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Self-Custody Wallets

Wallets where users hold their own private keys instead of an exchange or bank, letting them control crypto funds without a regulated intermediary.

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investConfirmed5 publishers

Bank of Russia gives peer-to-peer crypto trading until July 1, 2027

Russia's central bank says its digital currency law bars transfers to non-custodial wallets and allows peer-to-peer crypto trades only until July 1, 2027. Licensed intermediaries, Sberbank among them, will handle everything after that.

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers
Builder
Builder 21%
Operator
Operator 42%
Investor
Investor 37%

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption20
Hype gap+35
Incentives60
Confidence74
investConfirmed3 publishers

Brazilian police took $1.7M from self-custody wallets by finding the seed phrases in raids

Santa Catarina's civil police moved $1.7 million in crypto out of a phishing ring's self-custody wallets, the largest such recovery by Brazilian police. Self-custody left no company to serve with a freeze order. That protection ended once a search found the keys.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 17%
Operator
Operator 43%
Investor
Investor 40%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+12
Incentives40
Confidence68
investOne report1 publisher

Telegram widens Money wallet rollout as GRAM rises 9% to $1.56

Telegram widened access to its non-custodial Money wallet as GRAM rose 9% to $1.56, crypto.news reported. The wallet appears only after a user receives a transfer, so its reach across a billion-user app depends on people who already hold GRAM.

Publishers:crypto.news

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives65
Confidence50
investConfirmed3 publishers

Brazil's central bank makes Binance collect a purpose for cross-border crypto transfers

Binance will block withdrawals and may hold or return deposits from Nov. 1 when Brazilian users skip a central-bank questionnaire on cross-border crypto. Resolution 521/2025 makes the exchange report those flows as foreign-exchange activity in a market Chainalysis put at $252.5 billion over twelve months.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 18%
Operator
Operator 57%
Investor
Investor 25%

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives30
Confidence70
leadershipOne report1 publisher

CFTC staff turn Phantom's wallet no-action letter into a class-wide position

Staff Letter 26-25 lets a passive front end display derivatives, pass orders to registered markets and take a fee without broker registration, so long as it stays out of custody, routing and advice. The position lasts until the Commission acts.

Publishers:news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence48
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+12
Incentives62
Confidence52
investOne report1 publisher

Consensys moves Linea and Besu into a new company led by Mike Kriak

The existing entity keeps operating as MetaMask with Joe Lubin as chief executive, while the protocols business goes out as a newly formed company aimed at a tokenized market Citi sizes at 5.5 to 8.2 trillion dollars by 2030.

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption30
Hype gap+35
Incentives75
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

Consensys sets a year-end 2026 deadline for splitting MetaMask off from its protocol business

The plan names five leadership positions, two of them Joe Lubin's, and leaves revenue, valuation, ownership percentages and listing intent for later, which is the part anyone pricing either half would need.

Publishers:crypto.news

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption30
Hype gap+20
Incentives75
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Thailand hands crypto operators 178 days to build wire-style checks into every transfer

The finalized Travel Rule takes effect on 27 February 2027. Its hardest duty is proving that the venue at the other end is properly authorized, since undocumented transfers will not move after that date.

Reality

Evidence56
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+8
Incentives62
Confidence55