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apparently 98% of CB customer funds are stored in offline, geographically distributed cold wallets, which are disconnected from the internet

the liquidity stuff in hot wallets is insured, to a point, so i don't think that would be super catasropihc

Xapo

Coinbase purchased Xapo cold storage a few years ago

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Exactly. Its xapo custody.

Back in the day Xapo was buying old military missile silos (I think) that they were using as their off-grid key storage facilities.

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Yes, but internet is not required. You just need enough insider employees who can coordinate their efforts in non-detectable ways.

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