Crypto Biz: Bitcoin’s $116M self-custody wake-up call
A $116 million hardware wallet exploit has reopened one of Bitcoin’s oldest debates: Is holding your own keys worth the risk? Days later, US spot...
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Coldcard flaw exposed $116M self-custody risk: Gray
The Coldcard seed-generation failure has exposed about $116 million in Bitcoin to theft while renewing questions about how users verify the security of self-custody tools,...
Bitcoin developer says self-custody fears cost him gains
German Bitcoin developer René Pickhardt said on Aug. 6 that fears about self-custody security and key management kept him from accumulating more Bitcoin, despite believing...
Bitcoiners turn to dice throws as self-custody setups are re-evaluated
In light of the catastrophic low-entropy bug in Coldcard hardware wallets, linked to publicly observed thefts beginning on July 30, Bitcoin holders have started to...
Bitcoin self-custody debate erupts over poor wallet UX
Bitcoin Archive renewed a long-running dispute over Bitcoin self-custody on July 31, arguing that poor wallet usability is sometimes defended as cultural gatekeeping rather than...
Tether launches Bitcoin faucet inside self-custody wallet using Lightning payouts
Tether has introduced a Bitcoin faucet inside its self-custody wallet, offering small BTC payouts through the Lightning Network to bring new users into its ecosystem....
Blockchain.com brings perpetual futures to self-custody wallet users
Blockchain.com has added perpetual futures trading to its non-custodial DeFi wallet, giving users a way to trade leveraged crypto contracts without moving funds to a...
Blockchain.com adds perpetual futures trading to self-custody wallets
Blockchain.com has rolled out perpetual futures trading in its non-custodial DeFi wallet, allowing users to open leveraged positions directly from self-custodied Bitcoin used as collateral...
Ramp Network rolls out multichain wallet for simpler self-custody
Fintech company Ramp Network said Friday it launched a multichain self-custodial wallet designed to tackle a common friction point in crypto of needing to rely...