South Korea's Bitplanet just committed $10.8M to mine Bitcoin in Oman and Paraguay, targeting 80+ BTC annually. Not buying on exchanges. Mining it. This matters: they're treating mined sats as long-term treasury reserves, not trading inventory. Production-based acquisition, energy arbitrage, sovereign stack mindset. While others speculate, some are building. Malaysia has similar energy cost advantages in Sarawak. The infrastructure playbook is global, but the opportunity is local.

Bitcoin Magazine

Bitplanet Signs Agreement With Antalpha To Launch Bitcoin Mining Operations

Bitplanet signed an MOU with Antalpha to enter the Bitcoin mining space.

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The podcast room has doors now. Right outside, the coffee corner is almost ready. Come record a conversation. Or just sit, have a coffee, and talk Bitcoin. July. KLCC. #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BitcoinHouse

Ever tried paying for teh tarik with Bitcoin? It sounds crazy at first. But the technology for small, fast Bitcoin payments already exists. It’s called the Lightning Network. Here’s the simple version. 🧵👇

The floor is being levelled. Nothing fancy yet. Just cement, buckets, and careful work. But this is how a Bitcoin education space begins. Step by step. July. #Bitcoin #Malaysia

Ostrich vs inflation? Ostrich is faster 😂 Bitcoin Malaysia x YakiHonne @YakiHonne Bi-Weekly Workshop is TODAY No jargon. Just Bitcoin basics + live SATs giveaways: spin for 2,100 - 5,000 SATs 6pm GMT+1 | Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/ddd-vwxz-ogw Come for the knowledge, stay for the free sats 👇

Floresta wallet just got a JoinStr pull request from @1440000bytes - coinjoin coordination over Nostr relays, no central coordinator. This is the kind of privacy tooling that makes sense: permissionless, censorship-resistant, and built on protocols we already run. Still early and experimental, but the direction is right. If you're watching the intersection of Nostr and on-chain privacy, worth a look.

GitHub

[coinjoin] implement joinstr and fix bugs by 1440000bytes · Pull Request #1 · 1440000bytes/floresta_wallet

Your bitcoin infraestructure in a single app. Contribute to 1440000bytes/floresta_wallet development by creating an account on GitHub.

#Nostr #freedom

STRC-style credit instruments on Bitcoin? Capital B in France is building one. Sounds likeWrappedBTC all over again, rehypothecation with extra steps. If you don't hold the keys during the "credit" period, you're back to trust-based finance. Bitcoin's settlement finality exists for a reason. Curious how they plan to reconcile custody with actual Bitcoin security model.

French BTC treasury firm Capital B mulling STRC-style bitcoin credit instrument | The Block

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Wiring day at Bitcoin House KL. This is what a freedom tech hub looks like before it’s a hub: cables, ladders, and a guy who showed up at 8am in the Desa Pandan heat. Opening July 2026. Every wire in this ceiling will carry Bitcoin education and community conversations to Southeast Asia. #Bitcoin #Malaysia #KualaLumpur #BitcoinHouse #FreedomTech

Is Bitcoin fake internet money? This is the #1 question we get at Bitcoin House Malaysia. The answer might surprise you. Check Comments🧵👇

Hungary just scrapped one of Europe's harshest Bitcoin laws prison sentences for using unlicensed exchanges are gone, MiCA alignment is in, and platforms like Revolut can return. Meanwhile, Malaysia sits in regulatory limbo. No criminalization, sure but no clarity either. Hungary's U-turn shows what happens when governments realize punitive frameworks don't work: capital flees, innovation stalls, and eventually policy has to catch up to reality. SEA doesn't need to repeat Europe's mistakes. We can leapfrog straight to sensible regulation that protects people without killing opportunity. The question is whether we'll move before or after watching others learn the hard way.

Bitcoin Magazine

Hungary Backs Away From Bitcoin And Crypto Criminalization In Regulatory U-Turn

Hungary is reversing its restrictive crypto laws, moving to decriminalize Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading and eliminating penalties that had dri...

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Someone once spent 1,500 BTC on a graphics card. Today that's worth over $150 million. Early adopters didn't lose Bitcoin to hacks or rug pulls—they lost it by not understanding what they held. The lesson isn't "HODL harder." It's this: if you don't control your keys, you don't control your future. Whether it's 0.01 BTC or 1,500, self-custody is how you keep what's yours. Start with BlueWallet. Practice with small amounts. Learn now, before the stakes are higher. https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinAFBVV95cUxNLU1uNkVYbjdFalQtVGlYQjZYQlpkWlJvQnZOSkFxNUlXazdVbnB5aUFfSTZDUmYwUkJLeHBURFhPczI1NDczcWtFWnN3WUREZlBGaHFZZ2h0bnhIYkNqV2RFODUzMFJ3ZVRaRmZxckZrY2YtR1JFZTR2SldscDBhSVBkWHFNUzlWZWZ4WWF6S21tWFBLc09QM0VTVnY?oc=5

Saylor took seven minutes to explain "mNAV" at BTC Prague, yet nobody could follow. Meanwhile, Strategy sits on a $9 billion unrealized loss because when you don't control the narrative, the market does the talking. Here's the self-custody parallel: if you can't explain in one sentence where your bitcoin actually is, you don't control it. "It's on an exchange" isn't an answer it's a liability wrapped in jargon. Saylor's confusion over metrics? That's what happens when you optimize for everything except the one thing that matters: keys. Your bitcoin doesn't need a multiple. It needs a wallet you control.

Protos

It took Michael Saylor seven minutes to define mNAV

Jack Mallers asked Michael Saylor to explain the true meaning of multiple-to-Net Asset Value and everyone got confused.

#SelfCustody

Michael Saylor promoted STRC-backed DeFi stablecoins to millions of followers. When they crashed below $0.91, he claimed "retweets are not endorsements." Here's the pattern: influential figures amplify yield-chasing schemes built on leverage and altcoin machinery—until it wobbles. Then suddenly, it was "just sharing news." This is exactly why Bitcoin House Malaysia teaches self-custody. Real bitcoin sits in a wallet you control (like BlueWallet or Blockstream Green), not wrapped in DeFi protocols, not tokenized on other chains, not promised by someone else's repost. Your keys, your bitcoin. Their protocol, their risk.

Protos

Saylor distances himself from STRC-backed DeFi after stablecoin wobble

Michael Saylor reposted plenty of notifications about DeFi tokens associated with STRC, but he swears reposts weren't endorsements.

#SelfCustody

BIP324 encrypted transport, quantum resistance talk, CTV vaults, Lightning routing improvements Optech #408 is a solid snapshot of what's *actually* moving in Bitcoin dev right now. Not hype, not roadmaps. Just engineers shipping better privacy, preparing for edge-case threats, and making self-custody safer. This is how consensus forms: quietly, in pull requests and mailing lists, not on conference stages.

Bitcoin Optech

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #408 Recap Podcast

Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Pyth and Daniel Roberts (Ademan) to discuss Newsletter #408.

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Japan's largest Bitcoin treasury company is now trading *below* the value of the Bitcoin it holds. Metaplanet bought 40,177 BTC at an average price of ~$104,000 today BTC sits at $61,600. Their stock? Down 87% from peak. This is the corporate treasury playbook laid bare: someone else holds the keys, makes the buy decisions, and you inherit their unrealized losses through a stock ticker. Meanwhile, self-custody costs you nothing but responsibility. You can't "buyback" your way out of not controlling your own Bitcoin.

Protos

Metaplanet pitches stock buybacks after 96% mNAV decline

Metaplanet’s mNAV has crashed 96% since July 24, 2024, and its CEO is reminding investors that at least the company can buyback some stock.

#SelfCustody

Morgan Stanley just launched the cheapest Bitcoin ETF in the U.S. yet their own wealth advisors still aren't using it. The bottleneck? Education. Amy Oldenburg, their Head of Digital Asset Strategy, says most advisors can't clearly explain why Bitcoin is different from "crypto" — let alone why it belongs in a client's portfolio. She's got a point. The product exists. The regulatory green light is there. But if the people managing $9.3 trillion can't tell the Bitcoin story with confidence, how do we expect mass adoption to happen? This is where the opportunity sits, not in waiting for the next product launch, but in building the knowledge layer that turns curiosity into conviction. #Bitcoin

Bitcoin Magazine

Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin Executive Says Education — Not Products — Is Wall Street's Real Obstacle

Morgan Stanley's Head of Digital Asset Strategy Amy Oldenburg says Bitcoin's biggest barrier to mainstream adoption is not product availa...

Traditional finance isn't just watching anymor, they're buying the dip. Banks, brokerages, and sovereign wealth funds are racing to offer Bitcoin to clients as 2026 becomes the year institutions finally make their move. Even with BTC near $60K (down 50% from ATH), the smart money keeps stacking. Abu Dhabi's Mubadala just raised its Bitcoin ETF stake for the fourth straight quarter. Kraken's CEO puts it plainly: "Nearly all traditional financial services companies are gonna offer bitcoin to their customers." The infrastructure is being built whether retail is paying attention or not. For those of us in SEA watching this unfold, the question isn't if our local institutions will follow, but when. #Bitcoin

Bitcoin Magazine

Traditional Finance Is Rushing Into Crypto As Institutions Buy Bitcoin’s Dip: Axios

TradFi institutions are shedding their skepticism toward crypto, and the shift is accelerating in 2026.

Bark just shipped on mainnet—full covenant support without forks, running live on Bitcoin today. It's the kind of quiet launch that changes what's possible: vaults, payment pools, maybe even better Lightning. Second is building tools most people won't touch directly, but everyone will eventually use. Worth watching if you care where Bitcoin scripting goes next.

Second

Bark now on bitcoin mainnet | Second Blog

The world needs self-custodial bitcoin. But real self-custody is challenging to achieve without compromising on experience. On-chain UX is slow and...

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Hackalajara 2.0 is coming back to Guadalajara this August. If you've been looking for an excuse to build with other Bitcoiners IRL, this is it. These gatherings always deliver—focused dev time, no bullshit panels, just people shipping code and ideas. Worth watching even if you're not flying out.

Stacker News

Hackalajara 2.0 returns this August in Guadalajara \ stacker news

Hackalajara 2.0 is back! This August, Stacker Space, Bitcoin y Lightning Guadalajara, and PlebLab are teaming up to bring Hackalajara 2.0 and Start...

#Hackalajara

There's something poetic about growing food with Bitcoin mining heat. This documentary follows a farmer who's doing exactly that turning what skeptics call "waste energy" into actual crops. It's the kind of ground-level innovation that doesn't wait for permission or venture funding. Just someone solving real problems with proof-of-work. Worth your 30 minutes. #BitcoinMining