Russia's biggest bank, Sberbank, plans to launch a Bitcoin and crypto wallet plus digital asset custody by December as the country rolls out its new crypto framework.
Coinkite has released the Coldcard MK5, building on the MK4’s dual secure element security with a larger Gorilla Glass screen, redesigned buttons, and improved NFC capabilities for smoother Bitcoin transactions.
Stacked, the rebranded Lightning Pay, has emerged as one of the few remaining non-custodial Bitcoin platforms in New Zealand after a wave of mergers and shutdowns. The company today launched a self-custodial Lightning wallet built on Breez and Spark SDKs, enabling users to receive Bitcoin directly into their own wallets and pay utility bills or rent via Open Banking.
Breez SDK now supports Passkey Login, allowing developers to build self-custodial Bitcoin wallets without mandatory seed phrases using FIDO2 PRF extensions for deterministic key derivation.
MoonPay has launched MoonPay Deposits in Wallet in Telegram’s self-custodial TON Wallet, allowing users to fund accounts with Bitcoin and other assets across chains while the service automatically handles swaps, bridging, and conversion into TON or supported tokens.
As Keonne Rodriguez prepares to surrender to federal prison on December 18, advocates urge President Trump to pardon the Samourai Wallet co-founders, citing prosecutorial misconduct and a disputed interpretation of unlicensed money transmission laws that even FinCEN rejects.
As Trump vows to defend self-custody, the outcome of this landmark case could halt CBDC surveillance and bolster U.S. innovation in cryptographic finance.
From surviving the 2022 Canadian crackdown to pioneering Bitcoin inheritance, Nunchuk has become the leading self-custody tool for advanced Bitcoiners.
Samourai Wallet co-founder William Hill was sentenced to four years in prison for running a crypto mixing service that laundered over $237 million in illicit funds.
