Select what genuinely interests you. Your picks feed directly into our editorial planning. Storing crypto safely has, since October 29, 2026, mainly meant one thing: knowing who holds the keys to your coins. That evening, according to the exchange, around $6.3 billion flowed out of Binance; Chainalysis counts $6.4 billion. It is the biggest crypto hack in history, and the trail leads to North Korea. Binance is covering its customers' losses. If you hold your coins yourself, you do not depend on such promises, but you bear the responsibility yourself. This is how to secure your cryptocurrencies: with a hardware wallet, a wallet scanner and the right settings on your exchange account.