Ash_Law

I am nearly 4+ Months In WhatsApp I think of WhatsApp like a shared language, spoken by 3bn+ people. Sometimes we use words, and sometimes it’s a voice note to a parent, a sticker that ends an argument, or a "that was a fun dinner” at the end of the night. Language is at the heart of everything we as people do. We write letters, tell stories, get things done and make plans for the future. A WhatsApp chat is often where we start.  Like any language, the people who use it shape it. They don't wait for permission. They find new things to say, and new ways to say them. Often, our users show us what should come next based on how they’re using the app and communicating in the world.  I’ve spent the last few months listening and understanding what our users want from us and what I heard is simple: help people stay close to those who matter to them, and get more done on WhatsApp. So that's what we'll build. First, we want to make connections richer. Sometimes hearing someone's voice, sending a joke, agreeing on a plan or knowing they're safe is the whole point. People send over 10 billion voice messages and over 4 billion stickers on WhatsApp every day. As the way people communicate evolves, we will evolve these experiences with them. We'll make voice notes, groups, stickers and video simpler and more expressive, because how people feel close keeps changing. Second, we want anything you do on WhatsApp to be as simple as sending a message. Too many things start in a chat and end with many more steps somewhere else: paying a bill, borrowing money, staying connected when you travel. Each handoff to another task costs time. We're working with financial services and telecom partners so that finishing something feels as easy as starting it. Third, we want to make this all more efficient with AI. It should quietly find what you need, get things done and make sure you never miss a booking or an appointment. The best technology saves you time, so you can get back to the connections that matter. None of this works without trust. WhatsApp handles over 100 billion messages and 2 billion calls every day. Trust takes years to earn and a moment to lose, and I don't take that lightly. Whatever we build, WhatsApp must remain simple, reliable and private. These principles we’ve had for years aren’t changing. Your personal messages and calls stay end-to-end encrypted. This and our quality bar stays the same. What happens inside WhatsApp only matters for what it makes possible outside it: more time together, stronger communities, and fewer barriers between people and the lives they want to live. Onwards.

B HODL UPDATE @bitcoinhodlco | AQSE: $HODL | OTCQB: $BHODF | FRA: $F5S Corporate: Annual Report and Investor Presentation 2026 Our Annual Report and Investor Presentation 2026, for the year ended 30 June 2026, is now available. Highlights include: • 167.487 BTC held at 21 October 2026 • Sats per share up 8.8% since the proceeds of admission were deployed, from 110.7 to 120.4 • £109,575 raised through the ATM, only at a premium to NAV, and 3.19 million shares bought back below NAV • Launch of our Lightning Service Provider platform in May 2026, our second core business line • An outline of Ordinary Backed Loans, for shareholder approval at the AGM We've written the report both for shareholders who are new to Bitcoin as well as those who have held for a long time, with short primers on ‘Why Bitcoin’ and ‘Why Lightning’ to make the business and our business plan as accessible as possible to a wide audience. Business Development: Bitmela, India I travelled to Jaipur for @thebitmela, India's first Bitcoin festival. It brought together more than 1,000 attendees and 40+ speakers, with Bitcoiners flying in from Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, the US, the UK and beyond. Going was a direct expression of the strategy in our annual report. As the "Beyond the Lucky Billion" section explains, only around one billion people live with access both to a relatively stable currency and to the rule of law. Everyone else is Lightning's real addressable market. That is why a meaningful share of B HODL's business development is directed at the global south: where existing financial infrastructure is ripe for new technologies, the need is greatest, and so is the likely growth in demand for Lightning services. Our market is global by nature, not by ambition. Bitmela was a terrific gathering filled with fascinating people working in, or interested in, the industry; but two highlights perhaps. First, it gave us access to high-net-worth individuals and potential investors in India. Secondly, I sponsored the festival's ideathon, which put us in direct contact with new builders, some of whom may need LSP services for the products they are building. Two such examples were Lilpay (fronted by @airxashish), and PayAgents. Lilpay presented a really interesting online micropayments solution - it's astonishing to realize we still haven't really solved online micro payments, especially when it is exactly the kind of product Lightning is built for. PayAgents (@payagents) are aiming to enable AI agents easily to to pay and get paid, using Bitcoin over Lightning as a simple solution. Such ideas are compelling evidence that younger builders are moving in the right direction to solve really interesting problems, and in a direction where BHODL may be able to gather new partners and forge new business relationships. Congratulations from me and from the company to all the finalists for an excellent set of presentations. Keep building! I also gave a keynote (in B HODL merch, of course) on hard money: what people do when the money in their pocket stops working. I drew on my own family's experience of hyperinflation in Zimbabwe and what we did as a result. A few posts in thread to give a flavour of the event. Media: The Bitcoin Edge Podcast and Times Radio I joined @PaulaBTCEdge on The Bitcoin Edge show for a wide-ranging conversation covering growing up in Zimbabwe and Syria, hyperinflation, self-custody, AI and hacks, privacy, why Bitcoin is a human rights issue, and my prior work with Bitcoin Policy UK. Additionally, I was delighted to join @mulkerrins on @TimesRadio for a briefing on the Binance hack and its implications. Catch up link below, time stamp for the start of the interview is 1hr 07. Thanks for having me on! And thank you as ever to all shareholders for your continued support. Follow B HODL for updates on Bitcoin treasury strategy, Lightning infrastructure, and UK policy engagement.

Such an incredibly good conference, if you missed it you better not miss next year!

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