custody wallets.
ESMA has questioned whether major prediction-market platforms serving European users hold the authorization required under EU rules. Here is what Polymarket and Kalshi users should understand about access restrictions, oracle-based settlement, and the difference between self-custody and platform risk.
Solana is preparing a new 4,096-byte transaction format called v1 transactions, up from the current 1,232-byte limit. The change could make larger zero-knowledge proofs, multisig operations, and atomic batches easier, but wallet and infrastructure support must arrive first.
U.S. Bank has launched USBDC, a bank-issued dollar token using the public Stellar blockchain. Here is what the pilot means for open wallets, cross-border payments, and the centralized controls that remain with the bank.
Ethereum developers have made post-quantum security a priority and set December 2029 as a target for key migration work. Here is what exposed public keys mean for Ethereum accounts and why ordinary wallet users do not need to move funds today.
Cronos halted and rolled back part of its chain after an exploit involving the Tectonic DeFi protocol. This guide explains what the rollback recovered, what it can reverse, and what self-custody wallet users should check now.
Harmony has proposed shutting down its Layer 1 and migrating ONE to Ethereum as part of an AI video initiative. Here is what self-custody wallet holders should understand about balances, staking, liquidity, smart contracts, and possible migration claims.
A reported $320 million Bitcoin withdrawal from Liquid’s federated peg has paused or restricted LBTC redemptions. Here is how Liquid peg-outs work, why the incident may not involve stolen private keys, and what counterparty risk means for self-custody users.
The Trezor ShipMonk breach reportedly exposed information connected to another 67,000 customers. Even if wallet devices and private keys remain secure, names, addresses, and purchase records can help attackers build convincing phishing campaigns or identify people for physical targeting.
Thailand’s SEC has adopted crypto Travel Rule requirements that extend beyond exchange-to-exchange transfers. This guide explains what self-custody users may need to verify, what information can travel with a transaction, and why the rules do not change how a personal wallet works.
An FSRA prospectus and a self-custody BSC wallet remove some risks from bStocks, not all of them. Here's the full counterparty, redemption, liquidity, regulatory and tax picture, and how bStocks stacks up against xStocks, Dinari and Ondo.
bStocks look like any other BEP-20 token, but a US securities prospectus sits behind them. Here's how the passport check works across three layers, and what Zelcore actually shows you.
