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RegulationFinCEN withdrew two wallet proposals that had never taken effect.
On 5 October 2026 FinCEN withdrew the December 2020 unhosted-wallet proposal and the October 2023 plan to treat crypto mixing as a primary money-laundering concern. Both withdrawals took effect on 6 October. Neither draft had ever been in force.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
SecurityD’CENT’s app leaked the phrase. The hardware device is a different object.
On 16 September 2026 D’CENT said abnormal transfers were hitting its App Wallet. By 25 September, tallies put the XRP piece at about 12.4 million XRP from 7,393 wallets. The biometric device was not the hole by itself.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
ExchangesHow 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 · · 3 min read
SecurityTrezor’s shipping partner leaked customer details. The device is not the leak.
ShipMonk told Trezor it had unauthorised access to order data. About 13,700 recent buyers were exposed. Hardware wallets and keys were not.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
SecurityA practical checklist for keeping crypto safer
Security here is less about secret knowledge and more about boring habits: slow down, verify destinations, and treat your recovery phrase like a spare house key — because that is what it is.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
ReviewModern software wallet (category)
Score 3.8 of 5. 3.8Fine for small balances and learning, if you practise recovery and treat every signature as real. Not a substitute for a hardware device once the number would ruin your month.EasyCryptoGuides ·WalletsA backup is an estate plan, not a treasure map
Self-custody without a tested restore and a boring instruction for the living is a story you tell yourself. Company accounts inherit like company accounts. Clever schemes you cannot explain will fail your future self.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
BitcoinWhat is Bitcoin, in plain language?
Bitcoin is software that keeps a shared record of who can spend which coins — without a bank in the middle. Here is the mechanism, the limits, and the ways a headline turns that into something it is not.EasyCryptoGuides · · 6 min read
WalletsHow crypto wallets actually work
If you remember one idea, make it this: the network holds the coins. Your wallet holds the keys. That distinction explains most of the fear, the scams, and the recovery phrases.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min readSecurityA wallet signature is not a handshake
A signature proves a key agreed to a particular message. That message might be a send, a spending permission, a login, or a listing. Read the wallet warning. The site’s caption is not the message.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min readWallets