List of Flash News about hot wallet vs cold wallet
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2025-10-18 21:12 |
Crypto Wallet Security for Traders 2025: Critical Warning—Never Import Your Cold Seed into a Hot Wallet
According to Phil Kwok, new wallet setup prompts to import an existing seed can mislead traders, because importing a cold seed into a hot wallet removes the protection of cold storage, so a new and separate seed should always be generated for any hot wallet used for daily transactions, source: Phil Kwok on X, Oct 18, 2025. According to Phil Kwok, mixing a cold seed with a hot wallet means that simply also keeping the seed in a cold wallet does nothing to protect funds from hot wallet attack surfaces, source: Phil Kwok on X, Oct 18, 2025. According to Phil Kwok, the actionable best practice for trading operations is strict key segregation: maintain long-term holdings on a cold wallet with its own seed and create a distinct seed for hot wallets that interact with exchanges and DeFi, source: Phil Kwok on X, Oct 18, 2025. |