21M Communications

PR Agency working with Bitcoin-only companies.

[The Block @TheBlockCo]

Foundation raises $6.4 million to expand from bitcoin hardware wallets into AI agent authorization https://t.co/cSvZ2pWMCs

[BitGo @BitGo]

BitGo's Crypto-as-a-Service now includes Lightning Network support.

Businesses get millisecond bitcoin settlement, near-zero transaction fees, and true micropayment capability, all backed by qualified custody and 50-state licensing.

Fast bitcoin payments on real infrastructure.

Read more: https://t.co/RnRwz9f5Df

[Graham Krizek @gkrizek]

Bitcoin was built to be open, but businesses need infrastructure to make that real. Today @BitGo brings Lightning to CaaS, powered by @voltage_cloud. Faster, cheaper bitcoin payments at institutional scale. Grateful to partner w/ @mikebelshe & team on this
https://t.co/qDswieXI3V

[TFTC @TFTC21]

BitGo has adds Lightning Network support to its Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform through a partnership with Voltage.

The integration gives BitGo's institutional clients, including exchanges, neobanks, and payment providers, access to bitcoin transactions.

The partnership also includes plans for stablecoin transactions over Lightning.

[Build With Bitcoin @BuildwBitcoin]

Every Bitcoin company is shouting into the same void. @BTCPerception tells you who's listening — and what they actually care about.
Fernando Nikolic @basedlayer built a narrative intelligence platform that tracks everything being said about Bitcoin across news, SEC filings, earnings calls, social media, GitHub repos, and more — synthesizing it in real time, so companies know where the narrative gaps are before their competitors do.
"If the BBC, which has covered Bitcoin negatively for its entire existence, all of a sudden flips — Perception catches that and tells you: now you should look at the BBC."
🎧 New episode on Build With Bitcoin — link in bio.

[21M Communications @21Mcomms]

@BuildwBitcoin @BTCPerception @basedlayer Let's go! Can't wait to watch this one. Perception has been a huge help for 21M Comms. Fernando is the man.

[Bitcoin News @BitcoinNewsCom]

FOUNDATION RAISES $6.4M, LAUNCHES “HUMAN AUTHORITY HARDWARE” FOR THE AI ERA

Foundation announced a new $6.4M funding round led by Fulgur Ventures, bringing total funding to $16.5M.

The company also opened general availability for Passport Prime, its new American-manufactured security device designed to authorize high-stakes digital actions beyond traditional Bitcoin self-custody.

Foundation says the rise of AI agents is changing the security model entirely.

Instead of just protecting private keys, the company is expanding into identity, multi-factor authentication, and AI agent authorization through its KeyOS platform.

AI agents can now move money, deploy code, access credentials, and operate across cloud infrastructure at machine speed.

Foundation argues that browser prompts, phone notifications, and software-based approval systems are no longer sufficient when the AI and the approval mechanism exist in the same potentially compromised environment.

Passport Prime is being positioned as the first “Human Authority Hardware™” device, requiring explicit human approval on dedicated hardware before sensitive actions can occur.

[Voltage ⚡ @voltage_cloud]

For years, businesses that wanted to accept crypto payments hit the same wall.

Legal uncertainty. Unclear licensing. Unclear asset classification. Compliance teams saying, “not yet.”

The CLARITY Act could change that.

@gkrizek , Founder & CEO of @voltage_cloud , shared with @Inc why this matters for the payments ecosystem:

“It ends regulation by enforcement and replaces it with actual rules, which means compliance officers can finally say yes.”

Banks opposing the CLARITY Act are protecting legacy revenue streams.

Clarity helps any business that wants faster, cheaper, more programmable payment infrastructure.

The future of global payments will not be built in a gray area. It will be built when serious companies finally have the clarity to say yes.

[Bitcoin News @BitcoinNewsCom]

NEW: Bitcoin financial services platform Onramp raised $12.5M in a Series A at a $135M valuation, led by Early Riders.

The firm now custodies over $1B in assets with zero security incidents and plans to expand its Multi-Institution Custody network and roll out its new banking-style platform, Onramp Finance.

[Early Riders @Early_Riders]

1/ Early Riders led @OnrampBitcoin's $12.5M Series A.

A short thread on why this is a category-defining moment for bitcoin financial services, and why we wrote our second check.

[Jackson @macrojack21]

three years ago i joined @OnrampBitcoin shortly after the launch

today we announced our series A at a $135M valuation

we pioneered multi-institution custody when everyone else anchored to single custodians or self custody

then built a complete financial stack on top: inheritance, insurance, brokerage, cash accounts, visa card, bitcoin IRA, gold

cartwright: first UK pension fund to allocate to bitcoin, chose onramp as custodian

@bitcoinpolicy endorsed multi-institution custody for state strategic bitcoin reserves

what keeps hitting me: we're still so early

genius act passed
clarity act advancing
wall street launching products

institutions arriving now won't manage keys and will learn not to trust single counterparties

this is just the beginning

[Onramp @OnrampBitcoin]

Full coverage:
https://t.co/Xqyvq4byw5

[Onramp @OnrampBitcoin]

"It's easy to buy it. It's hard to hold it long-term."

Onramp's Series A, covered by @AxiosPro.

[Marty Bent @MartyBent]

This was a great conversation with @zherbert that focused on bringing the security practices we’ve learned in bitcoin over the last 17 years to the world of AI.

We don’t get credit for it, but bitcoiners have always been ahead of the curve.

[TFTC @TFTC21]

"We're dropping these AIs into monolithic operating systems built on top of code from 30 years ago. The attack surfaces are enormous. And the OS has no way to distinguish between a human user and an AI agent." - @zherbert

[TFTC @TFTC21]

"A quarter of all iOS devices were vulnerable. You load a website and it breaks out of the browser, grabs your crypto keys off the secure enclave, pulls your photos. As models like Mythos become prevalent, we may see one of those every couple weeks." - @zherbert

[TFTC @TFTC21]

TFTC 745 w/ @zherbert: The entire approval layer in AI right now is fake. It's asking permission for something it already has the capability to do, that's a huge problem."

We discuss:
⚡ Fake AI permissions
⚡ Storing AI credentials
⚡ Bitcoin security

[21M Communications @21Mcomms]

If you're running a bitcoin company and you're working with a 'blockchain' pr agency, just know that the same folks handling your account are also handling crypto accounts, whose mission is to take people away from Bitcoin and over to their shitcoin.

[21M Communications @21Mcomms]

21M Comms never has and never will take a penny from a crypto company. We've turned down a couple that would have been substantive. Our mission is simple and purposeful: get Bitcoin companies, and only Bitcoin companies, the media attention they deserve. No compromises.

[Brian Cubellis @BackslashBTC]

Joined @cgtnamerica last night to discuss the confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, Fed independence (or lack thereof), the inherent quagmire of fiat monetary policy, and the case for neutral assets.