Self Custody News

EToro is set to acquire self-custodial wallet provider Zengo, and the trading platform’s CEO predicted a Bitcoin rally above $250,000 after another quarter of crypto market downside.

Apple told Cointelegraph that the fake Ledger Live app was removed and that the developer was terminated from its app store.

Tether launches tether.wallet, a self-custodial app supporting USDT, XAUT, USAT and Bitcoin with cloud-based key backup features.

Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said Garrett Dutton’s 5.9 Bitcoin has already been sent to deposit addresses associated with KuCoin.

A Bank of France official called for tighter MiCA rules on non-euro stablecoins as lawmakers advance reporting requirements for self-custodial crypto wallets above 5,000 euros.

South Korea’s tax agency is seeking a private custodian for seized crypto after a wallet seed phrase leak exposed government-held assets.

Provisions in the state legislation violate the core ethos and value proposition of Bitcoin as an asset that can be held in self-custody, the trade group said.

Local media outlet Asiae reported that the national police aim to select a private custody provider in the first half of 2026.

Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol ordered an inter-agency review of seized crypto wallets after the National Tax Service exposed a seed phrase in a press release.

South Korea’s National Tax Service reportedly published a wallet seed phrase in a press release, and tokens worth $4.8 million were swiftly drained in the latest custody blunder for the authorities.

MetaMask Card goes live in the US, with first-time availability across 49 states, including New York, following initial pilots over the past two years.

Six people have been detained after a French magistrate and her mother were abducted in a crypto ransom plot, intensifying concerns over a surge in violent “wrench attacks” in France.

The rollout provides access to tokenized US stocks, ETFs and commodities through Ondo GM tokens for non-US users on Ethereum, excluding 30 jurisdictions at launch.

Non-developer Bitcoin job openings, such as product manager and marketing roles, made up nearly three-quarters of listings last year.

The non-custodial wallet aggregates crosschain swaps and fiat rails to collapse fragmented DeFi workflows into a single mobile interface.