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Crypto presale research for people who don't want to lose their savings.
Most presale coverage online is paid promotion dressed up as analysis. We're not. We sit on the retail side of the table — we explain what's normal, what's a red flag, and where to keep your tokens once a presale ends.
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custody
The claim process — checklist for the morning of TGE
TGE morning is when retail loses the most money to phishing. A 10-step checklist for claiming presale tokens without losing them in the process.
custody
Cold storage for presale tokens — what to use, how to set it up
If you're holding presale tokens through a 24-month unlock cycle, hot wallets are wrong. Hardware, multisig, and quantum-resistant options compared.
mechanics
Fully diluted valuation (FDV) — what it really means for presales
FDV is the most-quoted number in a presale and the most-misunderstood. What it captures, what it hides, and how to compare presales fairly.
custody
Hardware wallet setup — the right way for presale tokens
A 12-step setup that catches the mistakes most retail makes — from supply-chain attacks to seed-phrase backup to test recovery.
mechanics
How crypto presales actually work
A presale is a private sale of a token before exchange listing. The mechanics, the role of vesting, and why retail almost always exits later than insiders.
safety
How to verify a presale's audit (don't trust the PDF)
Most fake audits look real. Five steps to confirm an audit is genuine, the firm is legitimate, and the deployed contract matches what was actually audited.
Why we care about wallets
Most presale fraud happens AFTER the presale — when the airdrop or claim contract is rugged, or your seed phrase ends up in a phishing site. Cold storage and wallet hygiene are the difference between a paper loss and a total loss. Our wallet reviews rank options by custody model, recovery, and (where it matters) quantum resistance.