warm wallet

noun

A cryptocurrency wallet that can only send to predetermined addresses.

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Meanings

nounwarm wallet (plural warm wallets)

plural warm wallets

  1. businessA cryptocurrency wallet that can only send to predetermined addresses.

    The warm wallet then distributes the incoming funds to either the hot storage wallet or cold storage wallet, depending on the exchange's need […].

    2020, Lorne Lantz, Daniel Cawrey, Mastering Blockchain, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 136
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    Bybit said the hack occurred when the company was making a routine transfer of Ethereum from an offline “cold” wallet to a “warm” wallet, which covers its daily trading.

    2025 February 23, Joanna Partridge, “Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange in ‘biggest digital heist ever’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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APA

warm wallet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warm%20wallet

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“warm wallet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warm%20wallet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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