To kick off The Bitcoin 2026 Conference, panelists across policy, finance, and technology discussed the growing push to define bitcoin self-custody as a protected civil liberty. Joe Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Unchained, Nick Begich, a U.S. Congressman, and Zach Herbert, CEO of Foundation Devices, spoke on bitcoin self-custody rights. 

Congressman Nick Begich, who began acquiring bitcoin in January 2013 and witnessed the Mt. Gox collapse, said private property rights remain fundamental to American principles and must extend into digital assets.

“Private property rights are fundamental to the American Idea. I think it needs to extend into the digital space and we need to make…

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