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How to Verify a Crypto Exchange: Security Checklist for No-KYC Platforms

In January 2026, a researcher found an unprotected database — no password, no encryption — holding 149 million stolen login credentials. Among them: access data for approximately 420,000 Binance accounts, lifted not from Binance’s servers but from users’ infected devices by infostealer malware. The following month, Coinbase confirmed a second contractor-related insider breach within a […]

Crypto Without KYC: Custodial vs Non-Custodial — Which Is Safer?

A Coinbase insider-assisted breach in July 2025 exposed the personal data of nearly 70,000 customers. Projected cleanup costs: between $180 million and $400 million. The users affected hadn’t done anything wrong — they just handed over their identities to access a service. That’s the invisible contract behind every KYC form: your biometric data and passport […]