The State Of Bitcoin Self-Custody In 2026 W/ Casa CEO

As Bitcoin enters 2026 with sustained institutional adoption and price stability following the 2024-2025 bull run, self-custody remains a cornerstone of the asset’s sovereignty promise. Yet the landscape has evolved significantly. Spot Bitcoin ETFs have unlocked access to passive investors comfortable with Wall Street’s “trust me, bro” brokerage models, while physical attacks on crypto users have surged to record levels, known as “wrench attacks”. So, is self-custody a thing of the past, a dead meme many of us fell for, or is it transforming as Bitcoin matures? 

In a recent interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Casa CEO Nick Neuman provided a candid perspective of these…

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BONK May Hit $1 Before SHIB Does—Here’s Why

BONK (CRYPTO: BONK) is up 6% over the past 24 hours as Grayscale Investments added the Solana meme coin to its Q1 consideration list, triggering speculation that Wall Street’s first regulated BONK product could a massive rally.

First Institutional Pathway Opens For Solana Meme Coin

Grayscale disclosed BONK on its quarterly Assets Under Consideration list alongside 40 other tokens spanning DeFi, AI, and smart contract platforms.

The move marks the first time a major TradFi asset manager has publicly evaluated BONK for an investment product.

BONK now joins Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) as the only meme coins under active Grayscale consideration. 

The firm’s Dogecoin ETF $GDOG launched in late…

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Senate Crypto Vote In 72 Hours: What Are The Chances Of The Bill Passing? – Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN)

The crypto industry’s biggest legislative moment arrives Thursday, and Galaxy Research says there’s only a 25% chance enough Democrats will break ranks to give the bill a real shot at becoming law.

Thursday Vote Could Decide Crypto’s Fate Through 2027

Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) and Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) shareholders face a critical test as the markup hearing could determine whether crypto gets federal regulatory clarity in 2025—or waits until 2027 or beyond.

Galaxy Research analyst Alex Thorne laid out three scenarios with dramatically different outcomes for crypto stocks.

Scenario 1: Bipartisan Win (25% probability) All Republicans plus two to four Democrats…

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Bitcoin Price Explodes Past $97,000 As Traders Eye $100,000

The bitcoin price continued its strong run this week, breaking out of a multi‑week trading range and climbing well above key psychological levels as market participants digest macroeconomic data and new institutional interest.

The bitcoin price hit an eight-week high and triggered roughly $700 million in short liquidations, per Bitcoin Magazine Data. Polymarket now estimates a 73% chance that Bitcoin will reach $100K in January.

After trading relatively sideways near the low‑$90,000 or lower for the last two months, the bitcoin price began gaining traction over the weekend, ultimately surging above $97,000 at the time of writing. This is its best level in more than two…

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Analyst Sees Massive Upside For Penny Stock Enlivex After RAIN Token Gains Momentum – Enlivex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ENLV)

In January, Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ:ENLV) reported that its treasury asset, the RAIN token, had been listed on the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange effective January 6.

KuCoin is a global cryptocurrency exchange serving more than 40 million users worldwide, with its strongest user base in Southeast Asia.

The commencement of RAIN trading on KuCoin is expected to expand global market access and secondary liquidity for Enlivex’s primary digital asset treasury holding.

Enlivex previously announced the launch of its digital asset treasury strategy, which focuses on acquiring RAIN tokens.

RAIN serves as the governance and utility token for a fully decentralized predictions-and-options…

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Germany’s DZ Bank Prepares Nationwide Crypto Trading Rollout

Germany’s second-largest lender DZ Bank has received authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, clearing the way for the launch of a retail crypto trading platform across the country’s cooperative banking sector.

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin, granted the MiCAR license at the end of December. 

With the approval, DZ Bank will roll out “meinKrypto,” a digital asset trading platform designed for customers of Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken, Germany’s network of cooperative banks.

The platform allows local cooperative banks to offer retail clients access to cryptocurrency trading within an existing…

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Strategy ($MSTR) Stock Soars 10% As Bitcoin Nears $100,000

Shares of Strategy ($MSTR) surged more than 10% Wednesday morning, briefly climbing above $189 per share, as investors piled back into the bitcoin treasury trade.

The move caps a volatile stretch for the stock following sharp drawdowns earlier this month.

Strategy, which holds the largest bitcoin position of any public company, has seen its equity trade as a high-beta proxy for bitcoin, with gains and losses often magnified relative to spot price movements. 

As bitcoin pushed toward the upper end of its recent range near $97,000, MSTR followed with a rapid upside move that outpaced the broader equity market.

The rally builds on momentum that began late last week after…

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Human Rights Foundation Gives 1.3B Satoshis To 22 Projects

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced 1.3 billion satoshis in new grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund, backing 22 projects worldwide aimed at strengthening financial freedom and censorship resistance under authoritarian regimes.

The funding round, disclosed today exclusively to Bitcoin Magazine, will support open-source Bitcoin development, decentralized mining infrastructure, privacy-preserving financial tools, and grassroots education initiatives across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 

HRF said the projects are designed to improve the Bitcoin protocol itself while expanding access to permissionless money for dissidents, journalists, nonprofits, and ordinary…

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XRP Surges 4%: What Is Going On?

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is up 4% over the past 24 hours, supported by a broader crypto market rally and renewed ETF demand.

What Happened: CrediBULL Crypto noted XRP has completed a triple-tap pattern that reached its target at the range highs, setting up a key inflection point. From here, price action suggests two scenarios:

Either the move was a relief bounce that swept liquidity at the highs before resuming a local downtrend toward sub-$1.77 levels, or the pattern has formed a solid demand base with $1.77 acting as defended support, allowing dips to be bought for further upside.

Given Bitcoin’s strength and broader market context, the bias favours the second scenario implying looking for long…

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