Azat writes the TrueHold guides that live closest to the venues: read-only API keys, exchange accounts, perp PnL and the math that keeps a portfolio honest. House rule for every piece: if the product cannot do it, the article does not claim it.
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Oct 15, 2026 · 5 min read
Crypto portfolio trackers that shut down, and where their users went
Zapper, DappRadar, Step Finance, Shrimpy, Blockfolio: the tracking tools that closed, when they closed, and where their users can go now, by job.
Oct 5, 2026 · 5 min read
How to track a Tron wallet: TRX, USDT and the TRX you staked
A Tron wallet is a T-address holding TRX, TRC-20 USDT and staked TRX. How to watch it by address, and what energy and bandwidth mean for the total.
Oct 2, 2026 · 5 min read
Lighter vs Hyperliquid: fees, funding and how to track both
Lighter and Hyperliquid compared on trading fees, funding caps and what each shows by address, plus how to keep positions on both in one total.
Oct 2, 2026 · 4 min read
How to track Polymarket positions and PnL
Polymarket positions sit in a proxy wallet on Polygon and are public by its address. Which address to use, what it shows and how PnL is counted.
Oct 2, 2026 · 5 min read
Kalshi vs Polymarket: fees, access and how to track both
Kalshi and Polymarket compared on fees, who can trade, how markets settle and what stays public, plus how to keep positions on both in one total.
Sep 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Track OKX, Coinbase and Kraken in one dashboard
One read-only key per exchange gives one total. Where OKX, Kraken and Coinbase hide balances from their APIs, and how to check the sum is right.
Sep 21, 2026 · 4 min read
Bitcoin watch-only: track a wallet without giving up the keys
A watch-only Bitcoin wallet reads balances from public data alone. Address or xpub, what the gap limit breaks, and the privacy you trade away.
Sep 21, 2026 · 4 min read
Custodial vs non-custodial trackers: what the app can actually do
A tracker does not hold your coins, but what it can do with what you give it varies enormously. The four access levels, and what each one risks.
Sep 18, 2026 · 4 min read
Tokenized stock multipliers: why one token is not always one share
A multiplier says how many shares one tokenized-stock token stands for. Why it drifts with dividends, jumps on splits, and how to price a token with it.
Sep 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Delta alternatives in 2026: stocks and crypto in one app, or crypto tracked properly
Delta caps free portfolios at ten assets. Nine alternatives sorted by what you need: stocks and crypto in one app, deeper crypto and DeFi, or tax reports.
Sep 16, 2026 · 7 min read
Best perp DEX trackers in 2026: your book, any address, and the whole market
Fourteen perp DEX tools sorted by job: your own book across venues, any Hyperliquid or Lighter address, trader research, market data and alerts.
Sep 8, 2026 · 5 min read
DeFi positions in one view: LPs, loans, staking and rewards across every wallet
Why DeFi positions vanish from wallet balances, what a position decoder reads, and how to see LPs, loans, staking and rewards across chains in one place.
Sep 3, 2026 · 7 min read
Best Hyperliquid tools in 2026: explorers, analytics, terminals and trackers
Eighteen Hyperliquid tools sorted by the job they do: read an address, watch the market, trade from a terminal, copy a trader, track your own book, build.
Sep 3, 2026 · 7 min read
Best Polymarket trackers and tools in 2026: whales, alerts, analytics and your own book
Fifteen Polymarket tools sorted by job: watch whales, get alerts, research markets, trade from a terminal, copy a wallet, track your own positions.
Sep 2, 2026 · 7 min read
Read-only API keys on 20 exchanges: permissions, IP allowlists and expiry, compared
One table from the official docs of 20 exchanges: the read-only option each offers, how IP allowlists work, and when an unbound key expires.
Sep 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Audit yourself: what apps can touch your exchange account
Every API key you ever created is still there until you delete it. A ten-minute audit per exchange finds the forgotten ones and closes them.
Sep 2, 2026 · 3 min read
TrueHold vs Delta: an honest side-by-side
Bias declared: we build TrueHold. Delta wins on mobile polish and multi-asset breadth; TrueHold on perp DEXes, DeFi depth and self-custody.
Sep 1, 2026 · 2 min read
What is an xpub? Watch-only Bitcoin, explained
The extended public key that derives every address in a Bitcoin wallet, what it makes possible, and the privacy trade it quietly carries.
Sep 1, 2026 · 2 min read
The self-custodian’s tax season checklist
Six steps that turn tax season into paperwork: inventory, export, match, method, income events, records. Run it quarterly and April becomes boring.
Sep 1, 2026 · 2 min read
How to export your crypto trades for tax season
Exchanges forget, APIs cap their history, accountants want one file. How to get every trade out of every venue while the data still exists.
Sep 1, 2026 · 2 min read
How to track Bybit without granting withdrawal rights
A Bybit read-only API key lets a tracker see your unified account, derivatives included, while trading and withdrawals stay impossible. Five-minute setup.
Sep 1, 2026 · 3 min read
Crypto cost basis, explained
Cost basis decides how much of every sale is profit. FIFO, HIFO and the other lot methods, and why transfers between your own wallets break the math.
Sep 1, 2026 · 3 min read
How to track dYdX positions and PnL
On dYdX v4 the account is an address, so positions, fills and funding are public data. What to watch and where subaccounts hide exposure.
Sep 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Address poisoning: the copy-paste attack
Scammers plant lookalike addresses in your history, betting you copy the wrong one. How address poisoning works and the habits that beat it.
Sep 1, 2026 · 3 min read
Crypto exit strategies: when and how to take profit
An exit strategy is selling rules you write before the market tests you: levels, tranches, and what the cash is for. Frameworks that survive a bull market.
Sep 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Best portfolio trackers without KYC
Tracking moves no money, so it needs no identity. Trackers that read addresses and API keys work without documents by construction. The honest shortlist.
Sep 1, 2026 · 2 min read
When your bank freezes crypto money
A crypto-linked transfer lands and the account locks. Why banks freeze first, what the compliance letter wants, and how to make the next transfer boring.
Aug 31, 2026 · 2 min read
Self-custody without flying blind
Holding your own keys usually costs you the clean dashboard exchanges give captive users. It should not. How self-custodians get the full picture back.
Aug 31, 2026 · 3 min read
How read-only API keys work, and why they can’t move your funds
Every exchange key comes with permission scopes. Understand the three tiers and you know why a read-only tracker can see balances but never touch them.
Aug 31, 2026 · 3 min read
Can a read-only API key be used against you? An honest threat model
A read-only key cannot move funds. The real risks are quieter: privacy, profiling, forgotten keys. The full threat model, including what vendors skip.
Aug 31, 2026 · 3 min read
CoinStats alternatives: what self-custodians pick instead
The strongest CoinStats alternatives: Delta, Zerion, DeBank, CoinTracker for taxes, and TrueHold. Which fits depends on what you hold.
Aug 31, 2026 · 2 min read
How to track your Binance portfolio without giving up control
A read-only API key puts your Binance balances into a tracker in ten minutes with zero power over funds. What it shows and how to set it up.
Aug 31, 2026 · 3 min read
TrueHold vs CoinStats: an honest side-by-side
We build TrueHold, so read this with the bias declared. CoinStats leads on mobile and integrations; TrueHold on perps, self-custody and grounded AI.