Weekly Brief 2026/26 Bull Bitcoin got an EU license — and kept self-custody. South Africa is fighting to keep it. Bolivia now has it in all 9 departments. This week's brief is about one thing: the right to hold your own bitcoin. https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-26

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Weekly Brief 2026/25 Square just made Bitcoin a checkout toggle on Square Register — no staff training. The Ark protocol settled its first real coffee in Kenya. And Bitcoin payments now reach GCash's 94M users in the Philippines and 52M M-PESA numbers via Tando. https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-25

Weekly Brief 2026/23 South Africa stacked three Bitcoin checkout wins: Lift Airlines flight bookings, OzowPay integration, and a bitcoin-only online store paying suppliers in BTC. In Mexico, AureoBitcoin linked Lightning to bank accounts — pesos in seconds. https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-23

Weekly Brief 2026/22 Wallet of Satoshi says POS merchants must switch to self-custody addresses or stop accepting payments — citing worsening custodial reporting rules. Kenya's 40M Lightning-addressable M-Pesa numbers now sit on a $4B remittance corridor. And an AI agent just bought FRED economic data for 20 sats. https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-22