Prince lied in "Cold Storage".

Either the hacker Chuck used was secretly working for Prince, or it was "all theater" as Prince said to Kate. If Price and the hacker are working together, the 10 tries resulting in a lock was the scam, and Prince can still easily access the crypto once the drives are returned to him.

Either way it was entirely a ruse to trick Chuck, just like Axe always did, because Chuck is blinded by his obsession for revenge. Dave too, hence that fake defeated pose Prince made at the elevator when he knew Dave was watching.

Prince and the writers are too smart to get duped like that. If I'm wrong, the writers suck, Prince sucks, and the show sucks.