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Money on the move
5 articlesBetween your bank and the exchange, your money changes hands several times. This line follows it in order: who is holding it at each step, which chain it travels on, and who to ask when it stops moving.
- Exchange, Wallet, Chain: Which One Does WhatAn exchange account, a self-custody wallet and a chain are three different things. A comparison table of who holds your money, how each of the three fails, and why beginners should postpone self-custody.
- What USDT Is, and Why Beginners Meet It FirstHow a stablecoin holds its peg, what a depeg actually looks like, and why the same USDT is not interchangeable across chains. The parts a beginner genuinely runs into.
- Your First Deposit: Who You Are Really Trading WithPeer-to-peer trading explained: the full order flow, how to choose a counterparty, six rules that save trouble, common traps such as fake payment proof and refund requests, and why selling carries the opposite risk to buying.
- Picking the Right Network When You WithdrawThe same asset lives on several chains, and the network dropdown decides which one your withdrawal takes. The four ways getting it wrong plays out, how fees and arrival times differ by chain, why chain names are inconsistent, what a memo field is for, and a fixed checking routine.
- Why Receiving a Payment for Someone Can Freeze Your AccountHow illicit funds reach an ordinary account, where the risk sits in legitimate peer-to-peer trading, what source-of-funds evidence means, and what to do, in order, if your account is actually restricted.