Some companies are building Bitcoin features. A small number are building the conditions for Bitcoin to become the world's reserve asset. Jan3 is squarely in the second group. Founded in 2022 by Samson Mow, the company's stated mission is hyperbitcoinization — the process by which Bitcoin moves from a niche asset to the global monetary base — and it is pursuing that mission on multiple fronts at once.

On the consumer side, Jan3's flagship product is AQUA, a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet built with emerging-market users in mind. AQUA is designed for everyday payments and savings, with native Lightning support and Liquid integration to help users with low or volatile incomes hold and transact in Bitcoin. On the institutional side, Jan3 advises sovereign governments and large entities on how to integrate Bitcoin into their treasuries and payment infrastructure.

This is the Fulgur thesis at full scale. Bitcoin's most important growth vector is not another DeFi cycle — it is people and countries adopting it as money. Jan3 is one of the very few teams credibly working at both ends of that adoption curve, with the consumer software needed for individuals and the policy expertise needed for sovereigns. The two reinforce each other.

The market is the world. Inflation, capital controls, and unstable banking systems push hundreds of millions of people each year toward dollar substitutes. Bitcoin is the only neutral, internet-native option among them. The team that helps countries and citizens make that transition smoothly will play a defining role in the next decade of monetary history.

We partnered with Jan3 in 2023 and continue to back the team as it pushes hyperbitcoinization from a thesis into a roadmap.