How to Back Up a Crypto Wallet Without a Seed Phrase
Twenty-four words on a sheet of paper. Where do you hide it? Who might find it? What if the house floods, or someone photographs it while you’re not looking? For…
Twenty-four words on a sheet of paper. Where do you hide it? Who might find it? What if the house floods, or someone photographs it while you’re not looking? For…
You’ve checked your wallet, the drawer and the car twice. The Tangem card isn’t there. Or you’re holding it, ready to send, and the access code you were sure you’d…
In July 2026, headlines reported that researchers had used a laser to reset the access code on a Tangem card. If you keep your crypto on a card or ring,…
Many crypto thefts from hardware wallet owners don’t involve breaking the hardware at all. They start with 24 words: a seed phrase photographed for safekeeping, saved to a notes app,…
In January 2019, hackers stole around NZ$30 million in crypto from Cryptopia, an exchange based in Christchurch. By May, the company was in liquidation. Its customers’ coins were frozen, and…
You bought your first crypto on a New Zealand exchange, it’s sitting in your account, and something about that is starting to bother you. It should. Learning how to transfer…
Every guide to self-custody tells you the same thing: write twelve words on paper, guard them with your life, never photograph them, never type them anywhere. Can You Use a…
Your finger is hovering over the withdraw button and you’re convinced you’re about to lose the lot. That feeling is reasonable. Crypto transfers are irreversible, and the internet is full…
Two adults, some crypto sitting on an exchange, and a quiet realisation: if something happened to one of you, the other wouldn’t have the first idea how to reach it.…