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📰 Citrea announces the acquisition of the self-custody privacy Bitcoin wallet Crest—not a simple buy-and-forget deal. Crest will become Citrea’s flagship privacy product, and its founder, Meliksah Gurtemel, will also join Citrea as Product Lead.

🔥 The wallet is planned to launch a Bitcoin mobile version in the coming weeks, focusing on automatic privacy protection and private BTC transfers. Users will also be able to enter via cross-chain from Bitcoin and Ethereum; the entry experience is a bit more complex than a plain Bitcoin wallet.

💡 Even more interesting, Citrea also plans to support private cross-chain swaps and withdrawal routes. According to the official description, users in the future will be able to use privacy BTC to pay USDC or ETH privately to EVM addresses.

Honestly, the main point here isn’t just that there’s a new wallet—it’s that Citrea is bringing the privacy transaction entry point directly to mobile and cross-chain payments. What’s been announced so far is the acquisition and product roadmap; the real experience will only be known after the wallet launches, especially whether cross-chain swaps and private payments can truly be smooth.

🤔 If this wallet launches as planned, would you use it as your everyday BTC wallet, or only open it when you need to make privacy transfers?

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