Who exactly should be referred to as a
HODLER? As we already know, hodlers are people who hodl bitcoin for long periods of time; they are determined not to sell for the long term irrespective of the price change.
Now here comes my question: If those who buy and hodl their coins on a noncustodial wallet where they have full control over the coin are referred to as hodlers, are those who also hodl under a custodial service where they don’t have full control of the coins also regarded as hodlers?
If you leave your coins on a custodial exchange, the exchange is the one holding your coins and not you. What's available in your balance is what they can manually input. Since you don't have full control of the coin, you shouldn't be considered a hodler.
Not your keys, not your coins (and not being a HODLer)
Your keys, your coins (and you are HODLer)
Is a very trickish question, for me the custodial exchange that is holding your coins for you, can they Temper with it without your permission, let's say you kept a setting amount of coin your exchange wallet, after which you checked some other time and the amount of coins you kept has reduced, it then means, your coins has been tempered with, a very good example was the amount of ETH that was recently stolen from Bybit, same thing would have happened if your holding BTC with Bybit, it simply means you are not in control of your coins, though they are holding it for you if you have your coins with them but you are not in total control unlike noncustodial wallet where you have full control, where nobody else has the keys access it except you.