Everyday MBA Using Bitcoin, Blockchain and AI for Financial Self-Sovereignty
Feb 28, 2026
Chandra Duggirala, CEO of Tides Network and builder of custody-less Bitcoin infrastructure, outlines tech that enables financial self-sovereignty. He covers seizure and censorship resistance, custody-less cross-chain trades with Portal, the rationale for holding Bitcoin, and RAFA.AI, an AI investing co-pilot that integrates with self‑custody tools.
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Bitcoin's Multi-Dimensional Financial Sovereignty
- Bitcoin embeds financial self-sovereignty through fixed monetary policy, seizure resistance, censorship resistance, and resistance to capital controls.
- Chandra explains these properties let someone carry value mentally via private keys and access it across borders without intermediary permission or seizure.
From Mt. Gox To Bridges A History Of Custodial Failures
- Centralized exchanges historically custodized user funds and repeatedly failed, citing Mt. Gox and FTX collapses as examples of lost customer assets.
- Chandra contrasts that with bridges and multi-sig solutions which also failed, causing billions lost when pegged assets couldn't be redeemed.
Custodyless Cross-Chain Transactions With BitScaler
- Portal to Bitcoin built a custody-less architecture enabling cross-chain Bitcoin transactions, removing the custodian as a single point of failure.
- This architecture preserves centralized-exchange-like UX while avoiding counterparty custody risk.