Swoopr Academy

Crypto Security & Custody

How crypto actually gets lost outside of market risk: wallet and seed-phrase security, exchange and custody failure, counterparty dependencies that survive self-custody, and the contract and bridge risks underneath DeFi positions.

Intermediate4 modules

You will be able to

  • Choose between hot and cold wallets deliberately and secure the seed phrase both depend on
  • Explain what a platform balance legally is and the distinct ways exchanges and custodians fail
  • Map the counterparty dependencies of any crypto position, including ones self-custody does not remove
  • Evaluate DeFi protocol and bridge risk before depositing, including audits, admin keys, and oracles
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Crypto Security & Custody is a 4-module Swoopr Academy course. How crypto actually gets lost outside of market risk: wallet and seed-phrase security, exchange and custody failure, counterparty dependencies that survive self-custody, and the contract and bridge risks underneath DeFi positions. Complete every module's knowledge check to finish the course.

This course is an educational guide only, not personalized investment or trading advice. See our Risk Disclosure.

Recommended before this course: Crypto Foundations.

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Course Outline

Modules and knowledge checks

Module 1: Hot Wallets, Cold Wallets, and Seed Phrases

The convenience-versus-exposure tradeoff between wallet types, and the seed-phrase risk both share.

Knowledge Check

Module 2: Exchange and Custody Risk

What a platform balance really is, how platforms fail, and what insurance does and does not cover.

Knowledge Check

Module 3: Counterparty Risk Beyond Self-Custody

Why holding your own keys does not remove every dependency, and how to map the ones that remain.

Knowledge Check

Module 4: DeFi Protocol and Bridge Risk

Smart contract risk, what audits do and do not establish, admin keys and oracles, and how bridges hold value together.

Knowledge Check

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