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Is Coinbase cold storage safe?

Coinbase can do its own cold storage of your coins, if you ask it to. When you create a wallet on Coinbase, it gives you the option to “vault” the wallet. If you do so, the funds are not as instantly accessible to you on the site to sell or transfer, but they are safer—Coinbase is keeping your keys somewhere offline using its own chosen method.

What is cold storage?

'Cold Storage' is when a person stores their private keys offline (e.g in a cold wallet, offline computer or paper wallet ). Was this article helpful?

How does Coinbase wallet work?

Web3 functionality: Coinbase Wallet allows users to buy, trade and earn rewards on cryptocurrency and NFTs without having to leave their assets in the custody of a centralized exchange. Conversion to cold storage: Coinbase Wallet has a partnership with hardware wallet Ledger to help users easily transfer assets to offline storage.

Is Coinbase 'putting something in Fort Knox'?

Coinbase cofounder and CEO Brian Armstrong. Many are calling for Coinbase users to move crypto to hardware wallets, or physical storage devices. Coinbase disclosed Tuesday that it could absorb users' crypto in the unlikely event of bankruptcy. Experts say the wallets, which resemble USB drives, are like "putting something in Fort Knox."

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