Look at the top 10 richest Bitcoin addresses!
Binance cold wallet – ~248,600 BTC
Another Binance cold wallet – ~157,400 BTC
Robinhood cold wallet – ~140,600 BTC
Bitfinex cold wallet – ~130,000 BTC
...and so on.
Just these few exchange-controlled addresses alone hold hundreds of thousands of BTC (Binance's visible ones top 400k+, Robinhood and Bitfinex add another 270k+). That's a massive chunk of supply still sitting on centralized platforms, not in people's own custody.
Exchanges as a whole? They custody way more Binance alone has reserves in the hundreds of thousands of BTC for users, Coinbase even higher in some reports. All that BTC is "yours" only as long as the exchange stays online, doesn't get hacked, doesn't freeze withdrawals, or doesn't go the FTX route. History shows it's risky.Remember the golden rule: Not your keys, not your coins.If you're still leaving your stack on an exchange in 2026 because self-custody feels complicated, setting up a hardware wallet, multisig, seed backups, inheritance planning, avoiding common mistakes, don't sweat it.
DM me here on Nostr (or reach out on X "@TreasuryOS"
if you are cross posting).
We'll walk you through it step by step, hand-hold the whole way: recommend solid wallets, explain air-gapped signing, test small amounts first, set up watchtowers if needed, whatever fits your stack size and comfort level.No judgment, no rush, just real help to take full control of your Bitcoin. Sovereignty feels good once you get there. Who's ready to move their coins off exchanges this year?
Drop a message, if you are thinking about it.
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@Student of Bitcoin @bitshala
