THE ETF INDUSTRY JUST USED A HARDWARE HACK TO SELL YOU ETFs – AND THE WOMAN WHO SAID ‘HAND YOUR BITCOIN TO A SPECIALIST FIRM’ RUNS ONE
A Ledger hardware implant exposed a reseller, not self-custody. Within days an ETF issuer's co-founder said self-custody "will always be less...
THAILAND JUST OPENED ITS STOCK EXCHANGE TO BITCOIN ETFs — WHILE FRANCE WROTE A FORM TO MAKE YOU DECLARE YOURS
Thailand's SEC cleared Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs for the Stock Exchange of Thailand from October 16. In the same week, France's...
A BANK WILL LEND YOU MONEY AGAINST YOUR BITCOIN — A CUSTODIAN HOLDS THE KEYS AND A COURT SELLS THEM IF YOU MISS A PAYMENT
South Korea's Jeonbuk Bank is now lending won against Bitcoin. A custodian holds the coins and a court sells them on...
FRANCE JUST VOTED TO TAX YOU FOR LEAVING THE COUNTRY — AND TO MAKE YOU DECLARE EVERY BITCOIN YOU HOLD IN SELF-CUSTODY
France's National Assembly Finance Committee backed an exit tax on crypto above €800,000 and a 31.4% tax on swapping Bitcoin into...
THEY TOLD YOU WALL STREET OWNS BITCOIN NOW. THE DATA SAYS YOU STILL HOLD TWO-THIRDS — AND YOU SOLD THEM 696,000 COINS ANYWAY
Individuals still hold 13.9 million BTC — two-thirds of every coin that will ever exist. River data shows they net-sold 696,000...
THEY SOLD YOU A ‘FIXED SUPPLY’ — A COUNTING ERROR FROM 2015 COULD HAVE PRINTED BILLIONS OF XRP FROM NOTHING
RippleX quietly patched a decade-old flaw that could have created spendable XRP out of thin air. Here is the difference between...
THEY TOLD YOU BITCOIN IS PRIVATE. THEN THEY TAUGHT YOU TO SWEEP EVERY COIN INTO ONE TRANSACTION – AND YOUR WALLET JUST LINKED YOUR ENTIRE STACK TO YOUR REAL NAME
Cake Wallet's Seth for Privacy warned this week that spending one no-KYC coin alongside a KYC coin links your entire Bitcoin...
THE RICH JUST RAISED $37.5 MILLION TO NEVER SELL THEIR BITCOIN — WHILE YOUR FAMILY IS FORCED TO SELL TO PAY THE TAX BILL
A Bermuda insurer backed by Sam Altman raised $37.5M to let wealthy families borrow against Bitcoin and pass it to heirs...
THE CELSIUS CEO WHO FROZE YOUR BITCOIN JUST GOT ‘PERMANENTLY BANNED’ AND A $35 MILLION PAYMENT PLAN HE MIGHT NEVER PAY
Alex Mashinsky promised 17% on your Bitcoin, pulled in $20 billion, then froze every withdrawal in June 2022. On Friday New...
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, ONE POST ERASED $19 BILLION IN AN HOUR — AND THE SAME TRADERS JUST LEVERED UP AGAIN
The 10/10 crash wiped out more than $19 billion and over 1.6 million traders one year ago today. Traders went into...
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...