Most people think self-custody is about one thing: securing your funds. Wallet equals financial control, right? That's the easy narrative.

Here's what gets overlooked though—data. It's the real puzzle nobody talks about enough.

Assets? You hold them or you don't. Binary. But data? That's messier. You need to share it, let others verify it, set restrictions on it, sometimes take it back. All while keeping genuine control. That gap between what self-custody promises and what it actually delivers when it comes to managing sensitive information? That's where most conversations fall apart. The infrastructure just isn't there yet.