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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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An exchange balance is an IOU, not a wallet

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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A perpetual is a contract with no expiry, not a bigger coin

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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A crypto kiosk is a cash window, not a wallet

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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The CFTC asked questions about a crypto exchange licence. Questions are not the licence.

On 5 October 2026 the CFTC published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for Regulation CTX and Regulation CAM. The Federal Register printed it on 13 October. Comments run to 14 December. There is no rule text in force.EasyCryptoGuides · 5 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC · 3 min read

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Bitget lost about $387.5 million from hot wallets. That is an exchange ledger.

On 24 September 2026 Bitget halted withdrawals after unauthorised transfers from hot and warm wallets. The first figure was $351.6 million. A later count, including Zcash and TRON, put it at about $387.5 million. Customer keys were not the story Bitget told.EasyCryptoGuides · 24 Sept 2026, 20:00 UTC · 3 min read

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Coinbase’s contractor breach is an insider story, not a chain failure

In a 14 May 2025 filing, Coinbase said overseas support contractors stole account data and that it would not pay a $20 million ransom. Keys in cold storage were not the headline. Names were.EasyCryptoGuides · 14 May 2025, 21:00 UTC · 2 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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