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Wallets, by chain

A wallet holds keys, not coins. Here is the right one for each network, and where each falls short.

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15Wallets reviewed
8Chain families
2Hardware options
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First, the important bit

A wallet holds keys, not coins

Your crypto lives on the blockchain and never leaves it. The wallet stores the key that authorizes moving it. Once that clicks, everything else about wallets makes sense.

It explains why uninstalling the app changes nothing, why your recovery phrase works in a completely different wallet from a different company, and why losing that phrase means the funds sit visible on the chain forever, permanently unreachable.

The one rule
Nobody legitimate will ever ask for your recovery phrase. Not support, not a developer, not an airdrop, not a moderator who messaged you first. Every single request is theft.
Wallets explained in full Protecting your seed phrase

Hot wallet

On an internet connected device. Convenient, necessary for using apps, and exposed to whatever is on that device. Keep a working balance here.

Hot vs cold

Cold wallet

Keys on a device that never goes online. Slower to use and dramatically safer. This is where the majority of your holdings belong.

Hardware wallets
By blockchain

The right wallet for each network

Wallets are not universal. A Solana wallet cannot hold Bitcoin, and an Ethereum wallet cannot hold Solana tokens. One wallet does cover every EVM chain, which is dozens of networks at once.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin wallets are a separate world. Use a Bitcoin native wallet rather than forcing an EVM wallet to do it.

XverseLedgerTrezorSparrow

Ethereum and EVM

One wallet covers every EVM chain. You add networks rather than installing new wallets.

MetaMaskRabbyRainbowCoinbase WalletLedger

Solana

Solana uses a different key format, so you need a Solana capable wallet even if you already have MetaMask.

PhantomBackpackJupiter MobileSolflareLedger

Base

Base is an EVM chain, so any EVM wallet works. Coinbase Wallet makes transfers from a Coinbase balance easiest.

Coinbase WalletRabbyRainbowLedger

Cosmos and IBC

Cosmos chains share one wallet standard, so Keplr covers Osmosis, Celestia, Injective and dozens more.

KeplrLeapLedger

TON

TON wallets live partly inside Telegram, which is unusual and very convenient.

TonkeeperMyTonWalletTelegram Wallet

Sui and Aptos

Both use the Move language and each has its own wallet ecosystem, separate from EVM.

SlushVeraSuietPetraPontem

Multi chain

If you want one app for everything, expect to trade some depth per chain for that convenience.

LedgerTrust WalletExodusZerion
Every wallet we recommend

Fifteen options, with the drawbacks stated

Browser and mobile

MetaMask

The default Ethereum wallet, and the one most apps assume you have.

Full reviewMobile

Jupiter Mobile

Jupiter’s own Solana wallet, with the swap aggregator built straight into it.

Full reviewBrowser and mobile

Phantom

The best starting wallet on Solana, now multichain.

Full reviewBrowser and mobile

Rabby

A power user EVM wallet that shows you exactly what a transaction will do.

Full reviewBrowser and mobile

Coinbase Wallet

A self custody wallet that pairs naturally with a Coinbase account.

Full reviewBrowser and mobile

Rainbow

The friendliest EVM wallet for people who find crypto interfaces cold.

Full reviewBrowser and mobile

Backpack

A modern multichain wallet with a strong Solana focus.

Full reviewBrowser, mobile and web

Slush

The official Sui wallet from Mysten Labs, the team that built Sui.

Full reviewMobile

Vera

Bluefin’s all in one Sui app: a wallet, swaps, perpetuals and yield together.

Full reviewBrowser and mobile

Keplr

The wallet for everything in the Cosmos ecosystem.

Full reviewMobile and browser

Xverse

The most complete Bitcoin native wallet for ordinals and layer 2.

Full reviewHardware

Ledger

The most widely supported hardware wallet, and a sensible first cold storage device.

Full reviewHardware

Trezor

The original hardware wallet, and fully open source.

Full reviewSmart contract wallet

Safe

A shared wallet that requires several approvals before anything moves.

Full reviewBrowser and mobile

Zerion

A wallet built around portfolio tracking rather than just holding keys.

Full review
Choosing

A decision table

Your situationStart withThen add
Brand new, using Ethereum or BaseRabby or MetaMaskA hardware wallet once the amount matters
Brand new, using SolanaPhantomLedger, which works alongside Phantom
Holding Bitcoin onlyXverse or a hardware walletA second backup location for the seed phrase
Coming from CoinbaseCoinbase WalletCalled Base App between 2025 and 2026
Using SuiSlush, or Vera if you mainly tradeLedger, which works with Slush
Cosmos ecosystemKeplrLedger for the larger holdings
Managing shared or business fundsSafe multisigHardware wallets for each signer
Above roughly five thousand dollarsLedger or TrezorA hot wallet for daily use with a small balance

Set one up properly, the first time

Wallet installed, seed phrase backed up correctly, hardware wallet paired if you have one, and a test transaction completed. About an hour, and you will not have to wonder whether you did it right.

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