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Blink Wallet Suspends Services After Security Breach Drains Custodial Accounts

Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet Blink Wallet has suspended services on its platform while it investigates a security incident in which attackers accessed some custodial accounts and withdrew funds. The wallet said the vast majority of funds are safe and that non-custodial wallets are unaffected.

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The distinction Blink draws between custodial and non-custodial wallets is the substantive point: the failure sits with keys held on users' behalf, not with Lightning itself, so the incident lands on the operational model rather than the protocol. That matters for the wider argument that self-custody removes a class of counterparty risk, and it puts pressure on how other hosted Lightning services are assessed. The open questions are what the investigation attributes the access to and whether the suspension is lifted on the same terms.

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