Key bitcoin concepts, explained plainly.
The cleanest way to move a 401(k) or IRA into a Bitcoin IRA is a direct move: a trustee-to-trustee transfer from an IRA, or a direct rollover from a 401(k). The money goes straight from the old account to the new one, no…
The best bitcoin business account depends on who can move the company's bitcoin and who has to approve it. Onramp fits companies t…
A family office moving bitcoin off Coinbase has five credible providers to evaluate. Coinbase Prime, Fidelity Digital Assets, BitG…
A US company or LLC can generally buy and hold bitcoin if its operating agreement or bylaws allow it. Open an account in the entit…
Moving company bitcoin from Unchained or Casa to Onramp's Multi-Institution Custody comes down to a few steps: open and verify an…
Spot bitcoin ETFs can now take in bitcoin you already own through an in-kind transfer, but you'd come out holding fund shares, not…
A hardware wallet company and an institutional custodian both call themselves secure, but they mean different things. A hardware w…
Moving from self-custody to Multi-Institution Custody means sending bitcoin from hardware wallets that you manage to your own Onra…
A revocable living trust can hold bitcoin the same way it holds any other asset. The account is either titled in the trust's name,…
You can withdraw your bitcoin from Onramp whenever you choose. You start the request from your dashboard, complete a quick identit…
IBIT, BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, holds its bitcoin with Coinbase Custody Trust Company, which the fund's prospectus names…
A recurring bitcoin buy decides two things: how much bitcoin you accumulate, and where that bitcoin sits while you do. On most app…
Most people who ask this question have already done the hard part. The keys were generated properly, the backups are distributed a…
The honest answer to "which hardware wallet should I buy in 2026" is: for meaningful amounts, no single hardware wallet should be…
A bitcoin dynasty trust is an irrevocable trust, typically established under South Dakota law, that holds bitcoin outside the gran…
Bitcoin inheritance is a two-part problem. The first part is key management, so the asset is not lost when the owner dies. The sec…
When the owner of a bitcoin IRA dies, most heirs other than a spouse must empty the inherited account within ten years under the S…
Five numbers govern what happens to bitcoin at death in 2026: a federal estate exemption of $15 million per person and $30 million…
There are four ways to hold bitcoin in an individual retirement account: an exchange-traded fund inside an ordinary brokerage IRA,…
Kraken is one of the better-run exchanges in the industry, and that is worth saying plainly before anything else. It has operated…
Someone worth a hundred million dollars who holds one bitcoin has an interesting position. Someone whose entire net worth is one b…
Onramp is a Bitcoin financial services company whose custody is built so that no single organization, including Onramp itself, can…
A self-directed IRA custodian is a state or federally regulated financial institution, usually a trust company or bank, that the I…
Onramp and Strike both let you buy and hold Bitcoin in the United States, and both are Bitcoin-native rather than multi-asset. But…
Most United States spot bitcoin ETFs do not hold their own bitcoin. They hold it through a small number of third-party custodians,…
Yes. A custodian can take title to your bitcoin if the custodial agreement permits it, as Prime Trust's did, and once that happens…
Yes, bitcoin can be clawed back in a bankruptcy under specific conditions, most clearly when it was held by a custodian that faile…
Onramp and Swan Bitcoin are both Bitcoin-only platforms built for US holders, but they are built around different theses. Swan is…
The Prime Trust bankruptcy was the collapse of a US crypto custody and settlement company that held bitcoin and cash on behalf of…
Can stablecoins pay interest: the issuer ban, the passive-yield vs activity-based-rewards line, and the deposit-flight fight.
Onramp and River are both Bitcoin-only platforms built for US holders, but they are structured around different theses about what…
Can stablecoins be frozen: issuer freeze capability across both tiers and the April 2026 Iran USDT freeze.
Is Bitcoin a commodity or a security: CLARITY's digital-commodity classification and what it unlocks for institutional allocators.
A spot Bitcoin ETF and an Onramp account both give you a way to gain from Bitcoin's price. They are fundamentally different things…
GENIUS vs CLARITY: issuance regulation vs asset classification, and how the two bills build a two-layer monetary system together.
The CLARITY Act explained: the five-bucket digital-asset classification framework and the SEC/CFTC joint interpretation that opera…
The GENIUS Act explained: the first US federal payment-stablecoin framework, its Treasury-reserve mandate, and the structural Trea…
The safest way to custody Bitcoin through a third party requires four conditions: assets held in a dedicated on-chain vault never…
Onramp and Cash App both let you buy and hold Bitcoin in the United States, but they are built for fundamentally different holders…
On February 21, 2025, Lazarus Group attackers stole approximately $1.4 to $1.5 billion in ETH and staking derivatives from Bybit i…
