I am in the process of purchasing a Ledger Nano offline wallet and it got me thinking about why people store their digital assets on crypto exchanges.
These exchanges are susceptible to hacking, insolvency/bankruptcy, misuse of customer funds (FTX) etc.
What would happen if Binance got hacked tomorrow and lost the majority of its cryptocurrency? Would they be able to reimburse customers or would they become insolvent?
I asked my close group of friends how many store their assets on exchanges and only 1 out of 6 uses an offline wallet.
The recent incident with Luke Dashjr confirms that you are always at risk of being hacked no matter how vigilant you are.
Will give my thoughts on the Ledger Nano once I receive it.
I guess that is not only a matter of storing coins on exchanges. People will send their coins on to exchanges as they want to sell their coins as soon as there is a spike. At least many people I know does this. Other may store their coins on exchanges as they ate not clear aboit not your keys not your coins....