A wallet where you don’t actually have access to your crypto. This is generally the case with a CEX exchange. The exchange holds the crypto in their wallet, and you have an account with them. In order to withdraw, the exchange will have to process it for you. You don’t actually are the owner of the wallet where the crypto is stored.
The opposite of a non-custodian wallet, where you are the owner of the wallet.
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