Why We Believe Volatility Makes Crypto a Poor Savings Choice It’s 3 a.m. on a Tuesday in June 2022. You roll over, grab your phone, and open your Bitcoin portfolio app with that familiar knot in your stomach. The £12,000 you’d carefully set aside over eighteen months—intended as a deposit on a flat in Manchester—now…
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How to Read Blockchain Explorers: A Practical Guide for Beginners We still remember the first time we stared at a blockchain explorer. It felt like walking into the cockpit of a jumbo jet without a minute of training. Strings of random letters and numbers, flashing green arrows, and technical jargon that made absolutely no sense….
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Navigating the Maze: Our UK Team’s Guide to Crypto Tax Reporting Basics Let’s be honest—when we first started tracking our portfolio, the thought of filling out a Self Assessment for a few satoshis felt more daunting than securing a wallet seed phrase. We’ve spent countless hours untangling transaction histories, deciphering HMRC’s evolving guidance, and helping…
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How Our Team Spots and Stops Phishing Patterns in Crypto Last Tuesday, our lead researcher nearly lost £4,000 in Bitcoin. The email looked flawless — a security alert from a well-known exchange, complete with branding, a case number, and a link to “secure your account.” The only thing that stopped him was a tiny discrepancy…
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Custody Risk: What ‘Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins’ Actually Means We remember the sinking feeling clearly. It was a grey November morning in London, and our group chat was pinging relentlessly. A colleague had a substantial six-figure sum locked on FTX, a platform many of us had casually recommended to friends looking for yield….
