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Self-custody doesn't delete the three custody questions — segregation, insolvency remoteness, operational responsibility. It relocates them. Segregation becomes structural, insolvency remoteness near-absolute, ops your job. Passkey smart accounts make that trade defensible. 🔗 #custody #selfcustody #fintech

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Every custody due-diligence review is really answering three questions: Are the assets segregated? Are they insolvency-remote? Who owns the operational burden? A qualified custodian lets you answer "yes, yes, them."

Self-custody doesn't remove those questions — it relocates them, and whether that's an upgrade depends entirely on the controls that replace the custodian.

This intermediate briefing for finance professionals covers:

  • Why on-chain segregation is structural (one address, one owner) rather than contractual, and why insolvency remoteness becomes near-absolute when assets were never on anyone's balance sheet
  • How operational responsibility — the part you were really paying a custodian for — comes home to the asset owner
  • Passkey-based smart accounts as an institution-grade controls story: hardware-backed keys, multi-owner and multi-signature access, owner-only upgrade authority
  • An honest risk ledger: key, operational, smart-contract, and compliance risk

Read the full piece:

For custody and treasury professionals: where would you want code-enforced controls, and where do you still want a human in the loop?

Custody #SelfCustody #TreasuryManagement #OperationalRisk #DigitalAssets

Image prompt (Gemini / Nano Banana)

A restrained, institutional editorial illustration for a 16:9 banner: a heavy vault door rendered not as a bank safe but as an abstract geometric mechanism, its locking bolts formed from interlocking gears that a single fingerprint motif quietly activates at the center — suggesting keys held by the owner, not a third party. Deep navy and teal base palette with a single warm amber accent on the fingerprint and the active bolt. Clean modern lines, soft directional lighting, generous negative space, sophisticated and understated — not flashy crypto art. No text, no logos, no watermarks. Aspect ratio 16:9.