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
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.
A step-by-step walkthrough for adding, buying and selling bStocks in Zelcore — funding the right wallet, reading the swap summary, and what to do if the feature doesn't appear.
A bStocks balance rarely changes when a dividend lands or a stock splits. Here's the hidden multiplier doing the work, and how to read it in Zelcore.
bStocks let you hold a token backed 1:1 by real US shares in an ordinary self-custody wallet. Here's what they actually are, who issues them, and what regulation does and doesn't cover.
Ethena Pay combines a self-custodial wallet for USDe with payments, savings features and a crypto-linked card. Here is how the pieces fit together and what self-custody users should understand about yield, smart contracts, stablecoins and spending risk.
A recent software-download campaign paired a genuine-looking crypto wallet with malware that could give attackers remote access to a computer. Here is how fake installers work, why self-custody users face elevated risks, and how to respond safely.
The ICON bridge replay exploit shows why a valid signature is not automatically a one-time authorization. Here is how replay attacks can multiply withdrawals, why exchanges may pause deposits, and what self-custody users should verify before moving affected assets.
Solana validators have approved a faster reduction in SOL inflation, according to a report dated August 31, 2026. The change could reduce newly issued SOL over time, while making transaction-fee revenue more important to stakers and validators.
Circle is retiring legacy CCTP V1 transfer routes on September 1, 2026, while native USDC balances remain unaffected. Here is what self-custody users should check before moving USDC across chains.
A compromise of foundation-controlled wallets reportedly moved 400 million FOGO, prompting Fogo to halt its mainnet and exchanges to restrict activity. Here is what the incident means for users holding FOGO in self-custody.
A shared Cosmos EVM software dependency allowed one exploit pattern to affect six blockchains and trigger coordinated halts. Here is what self-custody users should check before sending, swapping, or bridging assets on affected networks.
