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Investor protection
3 guides in Finabase Learn
- Churning Excessive trading in a customer account by a broker mainly to generate commissions; it violates FINRA rules.
- Crypto wallets and custody: keys, seed phrases, hot and cold storage Who really holds your crypto: private keys, seed phrases, hot and cold wallets, exchange custody, what the FTX failure showed, and why SIPC doesn’t cover coins.
- Custodian A financial institution that holds customers' securities and cash for safekeeping and handles settlement and record-keeping.
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