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Wallet safety9 min

How to Use a Block Explorer to Verify a Crypto Transaction (and Spot Scams)

A beginner's guide to reading a block explorer: find a transaction by its hash, read its status, check the addresses and fee, and use the same skill to catch common scams.

You will find a transaction by its hash, read pending, confirmed and failed correctly, check addresses and fees, and spot fake explorers and scam messages.
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Taxes9 min

Crypto Tax Recordkeeping Basics: What to Keep Now That Exchanges Report to the IRS

Crypto tax recordkeeping basics for readers who need clean, per-wallet records that can be checked against Form 1099-DA before swaps, transfers and exchange exports turn into a puzzle.

You will learn what to record, why basis is now tracked per wallet or account, what the broker form cannot see, and how long to keep records.
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Scam defense8 min

How to Check Whether a Crypto Exchange Is Licensed (and What That Does Not Prove)

A step-by-step way to check a crypto platform on the regulator's own register in the EU, US and UK, written for the moment just before you deposit money.

You will find the legal entity, pick the right register, match every detail, test small, and learn what a licence does not prove.
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Market literacy10 min

Stablecoin Risks Explained: Reserves, Depegs, Freezes and Yield Traps

Stablecoin risks explained without assuming that a dollar label equals a dollar of safety, including what the US GENIUS Act and EU MiCA rules do and do not change.

You will learn why stable does not mean risk-free, what the US and EU rules require, and how to inspect a yield offer before trusting it.
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Tool selection10 min

Do You Need a VPN for Crypto? What It Protects, What It Does Not, and How to Judge One

A VPN is a privacy tool for your connection, not a security tool for your coins. Here is exactly where it helps, where it does nothing, and how to judge any provider without taking a marketing page at its word.

You will learn why public Wi-Fi is a smaller risk than the ads imply, why a VPN never protects a seed phrase or beats exchange KYC, how to evaluate a VPN provider, and where a VPN fits in a sensible stack.
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Wallet safety9 min

Exchange vs Self-Custody: Which Storage Choice Fits the Risk You Can Actually Manage?

A balanced exchange vs self-custody guide that compares the failure modes of each choice, shows how to check an exchange before trusting it, and lists what safe self-custody actually requires.

You will compare company failure, lost keys, phishing, inheritance and account-closure risk, check an exchange on the regulator's own register, and test yourself before moving serious value.
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Latest from Frontier Watch · 2026-10-05

Frontier Watch #5 — Impersonation at industrial scale, AI-polished scams, and the physical risk of being findable

Two Chainalysis publications read for what a beginner can act on: the 2026 Crypto Crime Report's scam chapter (13 January 2026) and its August 2026 analysis of violent 'wrench' attacks. Figures are Chainalysis estimates and are quoted as such. Pattern education only.

  • Impersonation of exchanges, support teams and officials
  • AI-polished scams: deepfakes, voice cloning, machine-written messages
  • Physical 'wrench' attacks aimed at people who are findable
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