$15 TRILLION BLACKROCK SAYS ROBOTS WILL SAVE IN BITCOIN – AND THE ROBOTS WILL HOLD THEIR OWN KEYS. YOU STILL WON’T.
BlackRock's new 'Machine-Native Economy' report says the next big source of crypto demand is software, not people - stablecoins for spending,...
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...
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...
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...
THE SEC JUST ADMITTED SELF-CUSTODY IS REAL — THEN BURIED IT UNDER A CONDITION
The SEC proposed new crypto custody rules on Oct 1, letting advisers and funds hold client crypto themselves — but only...
BITCOIN’S LOUDEST PURIST JUST TOOK THE BIGGEST MINER’S PAYCHECK TO BUILD A PRIVATE LANE FOR YOUR TRANSACTIONS
Peter Todd spent years arguing nobody should control what gets relayed. Now he runs Slipstream, MARA's private mempool - where a...
WALL STREET’S INVISIBLE COMMITTEE IS ABOUT TO FORCE YOUR RETIREMENT FUND TO DUMP BITCOIN — AND NOBODY ELECTED THEM
MSCI's own simulation removes Strategy and Metaplanet from its global indexes. Every passive fund tracking those benchmarks gets forced to sell....
Bitget Lost $388M Through a Zero-Day, Not Stolen Keys
SlowMist traced Bitget's $387.5M theft to a zero-day in a third-party security vendor, not stolen keys. The keys you rent were...
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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...