Holdtotal Blog
Plain-English guides to tracking a crypto portfolio: what the numbers mean, how trackers handle your data, and how to stay safe.
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No portfolio tracker needs your seed phrase. Ever.
A seed phrase is not a login. Anything that asks a tracker's users for one is stealing from them. Here is why the request makes no technical sense, and what to do if you already answered it.
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What "no sign-up" actually means in a crypto app
No account is a real privacy property, but it does not mean no data leaves your phone. Here is the difference, and how to tell which one an app is claiming.
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How to track a crypto portfolio without connecting your wallet
There are three ways a tracker can learn what you hold, and only one of them requires giving something away. Here is the trade-off for each, in plain terms.