The Wolf Of All Streets The Biggest Lie Bitcoin Investors Are Told In 2026 ( Not What You Think) | Matej Zak
Mar 7, 2026
Matej Zak, CEO of Trezor and hardware wallet pioneer, explains why most Bitcoin holders do not truly control their coins. Short takes cover the risks of exchanges and ETFs, the origin and future of seed phrases, post-quantum and auditable secure elements, rising AI-powered phishing threats, and practical strategies for self-custody, hardware design, and privacy.
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Exchanges Are Systemic Honeypots
- Exchanges remain honeypots for large-scale hacks, making centralized custody a systemic risk compared to decentralized self-custody.
- Matej Zak cites the Bybit hack and Lazarus group intrusions as examples showing attacks at scale are still feasible against exchanges.
Seed Phrase Usability Transformed Keys
- The BIP39 seed phrase massively improved usability by turning long private keys into human-readable recovery phrases.
- Matej Zak estimates around 300 million users rely on seed phrases across hardware and software wallets, showing wide interoperability.
Open Source Drives Stronger Security
- Open source firmware and incentivized bug bounties improve security by enabling thousands of external reviewers to find vulnerabilities.
- Zak argues open source beats security-by-obscurity and helps maintain a moving-target defense against attackers.