Policy
Bitcoin Ownership, Self-Custody and Fund Exposure: Who Controls What?
A wallet balance, a custodial account and a Bitcoin fund share carry different rights and responsibilities. Here is how to tell them apart.
BTC SLOPES / COVERAGE
Bitcoin reporting, analysis and ideas. In chronological order.
Policy
A wallet balance, a custodial account and a Bitcoin fund share carry different rights and responsibilities. Here is how to tell them apart.
Security
A new synchronization proposal highlights an everyday problem: recovering coins and recovering the context around them are different jobs.
Policy
The October 1 proposal would expand institutional custody options. Its legal scope, safeguards and definition of self-custody deserve a closer look.
Mining & Network
A new test build puts wallet compatibility and upgrade preparation in focus, while the project’s main download remains version 31.1.
Mining & Network
Bitcoin companies can earn a second income stream from AI infrastructure. Delivered capacity, financing and the fate of displaced mining machines determine what that shift really means.
Mining & Network
The October 1 announcement puts a longtime Bitcoin developer in charge of a direct-to-miner transaction service, with implications for experimentation and transaction privacy before confirmation.
Markets
In-kind transfers, futures hedges and incomplete disclosures complicate a familiar market signal. Here is how to read the underlying mechanics.
Institutions
Common-stock fundraising supported both additional Bitcoin holdings and repurchases of the company’s preferred shares.