Casa-Branded Case Brings Military Tech to Bitcoin Wallet Protection

Bitcoin management startup Casa now offers a full suite of cypherpunk devices.

Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Casa just rolled out "Faraday bags" for hardware cryptocurrency wallets - protective cases made to block electronic signals often associated with remote wiping or alteration of the data stored on hardware devices.

"We didn't see anyone else providing a good enough case. So we went to the extreme and found a pro in the market and designed this together," Casa CEO Jeremy Welch told CoinDesk via email.

"We wanted something that would protect the device from a wide variety of potential risks, water, dust, etc., and also anything electronic, wireless signal, GPS, bluetooth, any kind of radio signal all the way up to and including any potential EMP blasts."

Welch says hundreds of Platinum and Diamond Casa members, paying upwards of $1,800 a year, have already received the cases as exclusive perks.

The startup offers branded hardware wallets in addition to the Faraday bags, key management mobile apps, the above-mentioned nodes and other services related to self-custodied bitcoin storage.

Casa's Welch said his team of roughly 20 employees will continue researching and improving the tools they provide clients interested in self-sovereign bitcoin management.

Plus, Casa collaborates with several device manufacturers across its offerings, including hardware wallet-makers Trezor and Ledger, to protect clients from supply-chain attacks specific to any device.

"We're looking to improve on that every year so that people will want to keep re-subscribing, and continue being a part of Casa.".

Speaking to Casa's broader mission, Welch said the startup wants to make "Key management and a node" in every home accessible to all.