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Guides on self-custody, portfolio tracking, perps and the honest way to read a multi-chain portfolio, from the people building TrueHold.
Sep 2, 2026 · 4 min read
How to track your Ledger portfolio without ever connecting it
A hardware wallet should stay in the drawer. Its addresses are public, so tracking what it holds needs no device, no Ledger Live and no signature.
Sep 1, 2026 · 3 min read
What is a seed phrase, and why no app should ask for it
Twelve or twenty-four words that are your entire wallet: how seed phrases work, how they get stolen, and the one rule that stops most crypto theft.
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
What is read-only access?
The permission model that lets software see your balances without touching them: key scopes on exchanges, the public address itself on chains.
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
Five exchanges, three wallets, one tax return
Fragmented portfolios create phantom gains: coins bought on one venue and sold on another look like pure profit to a tool that sees half the move.
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 TON wallets (and why it is different)
TON wallets have two address spellings, jettons instead of ERC-20s, and a habit of starting life inside Telegram. Tracking them is still one paste.
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
How to track an Ethereum wallet (and everything it touches)
One Ethereum address is also an Arbitrum, Base and Polygon address. How to watch a wallet across the whole EVM family from a single paste.
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 GMX positions and PnL
GMX settles perps against liquidity pools, so there are two things to track: your trades, and the pool share taking the other side of everyone else.
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
Token approvals: the permission you forgot you gave
Every DeFi swap starts with an approval, and approvals never expire. The allowances you granted in 2024 are still live. How to find and revoke them.
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
Real-time wallet alerts: know when any balance changes
A portfolio you check twice a month will surprise you. Which alerts matter (balance moves, liquidation distance, depegs) and how to set them up safely.
Sep 1, 2026 · 4 min read
How to track Lighter positions and PnL
Lighter shows any account’s positions and PnL by address, but fills and funding need a read-only token. What is public, what is not, and how to track it.
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