Crypto for Advisors:The hidden costs of holding your own bitcoin

In today’s newsletter, Dovile Silenskyte from WisdomTree on the two questions investors keep bundling together when they buy bitcoin.

Then, in “Ask an Expert,” Bryan Courchesne from DAiM answers questions about how the failure of the CLARITY Act vote could impact bitcoin as an investment.

Bitcoin is becoming a more familiar portfolio allocation. But owning it directly can still demand the time, technical judgment and operational discipline of a second job.

The key point is that investors may have clear views on bitcoin’s role within their portfolios without wanting to become their own custodians, cybersecurity teams and protocol analysts.

Self-custody moves risk; it does not eliminate it

“Not your keys, not your coins” is a powerful slogan. It is also incomplete.