Phantom – Hot Wallet Review

Score: 68/100. The best-designed wallet here, running closed code with a real, unresolved 2025 lawsuit over a browser-memory key flaw.

Trust Wallet – Hot Wallet Review

Score: 70/100. Broadest chain coverage in the series, sitting on a browser extension with three real, documented security incidents since 2023.

Zengo – Hot Wallet Review

Score: 71/100. No seed phrase at all via MPC, but that just relocates trust to Zengo’s own servers instead of removing it.

MetaMask – Hot Wallet Review

Score: 74/100. The DeFi default for real reasons: open code, broad EVM reach, but no auto-sync and a real fight over non-EVM support.

Exodus – Hot Wallet Review

Score: 70/100.
Polished, beginner-friendly self-custody, but closed-source code and an optional cloud backup for your seed phrase are real trade-offs.

GridPlus Lattice1 – Hardware Wallet Review

Score: 68/100.
The only wallet here that’s never air-gapped, an always-on DeFi terminal, not a cold-storage device.

Foundation Passport – Hardware Wallet Review

Score: 67/100.
A genuinely rare combination: a certified secure element and fully open hardware, in one Bitcoin-only device.

Blockstream Jade – Hardware Wallet Review

Score: 60/100.
No secure element, just an open-source “blind oracle” the company is honest about the limits of.

Cypherock X1 – Hardware Wallet Review

Score: 69/100.
No seed phrase at all, but lose four of five physical pieces and your funds are gone forever.