You could confiscate literally all of my physical possessions, delete all my online accounts, and cut me off from every other human I've ever met, and I would still have access to my Bitcoin, and no one else would.

Also I disagree with the argument that dying with self-custody and no inheritance plan is a bad thing. I think that BTC being lost with death is a beautiful thing.

I read this more like a plug for multisig and collaborative custody solutions like Casa.

This is just another scare tactic... I'm not afraid of losing my bitcoins as long as they're in my own wallet... Just remember..."not your keys, not your coins" ;)

The author discredits themselves by saying the risks (e.g. having a single point of failure) is 'growing.' That risk has always been there.

More notably, with every passing day, hackers are getting closer to the honeypots that exist on the exchanges.

Then: Bitcoin is a speculative bubble. Avoid. I am concerned for you.

Now: Don’t self-custody your Bitcoin. I am concerned for you.

Politicians and bankers are here to save us from ourselves and the media is here to tell us why we should let them.