What is self-custody in crypto?

Self-custody means you hold your own private keys — no exchange, broker, or custodian controls your funds. You sign every transaction yourself. The trade-off is full responsibility: if you lose your seed phrase, no one can recover your funds.

How do I back up my crypto wallet?

Write your 12 or 24-word seed phrase on paper or steel (never digital) and store it in 2–3 secure physical locations (safe, deposit box, trusted family). Never photograph it, never type it into a website, and never share it with anyone — including support staff.

What happens if I lose my self-custodial wallet?

If you have your seed phrase, you can restore your wallet on any compatible app and recover full access. If you lose both the device and the seed phrase, the funds are permanently inaccessible — no recovery is possible. This is why backup is critical.

Is self-custody safer than an exchange?

Yes for protocol-level risk: an exchange hack or insolvency cannot affect self-custodial funds (FTX, Mt. Gox, Celsius all proved this). No for user-level risk: most crypto losses are now caused by user mistakes (phishing, scams, lost seeds). Use a hardware wallet for amounts above $10K.

What is a DeFi aggregator?

A DeFi aggregator is a platform that routes your crypto swaps across hundreds of decentralised exchanges (DEXes) simultaneously to find the best rate and lowest slippage. Instead of trading on a single DEX like Uniswap, an aggregator like Steyble splits your trade across multiple pools and chains to maximise your output.

What is a crypto super app?

A crypto super app is a single non-custodial platform that combines every DeFi service — token swapping, staking, perpetuals trading, prediction markets, copy trading, cross-chain bridging, and crypto cards — in one interface. Steyble is a crypto super app, meaning you never need to switch between multiple DeFi applications.

Is Steyble self-custodial?

Yes. Steyble is entirely non-custodial and self-custodial. You hold your private keys at all times. Steyble provides the interface and smart contract routing, but never holds, controls, or has access to your assets. Every transaction requires your explicit wallet signature.

How do prediction markets work in crypto?

Crypto prediction markets let you buy or sell shares in the outcome of real-world events using on-chain smart contracts. If you buy a 'Yes' share at $0.35, you receive $1 if the event occurs (a $0.65 profit) or lose $0.35 if it does not. Markets cover crypto prices, elections, sports results, and macro events. Steyble's prediction markets are non-custodial — your funds remain in your wallet until settlement.

What are perpetual futures in crypto?

Perpetual futures (perps) are leveraged crypto trading contracts with no expiry date. Unlike traditional futures that expire monthly, perps let you hold long or short positions indefinitely. A periodic funding rate keeps the perp price aligned with spot. Steyble perpetuals run on decentralised smart contracts — you trade directly from your own wallet with full transparency into liquidation parameters.

How does copy trading work on Steyble?

Copy trading on Steyble automatically mirrors the on-chain trades of verified top-performing wallet strategies. You choose the wallets you want to copy, set your position sizing and risk limits, and Steyble replicates their trades in real time. Unlike centralised copy trading, Steyble is non-custodial — you never give up control of your funds.

What is the best way to earn passive income with crypto in 2026?

The best methods for passive crypto income in 2026 are: (1) liquid staking ETH or SOL at 3.5–8% APY, (2) lending stablecoins on lending protocols at 5–9% APY, (3) non-custodial copy trading to mirror proven wallet strategies, (4) providing liquidity to stablecoin pools at 3–6% APY, and (5) on-chain prediction markets for event-driven returns. Steyble provides access to all five methods in a single platform.

What is the best DEX aggregator in 2026?

The best DEX aggregators in 2026 route across 15+ blockchains and 100+ liquidity sources with MEV protection. Steyble's swap aggregator covers 250+ liquidity sources across Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Base, and more — consistently delivering better rates than going directly to any single DEX. For large swaps, using an aggregator saves 0.5–2% per transaction.

On-Chain Identity for AI Agents: ERC-7521 and Verifiable Credentials

AI agents need on-chain identities to be paid, audited, and trusted. Here is how ERC-7521 and verifiable credentials are forming the agent-identity layer in 2026.

If AI agents are going to do work, hold funds, and interact with humans economically, they need identities — not 'identities' in the social-media sense, but verifiable, cryptographically anchored, audit-friendly identities that markets can price and contracts can reason about. The 2026 standards around ERC-7521 (general agent intents) and W3C verifiable credentials are forming the identity layer that lets agents safely participate in on-chain commerce.

Why Agents Need Identities

Reputation: an agent that has reliably executed 1,000 prior tasks should have a verifiable record different from one with zero history
Compliance: regulated counterparties need to know whether they are transacting with a sanctioned or KYC-required entity
Settlement: payments to agents need a stable destination address that survives implementation changes
Audit: when an agent's actions cause damage or profit, attribution must be unambiguous
Pricing: an agent's reputation should be reflected in the rates it can charge or the trust it commands

ERC-7521 in One Paragraph

ERC-7521 is a generalisation of ERC-4337 that lets a smart account express intents — high-level descriptions of what should happen — and have them executed by competing solvers. For agents, this matters because it lets the agent declare 'I want to swap 100 USDC for ETH at the best available rate within 30 seconds' without the agent itself having to know which DEX router to call. The intent layer abstracts the venue selection, leaving the agent free to focus on reasoning.

Verifiable Credentials

A signed cryptographic claim: 'this agent has completed compliance check X, signed by issuer Y on date Z'
Stored off-chain (typically on IPFS or the agent's own server) and referenced by URI from the agent's on-chain identity
Selectively disclosable: an agent can prove it has KYC without revealing the underlying KYC data
Revocable: the issuer can revoke a credential, and verifiers can check the current revocation status
Standards: W3C VC Data Model 2.0, Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), Sidetree-based DID methods on Bitcoin and Ethereum

What an Agent's Identity Profile Looks Like in Practice

Primary smart-account address (ERC-4337 wallet) — the canonical identity
Set of attached verifiable credentials (KYC, AML, audit certifications, performance attestations)
On-chain reputation tokens (non-transferable badges) accumulated through completed work
Public policy declaration (allow-list of actions, max-spend, human-in-the-loop thresholds)
Audit log endpoint where verifiers can pull the agent's transaction history and decision rationale

Why This Matters for Steyble

Steyble users who delegate authority to AI agents need to be able to grant that authority confidently. The identity layer described above is what makes confident delegation possible: the user can verify the agent's credentials, set bounded policy, and audit the agent's actions in the same way a finance team audits an employee. Steyble's wallet stack is being designed to natively interoperate with ERC-7521 intents and W3C credentials — the right substrate for the agentic-economy decade ahead.