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What is a seed phrase, and why does it matter?
A seed phrase is the 12- or 24-word master key to a crypto wallet. Here is what it does, how to store it safely, and how scammers try to steal it.
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Tomás Ferreira
Tomás Ferreira covers crypto markets and digital assets. He came to crypto through payments infrastructure and still finds the plumbing more interesting than the price — his reporting spans consensus, settlement and custody, the fintech layer above banking, index flows and single-company results, and the cash reserves and savings timelines on the household side.
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