Bitcoin Custody Has 5 Levels. Where Should Your Keys Actually Live?

Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten walks through his full custody decision tree, from pure self-custody through Swan Sovereign, collaborative multisig, and delegated custody, up to the brand-new Swan Trinity model, which splits a holder's keys across three separate institutions so no single custodian, hack, or collapse can touch the coins. Hosts: Laura Shin - Founder, CEO and Host of Unchained - https://x.com/laurashin Guest: Cory Klippsten - Founder and CEO of Swan - https://x.com/CorySwan This clip is from a longer conversation on Bitcoin's rally to $80K, why popular price models don't hold up, and the future of Bitcoin custody and security. Full episode here: https://youtu.be/eo0vXTP-AbE We go live twice every week - subscribe to catch it live. 👉 Visit 1inch to swap tokenized securities, crypto and more. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial. Whatever asset you’re buying - swap it at http://unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-sn. Chapters 🌳 00:00 Laura asks Cory to map out his full Bitcoin custody decision tree ⚖️ 00:32 Cory splits the tree into paper Bitcoin and the real thing 📏 01:16 Why Cory treats custody as a spectrum since Bitcoin is a bearer asset 🧭 01:40 Inside Swan Sovereign, Cory's supported self-custody offering 🔐 02:17 Collaborative multisig options like Swan Vault and Casa 🏦 03:25 Delegated custody through Swan Safe, Coinbase, and BitGo 🔺 05:04 Swan Trinity splits keys across three institutions, launching by Q4 _______________________________________________________ #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! Website → https://unchainedcrypto.com Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 Unchained: Your no-hype resource for all things crypto!