Wallet

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.

Trezor just unveiled the Trezor Safe 7, a device that brings a fully auditable secure element and a “quantum-ready” architecture to crypto wallets.

Bull Bitcoin announces the worldwide release of BULL Wallet, a Bitcoin-only mobile app optimized for privacy, security, and seamless Lightning Network support, now available on iOS and Android.

Backed by LetsExchange's Alex J., Cake Wallet's xStocks rollout democratizes equities for crypto holders, leveraging Swiss-issued tokens to sidestep regulatory walls in the US, UK, and beyond while prioritizing private key control.