Crypto b-roll and crypto wallet stock footage: licenses, a 12-shot list and a clean alternative
Stock libraries have plenty of crypto on phones. Little of it is a wallet screen you can put in an ad: it is either someone else’s brand or a chart that looks like no app. Here is what to check in a clip license, and a 12-shot crypto b-roll list you can film yourself.
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The safest crypto b-roll of a wallet is footage you record yourself: an unbranded wallet screen captured with your phone’s screen recording, plus a few camera shots at 60 fps, each labeled “simulated screen.” Most crypto wallet stock footage shows another company’s app and is often licensed for editorial use only, so read the clip license first.
Crypto b-roll of a wallet comes from three places: a stock clip of a real app, a motion-graphics animation, or a wallet screen you record yourself, and only the last one has no third-party brand in it. Below: what to check in a stock license, then a 12-shot list you can film with two phones.
Crypto stock footage: two kinds of clip, two problems
Search a stock library for crypto footage of a phone and the results split in two. One group shows a real wallet or exchange app: a recognizable logo and layout, often a hand scrolling through it. The other is motion graphics: candlestick charts, glowing coins, a Bitcoin symbol spinning over a grid. The first looks right and is often hard to use. The second looks like no app anyone has opened.
Where crypto stock footage comes from
Three sources supply nearly all of it. Contributors film a real app on a phone and upload the clip. Motion-graphics artists render coins, candlesticks and glowing grids. And you can record the screen yourself, which is the only one of the three with no third party in the shot. The table sets them side by side.
| Option | Brand risk | License question | Looks like a real app |
|---|---|---|---|
| A contributor’s clip of a real wallet or exchange app | High: another company’s logo and interface | Editorial or commercial, and are third-party marks cleared? | Yes |
| Motion graphics (coins, charts) | Low | Commercial use, and whether a release is needed | No, it looks like no app |
| A wallet screen you record yourself | None from a third party: it is unbranded | The simulator’s terms of use, and no stock license | Yes |
Why is crypto app footage often editorial only?
A clip of a well-known wallet app contains more than the recording. The logo is a trademark, and the interface is a design its publisher owns. Whoever filmed it can license their footage, not the brand inside it.
That is why such clips are commonly marked editorial use only: fine for news, commentary and education, generally excluded from advertising, sponsored content and anything that promotes a product, which is where most crypto b-roll ends up. A branded app in an ad can also read as an endorsement the brand never gave.
What to check in a crypto stock footage license
Terms differ between libraries, and this is not legal advice: read the license attached to the specific clip. For wallet footage, check four things.
- Editorial or commercial. If the clip page says editorial, an ad or a sales video is out, whatever you paid.
- Third-party marks and interfaces. Many licenses, including those of no-cost libraries, cover the footage but not trademarks, logos or products shown in it. Pixabay’s license summary, for example, says content with recognizable trademarks, logos or brands cannot be used for commercial purposes, and the Pexels license asks you not to imply that people or brands in the imagery endorse your product.
- Releases. A recognizable person needs a model release for commercial use; recognizable property or designs may need a property release.
- Sensitive uses. Licenses often restrict showing people in a way that implies something about them, such as appearing to endorse a financial product in an ad.
Why generic chart animations fall short
Abstract crypto stock video rarely has a brand in it. The trouble is the edit: when the voiceover says “open your wallet,” a rotating coin does not show what the viewer will see. The numbers are decorative. It works as mood, not as a screen.
A clean alternative: record your own wallet screen
Compose an unbranded wallet in a crypto wallet simulator such as My Larp Wallet, set up for video (your wallet name, your accent color, the tokens and quantities the script needs), open it on your own phone and use the phone’s built-in screen recording. Before the take, check that no text on the screen names a real wallet or exchange. There is no file to export; your recording is the output.
The five built-in tokens (SOL, ETH, BTC, HYPE, USDC) show real market prices refreshed every 4 seconds while the phone is online, so the fiat column moves the way an app does (why that movement matters in a clip). The paid wallet draws no status bar, so the time and battery at the top are your phone’s. Our homepage shows the wallet in a phone frame before you pay; record your own wallet, not that page.
No stock license sits between you and the clip, since nobody else shot it; the simulator’s terms of use still apply. Settings for the take are in recording a wallet screen for video, and a phone filmed by a camera on set is covered in phone screens as props.
Crypto b-roll shot list you can film yourself
If the edit needs a wallet on a phone, these 12 shots cover a typical explainer, skit or ad, and every one of them can be filmed in an afternoon with one phone showing the wallet and a second phone or camera filming it. For the rest of a finance edit (cash counts, cards, charts), see money b-roll: 25 shots for finance videos.
One source to rule out first: your own real wallet. Bitcoin.org’s privacy page says that “anyone can see the balance and all transactions of any address,” so a real address or balance on camera tells strangers what you hold. A simulated wallet shows only the quantities you typed.
| # | Shot | Capture | Framing | Hold | Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening the wallet | Screen recording | Full screen, vertical | 3 s | Add the wallet to the home screen beforehand, then start the take on the home screen and tap its icon so it opens full screen. |
| 2 | Total balance, held still | Screen recording | Full screen | 8 to 10 s | Live prices refresh every 4 seconds, so a hold this long catches at least two refreshes of the fiat column. |
| 3 | Slow scroll through the tokens | Screen recording | Full screen | 5 s | One slow scroll down and back. Fast flicks smear when the clip is scaled down. |
| 4 | One token row, close | Screen recording, punched in during the edit | Crop to one or two rows | 3 s | Pick SOL, ETH, BTC, HYPE or USDC so the price moves on its own. |
| 5 | A custom token for a skit | Screen recording | Full screen | 4 s | Any other token is a custom row with a price you type. Give a fictional coin an obviously fictional name. |
| 6 | Thumb scroll over the shoulder | Camera, 60 fps | Medium close, from behind the shoulder | 5 s | Keep the face out of frame and the screen readable. |
| 7 | Macro on the total | Camera, 60 fps, Lock Camera on | Tight on the balance | 4 s | Lock Camera stops a supported iPhone from switching cameras mid-take. |
| 8 | Picking the phone up | Camera, 60 fps | Top-down, then following the phone | 4 s | Start with the screen dark and wake it as it rises. |
| 9 | Desk setup from above | Camera | Overhead: phone, notebook, coffee | 6 s | No second screen showing a real exchange or someone else’s account. |
| 10 | Rack focus to the screen | Camera, 60 fps | Foreground object, then the screen | 4 s | Land the focus on the total, not on the status bar. |
| 11 | Screen glow at night | Camera, Auto FPS off | Medium, face lit by the screen | 5 s | In low light, Auto FPS can drop the frame rate to 24 fps. Switch it off to keep 60. |
| 12 | Two phones side by side | Camera, locked off | Two phones flat on a table | 5 s | For larp battle clips. Each wallet carries its own label. |
Frame rate and camera settings for b-roll
On an iPhone, frame rate and resolution live in Settings > Camera > Record Video. Depending on the model, Apple lists 24, 25, 30, 60 or 120 fps; faster frame rates make larger files, and video recorded at a faster frame rate can be played back slower in Photos. Shooting shots 6 to 11 at 60 fps leaves room to slow a hand movement to half speed on a 30 fps timeline.
- Auto FPS. In low light the iPhone can lower the frame rate to 24 fps to improve the image. Turn it off in the same menu if the edit needs a steady 60.
- Lock Camera. Off by default. Turn it on before a macro shot so the phone does not change cameras while you move closer.
- The screen recordings themselves. On iPhone, open Control Center, tap the Record button and wait for the three-second countdown; the clip lands in Photos. On Android, swipe down twice from the top, tap Screen record, and choose whether to record audio and show touches before you start. Show touches off for clean b-roll, on for a how-to.
How to keep the status bar clean
Since the wallet draws no status bar, the top of every screen recording is your phone’s: time, signal, battery. Before a take, open Control Center, tap Focus and turn on Do Not Disturb so no notification banner slides over the balance. Charge the phone first, because a low-battery icon tells its own story, and keep the clock plausible across shots of the same scene, or crop the top band in the edit. To put the wallet on a phone held by someone else instead, see phone screen green screen video.
How to label a simulated wallet screen
Every shot in the list that shows the wallet carries a burned-in label, “Simulated screen” or “Mockup”, in a corner, large enough to read on a phone, for the whole shot rather than its first second. That includes shots 6 to 12, where the screen is only part of the frame. Say it again in the caption or description. The demo, marked DEMO and usable without an account, is fine for a rehearsal take; for the final footage, record your own wallet. The terms of use forbid presenting any of it as a real balance or proof of funds.
What the footage must never claim
The screen shows quantities you typed, multiplied by market prices. It is not a holding and proves nothing about anyone’s funds; the terms of use forbid presenting it as an account statement or proof of funds. In an ad, use a round, obviously illustrative balance, attach no person’s name to it, and say on screen that it is a mockup. Never cut it in after a line like “here is what I made this month.”
Sources
- Apple Support, Record a video with your iPhone camera (Change video recording formats), read 2026
- Apple Support, Change video recording settings on iPhone, read 2026
- Apple Support, Record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, read 2026
- Apple Support, Turn on or schedule a Focus on iPhone, read 2026
- Android Help, Take a screenshot or record your screen on your Android device, read 2026
- Pixabay, Content License Summary, read 2026
- Pexels, License, read 2026
- Bitcoin.org, Protect your privacy, read 2026
Questions
What does “editorial use only” mean on a crypto clip?
It means the clip is licensed to illustrate news, commentary or education, and generally not to advertise or promote anything. It usually appears when a trademark, logo or app interface is visible and nobody has cleared it. The exact limits are in the license of that specific clip.
Is free crypto stock video safe to use commercially?
Free does not mean cleared. Many free licenses cover the footage itself but not trademarks, logos or products visible in it, so a free clip of a branded app raises the same brand question as a paid one. Read the license text attached to the clip.
What is the safest crypto b-roll for an ad?
Footage with no third-party brand in it: an unbranded wallet screen you record yourself, or motion graphics with a commercial license. Avoid clips of a recognizable app unless the license clears its logo and interface for advertising, and keep any balance obviously illustrative and labeled as a mockup.
Can a recorded wallet simulator screen be shown as real holdings?
No. The quantities are typed in and the total is an illustration, so the clip proves nothing about anyone’s funds. The terms of use forbid presenting it as an account statement or proof of funds, and an ad should not show an amount that could pass for one.
How do I film crypto b-roll with just a phone?
Use two devices: one phone shows the wallet and records its own screen, a second phone or camera films the hand, the desk and the screen glow. Shoot the camera shots at 60 fps if your phone offers it, so movements can be slowed in the edit. Turn on Do Not Disturb first so no notification covers the balance, and label every wallet shot as a simulated screen.
Why did my b-roll drop to 24 fps in low light?
On iPhone, Auto FPS can reduce the frame rate to 24 fps in low light to improve the image. If the timeline needs a steady 60 fps, turn Auto FPS off in Settings, Camera, Record Video, and add light to the scene instead.
Compose the screen instead of describing it
Your tokens, your amounts, your accent, laid out in the browser, then opened on your phone at your own address. A mockup, and we never pretend otherwise.
- Unlimited tokens, amounts and accents
- Add it to your home screen; it opens like an app
- Live market prices that keep moving
- Your own address, mylarpwallet.com/you
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