Typical situations
- Crypto stolen from your exchange account: what to do in the first hours
Step-by-step plan after theft from an exchange account: evidence, police, stablecoin issuer, receiving exchange. - An investment platform won't let you withdraw and demands a 'tax'
Signs of a fraudulent platform, why you should not pay a 'withdrawal tax' and what to do next. - Sent crypto to a look-alike address: address poisoning
How address poisoning works, how to check an address before sending and what to do if the transfer is gone. - Exchange blocked your account or withdrawal after an AML review
Why exchanges block accounts, what compliance usually asks for and how to answer with facts. - USDT frozen: what it means and what you can do
Who freezes USDT, at whose request, and how a good-faith holder can document the source of funds. - Your bank asks where the money from selling crypto came from
How to prove the source of funds step by step: from the first purchase to the bank credit. - Crypto inheritance: access, deadlines and proving the source
Three ways of holding crypto mean three different paths for heirs; what to do with a seed phrase and how to sell without bank trouble. - A 'recovery service' contacted me promising to get my crypto back
Signs of fake recovery services: they contact you first, know the amounts, promise results and take an upfront fee.