Search Results for: digital asset custody

January 16, 2025 @ 7:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper, a firm focused on digital asset custody, collateral management, and prime services, is pleased to announce a partnership with Agora, the stablecoin issuer of AUSD (the “first” fully collateralized, freely tradable digital dollar). Copper now offers custody support for Agora’s AUSD, a digital dollar… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bergos, the independent Swiss Private Bank, is pleased to announce its partnership with Sygnum Bank, a global banking group for digital assets. This collaboration provides the Zurich-based Private Bank’s clients with  access to “regulated trading and secure custody of cryptocurrencies.” The range of tradable cryptocurrencies… Read More

November 30, 2024 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper, a digital asset custody, collateral management, and prime services provider, has partnered with Marinade Finance, a self-custodial automation tool for Solana staking that helps SOL holders find the highest staking rate on Solana. This strategic partnership integrates Copper’s infrastructure “with Marinade Finance, one of… Read More

September 23, 2024 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Representative Patrick McHenry, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Senator Cynthia Lummis have sent a letter demanding the Securities and Exchange Commission rescind Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121.  The bicameral letter has been signed by 42 members of Congress. Both Lummis and McHenry… Read More

August 31, 2024 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry association for exchanges and central clearing counterparties, has released recommendations that establish good practice for crypto-asset custody providers, drawing lessons from traditional financial markets to guide the emerging digital asset space. The ruling against FTX and… Read More

August 11, 2024 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hex Trust, a fully-licensed digital asset custodian announced an integration with Talos, the provider of institutional trading technology for digital assets, that will supplement trading capabilities for its clients. Hex Trust is set to become a custodian “within the Talos Provider Network, offering its digital… Read More

July 9, 2024 @ 9:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stacking DAO, the liquid staking platform on the Stacks blockchain, has forged a partnership with Copper, a digital asset custody, collateral management and prime services provider. Stacking DAO offers users the ability “to partake in Stacks consensus staking rewards while simultaneously engaging in diverse DeFi… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse has removed the crypto custody fee on USDC holdings, effective immediately. This move follows a collaboration with Circle, the issuer of USDC, announced in January 2024. The partnership aims to expand USDC liquidity in Europe “by maximizing its usage across all Bitcoin Suisse… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper, a firm focused on digital asset custody, collateral management, and prime services, is pleased  to announce its integration with Sui, a Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform. The partnership will enable robust custody infrastructure support “for stablecoin and Real-World Asset (RWA) issuers on… Read More

May 17, 2024 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

io.finnet has launched a new digital asset custody solution catering to institutions. The company says that “”io.vault” has signed up several institutional players including Ibanera and Evo Exchange. io.vault aims to support clients in the OTC sector, DeFi platforms, crypto exchanges, active trading funds, and… Read More

May 6, 2024 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper, which claims to be one of the industry’s leading digital asset custodians, today announced the integration of The Open Network (TON), a decentralized and self-governing blockchain network, into its infrastructure. Access to Tether’s newly launched USDT-TON has now “been fully integrated directly into Copper’s… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo, the custody and wallet solutions provider for digital assets, hires Brett Reeves for BitGo’s expansion in Europe. Brett brings 20+ years of experience in traditional finance to BitGo, “including work for various global investment banks within their Prime Brokerage and OTC Clearing sales teams.”… Read More

March 7, 2024 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart wallet tech provider Safe is reporting that it has surpassed $100 billion in assets secured. At the same time, Switzerland based firm has hired Julian Grigo, former Managing Director at Solaris, as Head of Institutions and Fintech. Safe, previously Gnosis Safe, is an on-chain… Read More

February 1, 2024 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taurus SA announces it has joined the ERC3643 Association. This move is said to establish Taurus “as one of the first digital asset custody and tokenization infrastructure providers to join the association, marking a significant step in the advancement of smart contract standardization, and reinforcing… Read More

December 15, 2023 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Swiss credit fintech Teylor and digital asset custody and tokenization provider Taurus launch the Teylor ledger-based security, aiming “to make SME credit accessible as an asset class.” Teylor originates and manages SME loans “through its Teylor credit platform.” By tokenizing part of this credit… Read More

December 3, 2023 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Julian Sawyer is CEO of Zodia Custody, a digital asset custodian backed by Standard Chartered, in association with Northern Trust and SBI Holdings. Zodia Custody provides bank-grade custody services for institutional investors in digital assets, enabling them to enter the digital asset space within the same… Read More

November 2, 2023 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo, the provider of financial services for digital assets, announces that its subsidiary in Germany, BitGo Europe GmbH, has received a crypto custody license from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). BitGo has already been storing crypto assets “for its customers since 2019, also… Read More

September 29, 2023 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, one of the industry’s leading digital asset custodians, is pleased to announce an enhancement to its existing integration with Stellar, a decentralized, open-source blockchain network designed to connect the financial systems and democratize economic participation. This enhancement allows institutional clients to trade an even… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CACEIS, the asset servicing unit that’s owned by Credit Agricole (ACA.PA) and Santander (NYSE: SAN), has reportedly registered with France’s markets regulator AMF in order to offer digital asset custody services (including cryptocurrencies). The firm has registered as a digital asset service provider (DASP) on… Read More

January 27, 2023 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, the provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading solutions, announces the appointment of Lord (Philip) Hammond of Runnymede, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, as Chair. He takes up this role with “immediate effect.” Lord Hammond has “served as a Senior Adviser to… Read More