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What stays the same in Blink: your Lightning address, your QR codes, instant payments, your Dollar Balance. What changes: you get a 12-word recovery phrase. You hold the keys. We can't touch your funds. Unilateral exit to on-chain bitcoin. More sovereignty, more responsibility. Update and try it.

Blink Wallet now has non-custodial accounts. Live on iOS and Android today. Your keys. Your bitcoin. Same app. We built Blink in 2020 so bitcoin could be everyday money. Back then, custodial Lightning was the only way to get the UX right. New L2 possibilities changed that — we can finally do self-custody without making it harder to use. Six years in the making.

We Are Launching Non-Custodial Accounts for Blink Wallet — The Facts and The Full Story

Your keys, your Bitcoin: bringing non-custodial control home to Blink Wallet

Weekly Brief 2026/26 Bull Bitcoin got an EU license — and kept self-custody. South Africa is fighting to keep it. Bolivia now has it in all 9 departments. This week's brief is about one thing: the right to hold your own bitcoin.

Weekly Brief 2026/26

Self-custody week: Bull Bitcoin secures a MiCA license without surrendering it, South Africa fights a draft self-custody ban while running six circ...

We Are Launching Non-Custodial Accounts for Blink Wallet — The Facts and The Full Story

Your keys, your Bitcoin: bringing non-custodial control home to Blink Wallet

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Blink 3.0 — now with non-custodial accounts. Hold your own keys with the same simple experience Blink is known for. Blink is the Bitcoin wallet t...

Weekly Brief 2026/25 Square just made Bitcoin a checkout toggle on Square Register — no staff training. The Ark protocol settled its first real coffee in Kenya. And Bitcoin payments now reach GCash's 94M users in the Philippines and 52M M-PESA numbers via Tando.

Weekly Brief 2026/25

Square made Bitcoin a checkout toggle on Square Register with no staff training, the Ark protocol settled its first real coffee purchase in Kenya, ...

Weekly Brief 2026/23 South Africa stacked three Bitcoin checkout wins: Lift Airlines flight bookings, OzowPay integration, and a bitcoin-only online store paying suppliers in BTC. In Mexico, AureoBitcoin linked Lightning to bank accounts — pesos in seconds.

Weekly Brief 2026/23

South Africa stacked three Bitcoin checkout wins in one week — Lift Airlines flights, an OzowPay integration, and a bitcoin-only online store pay...

Weekly Brief 2026/22 Wallet of Satoshi says POS merchants must switch to self-custody addresses or stop accepting payments — citing worsening custodial reporting rules. Kenya's 40M Lightning-addressable M-Pesa numbers now sit on a $4B remittance corridor. And an AI agent just bought FRED economic data for 20 sats.

Weekly Brief 2026/22

Wallet of Satoshi said its POS app will require merchants to switch to self-custody addresses or stop accepting payments, a new protocol called Kag...

Weekly Brief 2026/21 Cash App is giving 5% back for Lightning payments at Square sellers — no bitcoin required to start. Bitcoin Pizza Day hit five countries. Bootlegger Coffee rolled out Bitcoin checkout across 100+ South African locations. And a school in Uganda was built almost entirely in sats.

Weekly Brief 2026/21

Cash App introduced 5% back for Lightning payments at Square sellers while Bitcoin Pizza Day drove spending events across five countries, Bootlegge...

Huge milestone: 40 Million Kenyans now have a Bitcoin Lightning Address Simply using their current phone number. Smart analysis from @Destiny

40 Million Kenyans Now Have a Bitcoin Lightning Address. Here Is What That Actually Means.

M-Pesa has 40 million active users in Kenya. Every single one of them now has a Bitcoin Lightning Address.

Weekly Brief 2026/20 Every M-Pesa number in Kenya is now a Bitcoin Lightning Address — 40 million endpoints. Lightning volume hit $1B/month. Bolivia quadrupled its merchant count in a year. And LDK just released the server node that powers Cash App, Square, and Alby.

Weekly Brief 2026/20

Every M-Pesa number in Kenya is now a Bitcoin Lightning Address — 40 million endpoints where bitcoin arrives as KES. Lightning volume hit $1 bill...

Weekly Brief 2026/19 Pick n Pay is accepting Bitcoin at thousands of South African stores. BTCPay reported $40M processed by one operator in six months. BTC Map logged 2,500 net new merchants in April. The numbers are compounding.

Weekly Brief 2026/19

Pick n Pay is accepting Bitcoin at thousands of South African stores while BTCPay Server reported $40 million in payments processed by a single ope...

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Weekly Brief 2026/19 — Pick n Pay, $40M on BTCPay, and the Compounding Numbers

Pick n Pay accepts Bitcoin at thousands of South African stores. BTCPay reports $40M processed by one operator in six months. BTC Map logs 2,500 ne...

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Weekly Brief 2026/15 Hundreds of South African fuel stations go Lightning-friendly. Square confirms 100% default enablement for new U.S. sellers. And Arnhem Bitcoin City — running since 2014 — keeps quietly adding merchants.

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Hunderte südafrikanischer Tankstellen werden dank Engen Lightning, während Kenias Kreislaufwirtschaft beweist, dass Bitcoin für Lebensmittel, Wa...

Weekly Brief 2026/14 Square started auto-enabling Bitcoin payments for millions of U.S. sellers. Bolivia passed 105 merchants with its first business in Oruro. In Zambia, a remote market is accepting Bitcoin on dumb phones.

Weekly Brief 2026/14

Square begins auto-enabling Bitcoin payments for millions of U.S. sellers as Bolivia passes 105 merchants, Ghana's Akatsi shows clustered Lightning...

Weekly Brief 2026/13 Zambia's Livingstone has 115+ Bitcoin merchants in a city of 177,000 — verified at restaurants, markets, and the airport. Guatemala completed its first Lightning transactions. In rural Kenya, a savings group bought a goat and a mattress with sats.

Weekly Brief 2026/13

Zambia's Livingstone logs 115+ Bitcoin merchants in a city of 177,000 as Guatemala completes its first Lightning transactions and Kenya's Bitcoin C...

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Weekly Brief 2026/12 Square is planning to auto-enable Lightning for more than 4 million eligible merchants on March 30. Bolivia's Bitcoin merchant network hits 86. And in Kenya, Bitcoin is now buying groceries, water, and snacks at 30-shilling ticket sizes.

Weekly Brief 2026/12

Square is planning to auto-enable Lightning payments across more than 4 million eligible merchants on March 30 — while Bolivia's Bitcoin merchant...

Weekly Brief 2026/11 Bringin just gave any euro bank account its own Lightning address — sats in, euros out via SEPA, no exchange required. In Kenya, lunch at two Nairobi restaurants: buyer paid in Bitcoin, merchants received shillings, zero fees. Bitcoin payments advancing through rails that already exist.

Weekly Brief 2026/11

Bringin gave any euro bank account its own Lightning address, settling sats as standard SEPA transfers. Meanwhile in Kenya, a buyer paid for lunch ...

Ever wondered how a global wallet like Blink scans local, proprietary QR codes at retailers like Pick n Pay? 🇿🇦⚡️ It’s all thanks to a "hacky" yet brilliant Lightning Address-based integration that uses just 3 lines of code. No complex third-party APIs — just open-source permissionless innovation meeting merchants where they’re at. Get the technical story behind the MoneyBadger bridge:

Lightning Wallet Integration: The 3-Line Solution Behind MoneyBadger

An interview with MoneyBadger’s CEO, Carel van Wyk, reveals the secrets behind their software.

"How do I withdraw Bitcoin to my bank account?" 🏦🤔 We get this question a lot! While direct bank withdrawals are currently paused due to regulatory hurdles, there are plenty of safe, practical ways to use and convert your sats today. Our new guide covers it all:

How to Buy, Sell, and Withdraw Bitcoin with Blink Wallet

Blink Wallet doesn’t support direct fiat withdrawals yet. Learn practical ways to use Bitcoin through peer-to-peer methods, spending services, an...