The only CBI advisory firm built by Bitcoiners, for Bitcoiners.
Most people don't think about leaving until it's too late. Until capital controls freeze their accounts, until a passport renewal gets denied, until the exit window narrows. A second citizenship isn't a luxury. For anyone holding real wealth in Bitcoin, it's infrastructure.
21 CBI is the only citizenship-by-investment advisory firm built by Bitcoiners, for Bitcoiners. We understand on-chain proof of funds, Lightning payments, and self-custody. Fiat and credit cards are accepted as well, and USDT on request; the goal is your sovereignty, not ours. But Bitcoin is how we think, and Bitcoiners are who we serve.
Every CBI firm we approached treated Bitcoin as a red flag, not an asset class. They wanted wire transfers. We wanted Lightning payments. They wanted bank statements. We wanted on-chain proof. They spoke in fiat. We thought in sats.
The firms that eventually started “accepting crypto” bolted it on as an afterthought; a payment option buried behind fiat-first workflows and bank-intermediary conversions. We didn't want to be tolerated. We wanted a CBI firm that was Bitcoin-native.
So we stopped looking and started building.
CEO, 21 CBI
Adam built 21 CBI after spending two years navigating the citizenship-by-investment process firsthand. Every firm in the industry treated Bitcoiners as compliance problems, not clients. US Air Force veteran. LL.M. in European and Comparative Law, University of Malta, where he wrote his legal thesis on Malta's sovereignty to continue its former Individual Investor Programme (IIP). Over a decade at the US Department of Homeland Security on immigration policy. Stacking sats since 2020. Running sovereign infrastructure (Lightning nodes, self-custody, Nostr) since before it was fashionable. Now based in Buenos Aires, personally navigating Argentine citizenship, advising clients across four continents. Licensed agent of The Bitcoin Office of El Salvador, authorized to process Freedom Passport applications under official government certification. Every engagement is direct, encrypted, and built around your timeline.
Book a confidential advisory session. Encrypted, no obligation, no payment required to start the conversation.
Adam begins accumulating Bitcoin and running sovereign infrastructure: Lightning nodes, self-custody, the full stack.
Two years of Bitcoin and CBI research during COVID. Adam found no firm that understood Bitcoin as an asset class. So he set out to build one.
The first Bitcoin-native CBI advisory launches as Bitcoin Lawyer, but offering every CBI program on the market proves unsustainable. The “everything to everyone” model fails.
21 CBI launches with a focused model: six curated programs, Bitcoin-first infrastructure, a 5% flat fee, and no hidden costs. Clients across four continents.
We don’t bolt Bitcoin on as an afterthought. On-chain proof of funds, Lightning invoices, self-custody verification; these aren’t add-ons. They’re how we built the firm. Fiat and cards work too; USDT on request. Your sovereignty doesn’t depend on your payment rails.
Our 5% advisory fee is calculated on the government program fee. That’s it. No markups on processing. No buried admin costs. No invoice that looks different at closing than it did on the first call. We publish the math that others hide.
We’ll tell you not to get a passport if it doesn’t serve your situation. No volume plays. Every recommendation is calibrated for your jurisdiction, your tax exposure, and your long-term mobility. Not our revenue targets.
No platform dashboard. No chatbot. No junior associate. One advisor who’s navigated the expat path firsthand. You reach us on Signal or PGP, not through a ticketing system or an email chain with “your case manager.”
Signal. PGP. Nostr. End-to-end encrypted document handling. Your identity, holdings, and strategy never touch an unencrypted channel. This isn’t a feature we market. It’s how we operate by default.
Four continents. Residency applications filed firsthand. Banking systems navigated in person. Immigration bureaucracies dealt with directly in the jurisdictions we advise on. We know what the forms don’t tell you because we’ve filled them out ourselves.
Bitcoin Lawyer Podcast
Host/Producer
IMI Daily
Published Contributor
“I’d talked to three CBI firms before 21 CBI. Two couldn’t answer basic Bitcoin source-of-funds questions. The third wanted me to wire fiat overseas without explaining the path. Adam walked me through every step on the first call, quoted the fee in sats, and stayed on the same Signal thread until the passport landed.”
Stefan K.
Software Engineer, Northern Europe
“The whole process took less than 90 days. No ticketing system, no “case manager” telling me my advisor was unavailable; just one direct line and a clear timeline. The transparency on government fees vs. advisory fees was the part that sold me before I even agreed to engage.”
Ravi M.
Early Bitcoin Investor, Southeast Asia
“I came to 21 CBI assuming I needed a Caribbean passport. Adam talked me out of it. Wrong fit for my tax situation, wrong fit for my travel pattern. He pointed me at a smaller program that actually matched what I needed. That kind of advice is worth more than any glossy brochure.”
Diego T.
Entrepreneur, Latin America
21 CBI sits inside the Bitcitizen ecosystem, a set of sovereign infrastructure tools built for Bitcoiners. Need a US business entity? That's BitWY. Need to renounce US citizenship after a second passport is in hand? That's Exitly. Need the strategic overview? That's Bitcitizen. Need a second passport? You're in the right place.
CBI programs are closing faster than new ones open. Malta’s Individual Investor Programme (IIP) was struck down by the EU Court of Justice in April 2025; Malta now operates a discretionary, merit-based naturalisation framework. The Caribbean is tightening under US pressure.
The programs available today may not exist next year. Book a confidential advisory session. Encrypted, no obligation, no payment required to start the conversation.
