🗞️ Best Self-Custody Wallets for 2026 • UK Users Forced to Share Details with Taxman • Bitcoin on Corporate Balance Sheets Reaches ATH • Rumble Enables Non-Custodial Wallet + Latest Bitcoin News
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Things may have slowed down over the holiday period, but the new year in the Bitcoin world has already kicked off with a wave of interesting developments. Catch up on all the latest stories below! 👀
🔝 Top Stories
Rumble Enables a Non-Custodial Bitcoin Wallet…
Top Self-Custody Bitcoin Wallets for 2026…
Crypto Users Forced to Share Details With UK Tax Officials…
Taxation Is a Humiliation Ritual…
Vexl: Empowering Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin…
Elon Musk’s X to Launch Smart Cashtags for Asset Tracking…
French Tax Official Sold Cryptocurrency Investor Data to Criminal Networks…
Bitcoin on Corporate Balance Sheets Reaches an All-Time High…
Wallet of Satoshi’s Custodial Wallet Blocked in the EU…
M2 Money Supply Growing at the Fastest Pace Since the 2022 Bear-Market Bottom…
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👀 Must Watch
BlackRock’s Jay Jacobs said live on CNBC that “it’s still early days for Bitcoin”. ⬇️
A new Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill has been introduced in Congress, proposing Bitcoin tax payments and the elimination of capital gains tax on Bitcoin. ⬇️
Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski explains why the platform enabled a non-custodial Bitcoin (and crypto) wallet. ⬇️
📰 Latest News
Top Self Custody Bitcoin Wallets for 2026.
As we stroll past January 3rd, the day Bitcoin was effectively born, an old tradition in the Bitcoin industry passed us by, the “not your keys, not your coins” day, which was celebrated widely for a few years in a row back in 2014. While the news cycle this year was dominated by geopolitics and many Bitcoiners are entering the industry via ETFs, Bitcoin self-custody nevertheless remains a core value proposition of Bitcoin and one that merits a deep dive into the best options available to users to date.
To that end, here’s the top mobile, desktop, hardware, seed backup, and multi-signature wallets for Bitcoin-specific users in the market today, as far as I am concerned.
Michael Saylor Just Set the Tone for a Massive 2026: Here’s Why.
This marks an uptrend in monthly Bitcoin purchases, outpacing October and November combined. It also brings public companies’ additions in Q4 2025 above 52,000 BTC, surpassing our projection that treasuries would add 40,000 BTC this quarter.
Crypto Users Forced to Share Account Details with UK Tax Officials.
HMRC will begin automatically collecting information on all users of cryptocurrency exchanges - which are effectively the industry’s banks - in a bid to start collecting tens of millions in unpaid tax.
Vexl: Empowering Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Exchange Through Social Networks.
In an era where centralised exchanges dominate cryptocurrency trading, Vexl stands out as a peer-to-peer (P2P) application designed to connect Bitcoin users within their personal networks for direct, non-custodial trades. The app facilitates buying and selling Bitcoin without intermediaries, emphasising in-person meetings for cash exchanges while also supporting fiat transfers arranged privately between users.
Taxation Is A Humiliation Ritual.
We are told that paying taxes is our civic duty to make sure that we can have roads, pay for healthcare, veteran services, the military, and a litany of other "feel good" services. In reality, it seems that our tax dollars are being funneled to immigrants and the politicians who brought them in for votes via low-effort fraud schemes that are grotesquely offensive to the sensibilities of every hardworking American who has grown up to believe that they are holding up their end of the social contract that comes with living in this country.
Elon Musk's X to Launch Smart Cashtags for Accurate Asset Tracking and Live Pricing.
Elon Musk’s X plans to introduce Smart Cashtags, a new feature aimed at improving how financial assets such as stocks and cryptocurrencies are referenced on the platform, Nikita Bier, X’s Head of Product, said Sunday.
Bank of America Joins JPMorgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley By Recommending Bitcoin Portfolio Allocation.
Bank of America Corp. will allow more than 15,000 Merrill and Private Bank advisers to proactively recommend four spot Bitcoin ETFs starting Jan. 5, formally opening Bitcoin access across its wealth platform.
Liquid Federation Quarterly Update - Q4 2025.
In the latest Liquid Federation update, we look back on Q4's progress and look forward to how Liquid will make an even bigger splash in 2026.
French Tax Official Sold Cryptocurrency Investor Data to Criminal Networks.
The Paris investigating chamber rejected an appeal for release Monday from a French tax administration employee who prosecutors accuse of selling confidential information about cryptocurrency investors to criminal organisations.
It is claimed that owners of a Superheat H1 can “offset up to 80% of electricity and water costs” with earnings from cryptomining. Superheat extrapolates these numbers to suggest that a 700-apartment community could raise “up to $980,000 yearly earnings.”
Florida Renews Bitcoin Reserve Push With 2026 Bill, Signaling GOP Embrace of ‘Digital Gold’.
After an earlier attempt failed, Florida lawmakers are reviving a proposal that would allow the state to hold digital assets as part of its finances. The plan would create a state-run cryptocurrency reserve. Introduced on Jan. 7 for the 2026 legislative session by Republican Representative John Snyder, House Bill 1039 would set up a Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Fund outside the state treasury.
Wallet Migration Failure May Delete Unrelated Wallet Files In Bitcoin Core 30.0 and 30.1.
We have become aware of a wallet migration bug introduced in Bitcoin Core 30.0 and 30.1. Under rare circumstances, when the migration of a wallet.dat file fails, all files in the wallet directory may be deleted in the process, potentially resulting in a loss of funds. A fix is forthcoming and will be released as 30.2, but out of an abundance of caution we have removed the binaries for affected releases from bitcoincore.org
BitChat Downloads Surge by 400,000 Amid Iran Protests.
Iranian authorities have curtailed internet access amid ongoing mass protests. In response, the community urged residents to use the encrypted BitChat messenger, backed by Jack Dorsey.
Bitcoin Mining Pressure Eases After First Difficulty Adjustment Of The Year.
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty slipped to a little over 146 trillion in the network’s first difficulty recalibration of 2026, offering a small but measurable easing for miners. According to multiple reports, the adjustment completed in early January reduced the metric from levels seen at the end of 2025.
Bitcoin Could Hit $2.9 Million by 2050, VanEck Says.
The report, authored by VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel and Senior Analyst Patrick Bush, models BTC reaching $2.9 million per coin by 2050 under a base-case scenario. This represents a 15% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from today’s prices. The model assumes BTC captures 5–10% of global trade and becomes a reserve asset making up 2.5% of central bank balance sheets.
Iran’s Currency Collapse Shows Why Bitcoin is Seen as an Exit Option.
As monetary pressure on the rial intensified, public debate expanded around the financial alternatives available during a fiat currency crisis. In this context, Bitcoin began to appear in discussions as a potential exit option.
📺 More Interesting Videos
Phong Le is the CEO of Strategy, a company holding over $60 billion in Bitcoin. His family fled Vietnam after their wealth was confiscated and the currency was inflated away, shaping how he sees the world. ⬇️
In this video, Zuby sits down with Robert Netzly to discuss Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and whether it’s truly a good or bad investment. ⬇️
Every dictator in history controlled the money supply. Romans debased silver, kings clipped gold, modern banks type numbers on screens, but Bitcoin removes this weapon completely. ⬇️
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🗣️ Timeless Quotes
“Bailouts are just theft with a nicer name. Your savings aren’t yours if they can be erased.”— Bitcoin Tony
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