November 26, 2025

Bitcoin Self-Custody vs Exchange Risk: Why 95% Still Don't Own BTC | Bitcoin Well

1 hour 13 minutes

The truth about Bitcoin custody that wealth managers won't tell you. Fresh from the Naples Family Office Wealth Management Symposium, we sat down with Alex Stanczyk (combat veteran & former gold fund manager who's helped family offices acquire over $1 billion in Bitcoin), plus the entire Bitcoin Well team - Chantel Lillycrop-Kostiuk, and Riley Combs - to discuss the custody crisis, institutional adoption, and why self-custody isn't optional anymore.

🔥 KEY TOPICS COVERED:

• Why leaving Bitcoin on exchanges is playing Russian roulette with your wealth

• The Coinbase custody monopoly problem and regulatory failures

• 95% of Bitcoin mined, but 95% of humans don't own it - the information asymmetry

• How to achieve "financial escape velocity" from the traditional system

• Why financial advisors are STILL telling clients to sell Bitcoin

• The Samurai Wallet developer situation and the attack on privacy

• Michael Saylor's 30% CAGR prediction breakdown

• Inflation as the "tax stolen in the dead of night"

• Step-by-step self-custody education for beginners

💡 FEATURED GUESTS:

Alex Stanczyk - Former gold fund manager, Bitcoin Crucible podcast host

Chantel Lillycrop-Kostiuk & Riley Combs - Bitcoin Well team

Grant Cardone appearance discussion from symposium panel

📍 EVENT CONTEXT:

3rd Annual Naples Family Office Wealth Management Symposium featuring Michael Saylor, Grant Cardone, and top Bitcoin thought leaders

⚠️ CRITICAL TAKEAWAY: "You've been lied to your entire life, and you would rather just stop there and look the other way and think everything is perfectly fine" - but Bitcoin offers a real path to financial sovereignty.

🔗 CONNECT WITH GUESTS:

Bitcoin Well - ⁨@bitcoinwell⁩

Alex Stanczyk- @AlexStanzyk

The Bitcoin Crucible - Available on Rumble

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