A MAN WAS BEATEN WITH HAMMERS FOR 45 MINUTES UNTIL HE SENT HIS BITCOIN — AND THE ‘EXPERTS’ ARE BLAMING HIS SELF-CUSTODY WALLET
Three masked men, a fourth on FaceTime, 45 minutes of hammers, and a threat to stab a seven-months-pregnant woman. Chainalysis says...
CHINA BANNED CRYPTO FOR 13 YEARS — CHAINALYSIS SAYS SELF-CUSTODY WALLETS GREW 43X ANYWAY
Chainalysis found unique peer-to-peer stablecoin wallets in China grew 43-fold in two years and now drive 59.1% of a $176 billion...
FINCEN JUST KILLED THE DRAGNET FOR YOUR SELF-CUSTODY WALLET — AND TOLD YOU IN WRITING IT’S COMING BACK
FinCEN quietly withdrew its 2020 unhosted-wallet reporting rule and its 2023 “primary money laundering concern” finding on crypto mixing. Coin Center...
GITHUB DELETED BITCOIN DEVELOPERS’ CODE ON A GOVERNMENT’S ORDERS. NOW THE EXIT RAMP IS A PROTOCOL NOBODY OWNS.
India ordered GitHub to geoblock an open-source repository and reportedly gave it three hours. A month earlier GitHub deleted rust-lightning contributors'...
BITCOIN ETFs JUST POSTED THEIR BEST QUARTER OF 2026 — AND BITCOIN IS STILL DOWN ON THE YEAR. HERE IS THE MATH WALL STREET BURIED.
Bitcoin ETFs took in $6.3 billion in Q3 while the year-to-date net is $985 million. A $5.4 billion first-half hole is...
BLOCK JUST SPENT MILLIONS TELLING 60 MILLION AMERICANS BITCOIN IS MONEY — WHILE ITS OWN APP HOLDS THE KEYS
Block's "Bitcoin Does" campaign launched Oct 1 to sell bitcoin as everyday money to 60 million Americans. Then there's the fine...
THE SEC JUST APPROVED 3X LEVERAGED BITCOIN — THE SAME MEN WHO BLEW UP 96% OF YOUR NEIGHBOR’S MONEY ARE BACK FOR MORE
The SEC just cleared six triple-leveraged ETPs from Volatility Shares. Their existing 2x crypto funds are down up to 96.15% annualized...
THEY SOLD YOU ‘MINERS SECURE THE NETWORK.’ THEN THEY WROTE OFF $1.5 BILLION OF THE MACHINES AND RENTED YOUR BACKBONE TO THE AI BUBBLE
Public bitcoin miners shed 75 EH/s in H1 2026, about $1.5 billion of mining hardware at $20/TH, while booking roughly $1.1...
AFRICA’S FIRST BANK JUST OFFERED TO HOLD YOUR BITCOIN — THAT IS NOT CUSTODY, THAT IS CAPTIVITY
Absa became the first African bank to offer Bitcoin custody, chasing a $1.5 billion market. One line in the launch briefing...
BITCOIN IS TRAPPED IN A $3,000 BOX WHILE CITI PUMPS A $113,000 TARGET — HERE IS WHO PAYS FOR THAT GAP
Citi hiked its Bitcoin target 38% to $113,000. Bitcoin can't hold $85,000 and volume is bleeding. The bank gets paid either...
Self-Custody Needs a Node: Umbrel + Hardware Wallet
A hardware wallet holds your keys, but your node checks the rules. Pair it with Umbrel for real self-custody.
COINBASE COULDN’T KEEP CUSTOMER MONEY IN THE RIGHT ACCOUNT FOR FIVE YEARS — IRELAND FINED IT $3.6 MILLION, AND WASHINGTON STILL CALLS IT CUSTODY
Ireland's central bank fined Coinbase EUR 3.25 million for leaving customer money in the wrong accounts for five years. Coinbase says...