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October 3, 2026

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Best Self-Custody Wallets · Rank 07 of 8

Zerion review

Portfolio tracking and wallet in one

Last verified August 14, 20264 scored axes

Score8.4

Documented, with gaps

The short answer

Zerion scores 8.4 out of 10 and ranks #7 of 8 in the best self-custody wallets table, strongest on coverage (9.0) and weakest on openness (7.8).

The best cross-chain portfolio view attached to a competent wallet, which saves running a tracker alongside your signer. The trade-off is that it reads a lot about your positions to do it.

Key facts on record

Launched
2019
Type
Extension and mobile
Chains
Most EVM networks

What the record shows

4 axes, weighted as published in the table’s methodology. Each score below is read from the fact printed under it.

Zerion on signing clarity

8.4/ 35% of the score

Shows decoded activity and portfolio impact; approval warnings are present but less detailed than the leading EVM wallets.

Zerion on key handling

8.2/ 25% of the score

Keys are held locally and encrypted with hardware-wallet support; portfolio features require the company's indexing services to read your addresses.

Zerion on openness

7.8/ 20% of the score

The client is not fully open source.

Zerion on coverage

9.0/ 20% of the score

Broad EVM coverage with the strongest cross-chain portfolio view in this table.

Quick answers

What is Zerion best for?
Portfolio tracking and wallet in one. The best cross-chain portfolio view attached to a competent wallet, which saves running a tracker alongside your signer.
Where does Zerion rank among best self-custody wallets?
#7 of 8, scoring 8.4 out of 10 — documented, with gaps on our band scale.
What is the weakest part of Zerion?
Openness at 7.8. The client is not fully open source.

Strengths and weaknesses

In its favour

  • Best-in-class multi-chain portfolio view
  • Clean transaction history with decoded activity
  • Solid hardware-wallet support

Against it

  • Portfolio features depend on the company's own indexing services
  • Not fully open source

One view of everything you hold

Most people run a wallet and a separate tracker. Zerion collapses the two: a genuinely good multi-chain portfolio view with decoded transaction history, in the same app that signs. For anyone with positions scattered across five chains, that consolidation is the product.

What it costs in privacy

Portfolio features require the company's indexing services to read your addresses, which means a third party sees your holdings across chains. That is the ordinary bargain for this kind of tool and it should be a conscious one, particularly for users who separate addresses deliberately.

As a signer

Keys are held locally and encrypted, hardware wallets are supported, and approval warnings are present but less detailed than the leading EVM wallets. The client is not fully open source.

Who it suits

Multi-chain holders who want to see the whole position at once and are comfortable with an indexing service knowing what it is.

How to use it well

Connect a hardware wallet and treat Zerion as the interface rather than the vault. You keep the portfolio view and transaction construction while the keys stay on a device the app never sees.

Who it is for

Holders spread across several chains who are tired of reconciling positions by hand and accept that a visibility tool has to see the thing it is showing you.

Frequently asked questions

Is Zerion a wallet or a portfolio tracker?+

Both — a competent EVM wallet with the strongest cross-chain portfolio view of any wallet we rank, which removes the need for a separate tracking app.

Does Zerion see my balances?+

Its portfolio features rely on the company's indexing services reading your addresses, so yes. That is inherent to the feature rather than a flaw, and worth a deliberate decision.

Does Zerion support hardware wallets?+

Yes, which is the sensible configuration for meaningful balances: hardware signer, Zerion for visibility and transaction construction.

How Zerion compares

8 services in best self-custody wallets

  1. 01RabbyEVM users who want to see what a transaction will do before signing9.2
  2. 02Sparrow WalletSerious Bitcoin holders8.9
  3. 03MetaMaskMaximum dapp compatibility8.7
  4. 04BlueWalletBitcoin and Lightning on a phone8.5
  5. 05PhantomSolana, with competent multi-chain support alongside8.5
  6. 06SafeShared treasuries and anything requiring multiple signatures8.5
  7. 07Zerionyou are herePortfolio tracking and wallet in one8.4
  8. 08Trust WalletMobile-first users who want the widest chain list8.2