Custody

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Security

Liquid printed unbacked L-BTC. Bitcoin did not break.

On 6 September 2026 a bug in Elements let unbacked L-BTC be minted and pegged out. About 3,996 BTC left the federation reserve. 3,400 came back the next day. The rest had not, as of the incident reports.EasyCryptoGuides · 6 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTC · 3 min read

Exchanges

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

Companies

QuadrigaCX’s missing coins were a company, not a locked laptop

Canada’s then-largest crypto shop told customers the CEO was gone. Creditor protection followed. One person with the passwords is not a custody design. It is a single point of failure — or a cover.EasyCryptoGuides · 14 Jan 2019, 18:00 UTC · 1 min read