Bitcoin-backed lending is back, but borrowers are favoring safety, custody, and transparency over shiny APR bait. After 2022’s wreckage, the market is rewarding lenders that look boring enough to survive — and that’s probably exactly the point.
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BlackRock’s IBIT is still pulling serious Bitcoin demand, but the reported $164 million figure behind the headline isn’t verified in the provided materials. The bigger takeaway: Wall Street wants BTC exposure, even if it prefers a neat wrapper over holding real coins.
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Bitcoin Policy Institute is moving to stop a New York lawsuit that tries to treat dormant Bitcoin wallets as abandoned property. The fight could set a dangerous precedent for self-custody, because inactivity is not the same thing as surrender.
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Radar Chat has launched as a Signal-based messaging app with self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning payments built in, aiming to make private chats and money transfers feel like one seamless action. The pitch is strong — but so are the challenges around UX, security, and regulatory heat.
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AllScale says it raised $5 million to build a self-custody stablecoin neobank, but the reported Animoca Brands tie-in is not confirmed in the available materials. The real takeaway: stablecoin payments infrastructure is getting serious attention, even if the headline buzz is ahead of the receipts.
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Bitcoin Policy Institute’s Freedom Tech DC 2026 aims to bring Bitcoin, privacy, and self-custody into Washington’s policy crosshairs, framing crypto as financial infrastructure and a civil-liberties fight—not just a price chart.
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Two Texas brothers pleaded guilty in a federal case tied to the armed kidnapping of a Minnesota family and the theft of about $8 million in crypto — a brutal reminder that crypto crime can turn physical fast, and privacy is part of security.
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Bitcoin’s state-by-state adoption map shows a blunt reality: “open money” still leans toward wealthier states, where access, education, and disposable income make getting in easier. Permissionless on paper doesn’t mean evenly distributed in real life.
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Australia’s new crypto Travel Rule is pushing Bitcoin users off exchanges and into self-custody as stricter identity checks, delays, and transfer reporting kick in on July 1. More compliance, less convenience — and more reason to hold your own keys.
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Bitcoin exchange supply has dropped to 2.56 million BTC, marking the sharpest drawdown since 2020. That matters because coins leaving centralized exchanges usually means more self-custody, more cold storage, and less BTC sitting around ready to be tossed onto the market at the first sign of volatility. Exchange supply: 2.56 million BTC Sharpest drawdown since: […]
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