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• Blockrise takes on the role of authorised key holder within Debifi's multisig structure in the European Union.
• The partnership brings an HSM-secured into Debifi's distributed key management infrastructure.
• The announcement is made at BTC Prague 2026.

Rotterdam / Lugano 12 June 2026 - Blockrise, a Bitcoin platform supervised by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) under MiCAR, and Debifi, a non-custodial Bitcoin-backed loan platform, today announced a partnership in which Blockrise takes on the role of authorised key holder within Debifi's multisig infrastructure.

Debifi is one of the leading Bitcoin-backed lending platforms, whereas their infrastructure set the standard of using a 3-of-4 multisig structure for loans. Four parties each hold a partial key: the borrower, lender, platform, and an authorised key holder in case of contingency. Three keys are required to move funds, ensuring no independent control over the collateral. Blockrise now holds the fourth key as authorised key holder, co-signing only in designated circumstances such as a borrower-lender disputes.

Blockrise operates its key within the same secure Hardware Security Module (HSM) infrastructure that powers its custody platform. Key generation, storage, and signing take place entirely within the devices, and private keys are never exposed outside the HSMs.

"I am super excited for this partnership with Debifi, which formed very naturally from the first day that we met," said Jos Lazet, Founder and CEO of Blockrise. "The hardware infrastructure and our experience with Bitcoin custody are the perfect fit for this partnership with Debifi.”

"For our clients, capital preservation is the absolute top priority. By partnering with Blockrise, a trusted key holder within our 3-of-4 multisig infrastructure, we resolve unforeseen edge cases at an institutional level. Our users retain maximum control and can sleep well at night,” said Max Kei, CEO of Debifi.

The partnership is active across the European Union. Blockrise and Debifi are announcing the partnership at BTC Prague 2026.

About Debifi

Debifi is an open source, non-custodial lending platform that allows users to unlock liquidity from their Bitcoin without selling, utilizing strict multisig security and zero rehypothecation. By providing transparent, on-chain verifiable infrastructure, Debifi empowers both risk averse borrowers and institutional lenders to interact securely on their own custom terms. Whether through robust API integrations for arbitrageurs or plug-and-play yield for regulated fintechs, Debifi delivers trust-minimized financial architecture for the entire ecosystem.

About Blockrise

Blockrise is a Bitcoin-only platform based in Rotterdam, on a mission to make bitcoin accessible without compromising what makes it valuable. Founded in 2017, it offers trading, asset management, and Bitcoin-backed loans trough Blockrise Lending BV. through a hybrid custody model that gives clients full ownership of their bitcoin. Regulated by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) under MiCAR, Blockrise serves individuals and businesses across Europe. Visit www.blockrise.com.

For interview requests and more information:

Jos Lazet, Founder and CEO Blockrise j.lazet@blockrise.com +31 10 848 1741

Tony Nakamoto, Debifi, lenders@debifi.com

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Blockrise restructures pricing: clients pay for service, not for holding

• Blockrise removes the percentage-based custody fee across all account types.
• The change separates ownership from service in Blockrise's pricing model.
• Clients now only pay for services used; ie. brokerage, lending, asset management, not for holding bitcoin.

Rotterdam, 10 June 2026, Blockrise, a Bitcoin platform supervised by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) under MiCAR, announced its custody fee will be reduced to 0% across all accounts.

A percentage-based custody fee is the industry standard, with numbers reaching up to 1% per annum. The fee scales with the value of a client's position, regardless of activity or service used. Blockrise reviewed that model against the operational reality of custody: the work of securing a wallet is the same whether a client holds 1 BTC or 100 BTC. The analysis led to the clear conclusion that percentage-based pricing belongs to categories of financial services where fees scale with complexity and effort. Bitcoin custody is not such a service, whereas charging a relative custody fee misaligns platform incentives with the long time preference bitcoin holders are trying to exercise.

Going forward, Blockrise now only charges clients for services that genuinely scale with effort: purchasing bitcoin, asset management mandates, bespoke services and Bitcoin-backed loans through Blockrise Lending B.V. This change makes Blockrise one of the first Bitcoin custodians where clients are charged no custody fee for simply holding bitcoin, directly competing with various crypto custody providers and other crypto platforms.

Blockrise states to support long-term growth of Bitcoin positions. Jos Lazet, Founder and CEO at Blockrise, mentioned "We want our incentives on the same side as our clients' time horizon. We earn when we do something for the client, through trades, lending or asset management, and not just because their position grew while nothing changed on our side.”

"The bitcoin's value proposition is built on low time preference," said Johan Dourleijn Bitcoin Strategy Advisor at Blockrise. "A fee structure that grows with conviction runs counter to that. At Blockrise, we built our wallet structure differently, which forces us to reinvent how we price. Each client holds their own segregated wallet, true to Bitcoin's original idea of be your own bank. That is nothing like traditional banking or fintech, and it changes what we should charge for: ownership is yours and verifiable on-chain, so the right model is to charge for service, not for holding."

Blockrise is working towards a broader repricing that separates ownership from service across its full product range, as the company recently added bank accounts to its product portfolio. The custody fee removal is merely a first step in the direction of becoming the leading Bitcoin-only company in the European Union.

About Blockrise

Blockrise is a Bitcoin-only platform based in Rotterdam, on a mission to make bitcoin accessible without compromising what makes it valuable. Founded in 2017, it offers trading, asset management, and Bitcoin-backed loans through Blockrise Lending BV, through a hybrid custody model that gives clients full ownership of their bitcoin. Regulated by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) under MiCAR, Blockrise serves individuals and businesses across Europe. Visit www.blockrise.com.

For interview requests and more information: Jos Lazet, Founder and CEO Blockrise, j.lazet@blockrise.com, +31 10 848 1741

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• The partnership’s goal is to offer users Bitcoin-friendly bank accounts.

• Blockrise is the first business to leverage bunq’s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) offer.

• bunq’s BaaS is the first of its kind, enabling companies to build upon bunq’s open API.
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Amsterdam, 29 April 2026 - bunq, Europe’s second-largest neobank, announced its partnership with Dutch Bitcoin platform Blockrise as part of bunq’s new Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering. Blockrise is the first business to leverage bunq’s platform, which integrates the neobank’s secure and regulated financial infrastructure directly into a business’s own products to improve user experience.
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Starting in the Netherlands, the collaboration enables Blockrise users to instantly access Bitcoin services with embedded bank accounts. All fiat deposits are protected up to €100,000 by the Dutch Deposit Guarantee Scheme through bunq’s European banking license, ensuring user trust and security.
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A first in the banking industry, bunq’s BaaS platform enables companies to build upon bunq’s open API, leveraging its security and speed. The service will help provide users with better, safer products by handling complex compliance and security requirements so they can innovate faster.
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“Up to now, Dutch Bitcoin users had to choose between security and convenience. With bunq's infrastructure, they get both - a bank account that works seamlessly with Bitcoin, protected by the Dutch Deposit Guarantee Scheme,” said Jos Lazet, Founder and CEO of Blockrise. “We are proud to be the first-ever Bitcoin platform that is able to offer full bank accounts to our clients.”
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“For over a decade, bunq’s mission has been to make life easy for our users. Now, we're taking that mission even broader," said Joe Wilson, Chief Evangelist at bunq. “By partnering with innovators like Blockrise, we empower them to build products that match their users’ wants and needs in a trusted and secure platform. This is how we help more people across Europe: by working with an exclusive group of like minded fintechs to create incredible user experiences.”
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About bunq

bunq, Europe’s second-largest neobank, has rebuilt banking from the ground up. As the world’s first GenAI-powered bank, bunq’s proprietary AI powers every part of the business, from helping users with their finances, to being baked into bunq’s own operations. By developing a product rooted in its users’ wants and needs, bunq makes life easy for location-independent people and businesses, starting from the way they manage money: how they spend, save, budget and invest.

Pioneering many things considered impossible, bunq was the first bank to get a European banking permit in over 35 years, raised the largest series A round ever secured by a European fintech (€193 million), and was the first EU neobank to achieve structural profitability. As part of its mission to build the first global neobank, in October 2025 bunq also took its first step into the US as an approved broker-dealer, with more  expansion to follow. Learn more: www.bunq.com.

About Blockrise

Blockrise is a Bitcoin-only platform based in Rotterdam, on a mission to make bitcoin accessible without compromising what makes it valuable. Founded in 2017, it offers trading, asset management, and Bitcoin-backed loans through a hybrid custody model that gives clients full ownership of their bitcoin. Regulated by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) under MiCAR, Blockrise serves individuals and businesses across Europe. Visit www.blockrise.com.