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Bringin Business fixes this. ...

2026-10-16T09:06:39Z

Bringin Business fixes this.

Tap, pay, sip - that's how easy it is to live on a Bitcoin ...

2026-10-15T05:31:45Z

Tap, pay, sip - that's how easy it is to live on a Bitcoin standard 😉

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De Hoppenaar is not only a café but also a specialty beer shop. It opened in 2021 and has been accepting bitcoin ever since. Today I stumbled upon an English IPA with the name "Moore's Law". Curious how it will taste. Used Bringin (nprofile…etrr) wallet to pay, worked flawlessly.

If your company holds Bitcoin, who actually controls the keys? ...

2026-10-15T04:03:45Z

If your company holds Bitcoin, who actually controls the keys?

Last week, a reseller sold Ledger devices with a hidden implant that stole the recovery phrase. 300+ wallets drained, up to $94M lost.

The question just got harder to ignore.
Here’s how we approach it 👇🏻

This isn’t about one brand. Hardware wallets have protected millions of people. It’s a reminder: a seed phrase is only as safe as every hand and every screen it passes through.

For one person, that risk can be managed. For a company, it’s a different problem.

A company has directors, a finance team, and an accountant. People join. People leave.

A seed phrase wasn’t built for that. In a standard wallet, whoever holds the 24 words controls the money. When someone leaves, there’s no way to actually retrieve it and the process gets complicated.

So most companies end up leaving the Bitcoin on an exchange or in a founder’s personal wallet. Neither is how a business should hold its money.

Banks solved the people problem with signing mandates. Bitcoin’s closest answer is multisig, but every signer still holds a key and backup, and roles or limits need another layer on top.

At Bringin Business, no seed phrases in day-to-day operations.

Your company’s keys are generated and used for signing inside secure enclaves. Your team authorizes payments with passkeys - not by handling or sharing private keys.

Your company sets the rules:

• Owners manage access and approval policies.
• Finance makes payments within agreed limits.
• Accountants view transactions, but cannot move funds.
• Larger payments require approval from multiple directors.

When an employee leaves, you revoke their access. No need to replace the company’s wallet.

This is how companies already run their bank accounts. Now they can run their Bitcoin the same way, without handing it to a custodian.

Bringin can’t authorize payments or override your policies on its own. Your company decides who can.

"Your keys, your coins" that finally works for companies.

Bringin Business is in public beta, invite only, across 30+ European countries

https://bringin.app/business

Cheers 🍻

2026-10-15T03:59:58Z

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Cheers 🍻

Buying Bitcoin is easy. Running a business on it is another ...

2026-10-14T10:12:09Z

Buying Bitcoin is easy. Running a business on it is another story.

Between debanking risks, MiCA Travel Rule requirements, and operational complexity, businesses face real hurdles when adopting Bitcoin.

On our recent community call, Prashanth Chandra Shekar walked us through these challenges and demonstrated how Bringin Business is addressing them.

What Bitcoin businesses deal with today:

• Banks questioning Bitcoin-related transactions (Prashanth experienced this firsthand with Wise recently)
• Debanking risks and the importance of first-party payments
• Travel Rule requirements complicating Bitcoin payments
• Self-custody without proper controls for businesses

How Bringin Business addresses these challenges:

• A dedicated IBAN in your company’s name, enabling first-party transfers
• Self-custody secured by hardware security modules
• Treasury governance with role-based access controls
• Native Lightning support integrated with self-custody for instant payments

The call also featured a live demo, showing euros moving into a self-custody wallet and back.

🎥 Watch the full community call: https://youtu.be/krYL2LAU_IY

If your business uses Bitcoin, what’s the biggest challenge you face today: banking, accounting, or custody? Comment below.

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2026-10-14T04:38:41Z

Self-custody matters now more than ever.

Individual or Businesses have the right to access uninterrupted ...

2026-10-13T09:32:03Z

Individual or Businesses have the right to access uninterrupted banking ⚡️

https://bringin.app/business

📢Join us tomorrow at 16:00 CEST to explore how EU companies ...

2026-10-12T07:37:32Z

📢Join us tomorrow at 16:00 CEST to explore how EU companies can hold, accept and pay in Bitcoin, keep their keys, and stay banked.

What's on agenda:
• Self-custody Bitcoin on business balance sheet
• Get paid in BTC, Lightning or Stablecoins with payouts in BTC or Euros
• Travel Rule for Business payments
• Accounting-ready records for businesses

RSVP: https://bringin.app/ccall

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Last call, we talked about debanking. This time, we show the fix.

Bringin Business LIVE: how EU companies can accept, hold and pay in Bitcoin, keep their keys, and stay banked.

🗓️ Tue, 13 Oct, 16:00 CEST
🔗 RSVP: https://bringin.app/ccall

TODAY: Learn more about @nprofile…gnt8's experience in ...

2026-10-10T06:17:51Z

TODAY: Learn more about Prashanth (nprofile…gnt8)'s experience in building Bringin Business.

⏰: 4 PM CET / 10 AM

P.S. Viewers stand a chance to win 100,000 sats 👀

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🚨 New Treasure Hunt

Bounty: 100K Sats 🙌

Prashanth, co-founder of Bringin (nprofile…zlx4) is back to talk about the newly launched Bringin Business, a Business account built for Bitcoin, designed for self-custody.

Most European Bitcoin business owners know the banking challenges they face. Bringin is serving up a solution!

🗓️ Saturday, October 10, 4 PM CET / 10 AM EST 👉 https://youtu.be/kXJlbxdsvq4

Two addresses, one wallet. Follow the sats:

https://mempool.space/address/3HxAfkEV2RdjLzakvvqeAAdsymJ8A9bwK5

https://mempool.space/address/3BPyC97d8Vrb6rJntnrYMhnJuCwrV5KR2w

Businesses ready to earn, hold and pay in Bitcoin can request an ...

2026-10-08T17:05:30Z

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Businesses ready to earn, hold and pay in Bitcoin can request an invite at
https://bringin.app/business

EU business owners who have Bitcoin on their balance sheet in ...

2026-10-08T17:05:18Z

EU business owners who have Bitcoin on their balance sheet in 2030 be like...

ICYMI: We launched Bringin Business, a business account built for ...

2026-10-08T14:52:42Z

ICYMI: We launched Bringin Business, a business account built for Bitcoin.

Join us on 13 October at 16:00 CEST to see it live and ask anything.

bringin.app/ccall

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Buying Bitcoin is not the hard part. Running a European company on it is.

Introducing Bringin Business.: A Business account built for Bitcoin, designed for self-custody →

More European businesses want what Bitcoin offers: instant settlement, global reach, lower costs.

Then reality hits. Banks close accounts. Transfers get blocked. Every conversion adds friction. Records live across disconnected tools.

So the advantage is never taken.

Here's what changes for your business:

→ Add Bitcoin to your treasury in minutes.
→ Get paid in Bitcoin, Lightning or USDC, and receive euros.
→ Pay suppliers and payroll in bitcoin over SEPA
→ Move between Bitcoin and euros without getting blocked.

All from one account.

With all the functionalities of like a regular bank account. You get a dedicated corporate IBAN in your company's own name. Clients pay you by SEPA transfer. You pay suppliers and settle invoices the same way.

Bitcoin and euros, side by side.

Your keys, your coins.

Each company's private keys are generated inside a hardware-isolated secure enclave. Bringin never has access to the raw key, and payments are signed only after a designated company owner approves.

We've done this before. Over €15 million has moved through the Bringin consumer app. Now we're bringing the same seamless payment experience to businesses.

15 businesses are already using it in beta, from Lightning payment tools to mining-rig sellers and Bitcoin conferences.

Built on MiCA-authorised infrastructure. Available to companies across 30 European countries.

Bringin Business is invite only. Request yours 👇

Bringin Bitcoin to Businesses. https://bringin.app/business ...

2026-10-07T17:37:51Z

Bringin Bitcoin to Businesses.

https://bringin.app/business

Last call, we talked about debanking. This time, we show the fix. ...

2026-10-07T07:30:25Z

Last call, we talked about debanking. This time, we show the fix.

Bringin Business LIVE: how EU companies can accept, hold and pay in Bitcoin, keep their keys, and stay banked.

🗓️ Tue, 13 Oct, 16:00 CEST
🔗 RSVP: https://bringin.app/ccall

Buying Bitcoin is not the hard part. Running a European company ...

2026-10-06T07:06:20Z

Buying Bitcoin is not the hard part. Running a European company on it is.

Introducing Bringin Business.: A Business account built for Bitcoin, designed for self-custody →

More European businesses want what Bitcoin offers: instant settlement, global reach, lower costs.

Then reality hits. Banks close accounts. Transfers get blocked. Every conversion adds friction. Records live across disconnected tools.

So the advantage is never taken.

Here's what changes for your business:

→ Add Bitcoin to your treasury in minutes.
→ Get paid in Bitcoin, Lightning or USDC, and receive euros.
→ Pay suppliers and payroll in bitcoin over SEPA
→ Move between Bitcoin and euros without getting blocked.

All from one account.

With all the functionalities of like a regular bank account. You get a dedicated corporate IBAN in your company's own name. Clients pay you by SEPA transfer. You pay suppliers and settle invoices the same way.

Bitcoin and euros, side by side.

Your keys, your coins.

Each company's private keys are generated inside a hardware-isolated secure enclave. Bringin never has access to the raw key, and payments are signed only after a designated company owner approves.

We've done this before. Over €15 million has moved through the Bringin consumer app. Now we're bringing the same seamless payment experience to businesses.

15 businesses are already using it in beta, from Lightning payment tools to mining-rig sellers and Bitcoin conferences.

Built on MiCA-authorised infrastructure. Available to companies across 30 European countries.

Bringin Business is invite only. Request yours 👇

Buying Bitcoin was never the hard part. Tomorrow, 09:00 CET. ...

2026-10-05T16:46:54Z

Buying Bitcoin was never the hard part.
Tomorrow, 09:00 CET.

If you want to learn how: - Private keys work - To set up your ...

2026-09-23T12:42:44Z

If you want to learn how:

- Private keys work
- To set up your password manager
- Open source, centralised tech works
- Nostr protocol (decentralised communication) works
- Important is Bitcoin in today's world

you definitely need to be attending PROOF, this Sunday, 27th September in Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹

Apply code 'BRINGIN' in the cart (not checkout) for a 50% off on the ticket 🎫

Find out more: https://proofconference.com/en/

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10 days until 'PROOF' - a conference focused on privacy, sovereignty, and freedom tech. ⚡

If you're in and around Vilnius, Lithuania you wouldn't want to miss this!

Apply code 'BRINGIN' in the cart (not checkout) for a 50% off on the ticket 🎟️

Find out more: https://proofconference.com/en/

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All it took was a few taps to top up the Bringin debit card from ...

2026-09-22T09:36:18Z

All it took was a few taps to top up the Bringin debit card from npub1tg779rlap8t4qm8lpgn89k7mr7pkxpaulupp0nq5faywr8h28llsj3cxmt wallet to pay for Apfel Schorle at the recent blocktrainer (nprofile…uw8l) event! ⚡️

Our latest community call was on debanking. Why Bitcoiners in ...

2026-09-22T05:03:03Z

Our latest community call was on debanking. Why Bitcoiners in Europe keep losing bank accounts, and what actually reduces the risk.

Highlights from the call 👇🏻

Prashanth (nprofile…xmf7) walked through why debanking is happening to individuals and businesses across Europe; watch the full talk:

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsv790mkl5n0ytvexgc928xdr0zqx9y2wylvvp3ht602klw9xpfzcgzkygzd

Banks aren't debanking you because they think you're a criminal.

They happen because:
🔸 Checking whether a crypto transfer is legitimate takes resources and incurs costs to the bank
🔸 Getting those checks wrong risks enormous fines
🔸 So many banks preemptively flag transactions coming from exchange accounts and take the safer, and more cost-effective solution by just not allowing these transactions

Which raises the question: how does your bank know the money came from an exchange?

Because most exchanges pay out from shared IBAN accounts, held in the exchange's own name.

That makes it a third-party payment.

You can check this-> open your exchange/bitcoin app, tap deposit, look at whose name is on the account details.

Third-party payments carry more risk than first-party ones, with or without Bitcoin involved. But not all of them get blocked - the ones originating from an exchange are the problem.

First-party payments, sent from an account in an individual's or business's own name, carry far less risk.

Same name on both sides. Makes it much cleaner and nothing for the bank to untangle.

TL;DR:

👉🏻use licensed, MiCA-compliant platforms
👉🏻use a platform that provides a dedicated vIBAN, not a shared one
👉🏻give your bank a heads-up before large transfers
👉🏻Keep all paperwork with you long-term related to buys and sells
👉🏻Choose a platform that provides the dedicated paperwork needed for the bank.

Debanking is an unfortunate event and there will be always be friction between the traditional banking rails and services offering Bitcoin for a while.

However, until adoption outgrows the need for banks, the bridges matter.

YouTube link of the call: https://youtu.be/ggWC9yrX29g

10 days until 'PROOF' - a conference focused on privacy, ...

2026-09-17T11:46:34Z

10 days until 'PROOF' - a conference focused on privacy, sovereignty, and freedom tech. ⚡

If you're in and around Vilnius, Lithuania you wouldn't want to miss this!

Apply code 'BRINGIN' in the cart (not checkout) for a 50% off on the ticket 🎟️

Find out more: https://proofconference.com/en/

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Most conferences sell you a vibe and send you home with a tote bag.

PROOF is a half-day in Vilnius about the tools that protect your privacy and give you more control over your online identity, infrastructure, and money.

27th September, Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹
🔗 https://proofconference.com/en/

Sponsored by Bringin (nprofile…p4fp)

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REMINDER: We're going deeper into why debanking happens to ...

2026-09-15T11:59:02Z

REMINDER: We're going deeper into why debanking happens to Bitcoiners' accounts at 16:00 CET today.

Join the Bringin team live: https://bringin.app/ccall

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European Banks Are Quietly Closing Bitcoiners' Accounts - Why Debanking happens and What Actually Fixes It

A journalist who covers Bitcoin for a living has had his bank account closed three times. Revolut, Tandem, Wise. The stated reason: "suspicions of activity related to cryptocurrencies."

To be fair to banks, freezing accounts overnight to investigate fraud is risk management working as intended. But this isn't that. These are blanket category bans applied to customers who have done nothing wrong.

The Reality Behind the Freezes

When Bringin founder Prashanth tried living on self-custodied Bitcoin in Estonia, his off-ramps failed in rapid succession:

* Kraken halted Euro bank withdrawals to his account.
* Binance took 4 days with intrusive questionnaires.
* Revolut warned that incoming exchange transfers risked permanent closure.

Sweating at a supermarket checkout line waiting for a manual liquidation to clear, he realized: this friction wasn't personal—it was structural.

Why It Keeps Happening

1. 1,250% Capital Penalty (SCO60 / CRR3): Unbacked crypto carries a 1,250% risk weight. A bank must hold \~€1 of Tier 1 capital for every €1 of direct Bitcoin exposure—making balance-sheet engagement non-viable.
2. Exchange Pool Mismatches (VoP): Exchanges process cash-outs through shared corporate pool IBANs. Under EU Verification of Payee (VoP) rules, bank engines flag the name-vs-IBAN mismatch (*Exchange Corp sending to John Doe*) as high-risk third-party funding.
3. Anti-Tipping-Off Rules: Freezing an account costs a bank almost nothing compared to an AML fine. By law, banks are forbidden from telling you *why* your account was reviewed.

The Fix: Personal vIBANs + Lightning

Solving bank freezes doesn't require hiding from banks or surrendering your private keys. It requires making payment structures legible and first-party to traditional rails:

* Dedicated Personal vIBANs: Bringin provisions a European vIBAN directly in your legal name. Payouts originate from your assigned vIBAN, arriving at your primary bank as a clean internal self-transfer (*John Doe to John Doe*), satisfying VoP rules and removing exchange pool red flags.
* 30-Second Lightning Top-Ups: Keep 100% self-custody (e.g., Phoenix). Pay a Lightning invoice to fund a Visa debit card or bank balance in \~30 seconds at a flat 1% fee with zero forex markup.
* Bringin Business: Separates customer Lightning checkout from a first-party corporate vIBAN sweep, providing clean VAT, corporate tax, and Travel Rule accounting.

Living on a Bitcoin standard in Europe doesn't require giving up self-custody—just using payment infrastructure built to communicate cleanly with legacy banking.

💬 Community Call Tomorrow (Tuesday, 15 Sept) We're hosting a community call on Debanking in Europe and What Solves It.

If you've had a payment held or an account closed, bring your questions: https://bringin.app/ccall

European Banks Are Quietly Closing Bitcoiners' Accounts - Why ...

2026-09-14T09:32:17Z

European Banks Are Quietly Closing Bitcoiners' Accounts - Why Debanking happens and What Actually Fixes It

A journalist who covers Bitcoin for a living has had his bank account closed three times. Revolut, Tandem, Wise. The stated reason: "suspicions of activity related to cryptocurrencies."

To be fair to banks, freezing accounts overnight to investigate fraud is risk management working as intended. But this isn't that. These are blanket category bans applied to customers who have done nothing wrong.

The Reality Behind the Freezes

When Bringin founder Prashanth tried living on self-custodied Bitcoin in Estonia, his off-ramps failed in rapid succession:

* Kraken halted Euro bank withdrawals to his account.
* Binance took 4 days with intrusive questionnaires.
* Revolut warned that incoming exchange transfers risked permanent closure.

Sweating at a supermarket checkout line waiting for a manual liquidation to clear, he realized: this friction wasn't personal—it was structural.

Why It Keeps Happening

1. 1,250% Capital Penalty (SCO60 / CRR3): Unbacked crypto carries a 1,250% risk weight. A bank must hold \~€1 of Tier 1 capital for every €1 of direct Bitcoin exposure—making balance-sheet engagement non-viable.
2. Exchange Pool Mismatches (VoP): Exchanges process cash-outs through shared corporate pool IBANs. Under EU Verification of Payee (VoP) rules, bank engines flag the name-vs-IBAN mismatch (*Exchange Corp sending to John Doe*) as high-risk third-party funding.
3. Anti-Tipping-Off Rules: Freezing an account costs a bank almost nothing compared to an AML fine. By law, banks are forbidden from telling you *why* your account was reviewed.

The Fix: Personal vIBANs + Lightning

Solving bank freezes doesn't require hiding from banks or surrendering your private keys. It requires making payment structures legible and first-party to traditional rails:

* Dedicated Personal vIBANs: Bringin provisions a European vIBAN directly in your legal name. Payouts originate from your assigned vIBAN, arriving at your primary bank as a clean internal self-transfer (*John Doe to John Doe*), satisfying VoP rules and removing exchange pool red flags.
* 30-Second Lightning Top-Ups: Keep 100% self-custody (e.g., Phoenix). Pay a Lightning invoice to fund a Visa debit card or bank balance in \~30 seconds at a flat 1% fee with zero forex markup.
* Bringin Business: Separates customer Lightning checkout from a first-party corporate vIBAN sweep, providing clean VAT, corporate tax, and Travel Rule accounting.

Living on a Bitcoin standard in Europe doesn't require giving up self-custody—just using payment infrastructure built to communicate cleanly with legacy banking.

💬 Community Call Tomorrow (Tuesday, 15 Sept) We're hosting a community call on Debanking in Europe and What Solves It.

If you've had a payment held or an account closed, bring your questions: https://bringin.app/ccall

The duo you need... Bringin 🤝🏻 ...

2026-09-10T11:50:19Z

The duo you need...

Bringin 🤝🏻 npub1ve8qwrlztemdmnh62jffcr0y9m9dpqgqjdg8ufx7gc3qw5wdk74qyv9ka6

🎙️ Bringin Community Call - EU's Debanking Woes Banks ...

2026-09-10T07:30:46Z

🎙️ Bringin Community Call - EU's Debanking Woes

Banks shutting down accounts. Payment rails going cold.

For a lot of Bitcoiners, just holding sats or using them has started to feel like being treated as a suspect and not an investor or a saver.

This edition, we're getting into why debanking keeps happening across the EU and what it means for the people it hits.

🗓️: 15th September
⏰: 4PM CET onwards
🔗: https://bringin.app/ccall

Come hang out with the team and bring your opinions/questions.