How safe is your crypto?

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Eowyn Chen, CEO of Trust Wallet with 160 million users, explains that keeping your coins on an exchange is much like trusting a bank to look after your cash. That's not always a guarantee of safety.

7 Jan English South Africa Tech News · Investing

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