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How buying crypto actually works

Buying cryptocurrency is usually buying from a company, then optionally taking the keys. Confusing those two steps is how people think they “own Bitcoin” when they own a balance in an app.EasyCryptoGuides · 14 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

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What is a crypto exchange balance?

A centralised exchange credits you in its ledger. The chain may not know your name. That is convenient until the company pauses, gets hacked, or goes to court. Here is the custody map without a venue ranking.EasyCryptoGuides · 24 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

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What is a perpetual contract?

A perpetual future tracks a coin’s price and never comes due. You do not hold the coin. You hold a contract with a venue that can liquidate the margin. The CFTC’s October letters are about who may list that shape. They are not a lesson in when to press it.EasyCryptoGuides · 17 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

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What is a crypto kiosk?

A bitcoin ATM is not a bank and not a hardware wallet. Hawaii stopped the cash-in side on 1 October 2026. Thirty-four states then told Coinme to leave the kiosk business. The machine was always a money transmitter with a spread.EasyCryptoGuides · 17 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

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Injective stopped producing blocks for five hours. A pause is not a theft.

Injective stopped producing blocks from 13:00 to 18:04 UTC on 9 November. Figment says the foundation asked for a precaution. A Telegram account, as others relayed it, calls the same stop a drill. No loss figure.EasyCryptoGuides · 9 Nov 2026, 13:00 UTC · 2 min read

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Binance France says accounts close on 31 December. That entity is not Binance.com.

An email to Binance France customers, reported on 6 November, says those accounts close from 31 December 2026. From 29 November an account that still holds assets pays a fee. Deposits are already blocked. Withdrawals still work.EasyCryptoGuides · 6 Nov 2026, 17:00 UTC · 3 min read

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Gopax halted trading after an email claiming a hack. A freeze is not a confirmed theft.

Gopax was still halted on Monday 9 November. News1 says the company will not publish a restart time, and that user assets have been moved to cold wallets. No loss is confirmed.EasyCryptoGuides · 6 Nov 2026, 06:00 UTC · 3 min read

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Major centralised exchange (category)

3.5A reasonable on-ramp if you use withdrawals, enable real two-factor authentication, and never store more than you are willing to treat as a balance at a private company. The marketing is louder than the account agreement.EasyCryptoGuides · 4 Aug 2026

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Coinbase

3.6A reasonable on-ramp if you enable app-based two-factor authentication, read the freeze/withdrawal rules, and do not leave more on the platform than you would leave with any other private company. It is not a wallet you control.EasyCryptoGuides · 18 Apr 2020

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