Tagged: crypto custody

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

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

June 21, 2023 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) has reportedly submitted an application for obtaining regulatory clearance to serve as a digital asset custodian, based in Germany, the bank revealed on Tuesday (June 20, 2023). As first reported by Bloomberg, this latest development from Deutsche Bank comes only… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) in order “to collaborate on digital assets, including digital asset custody.” Subject to regulatory approval, Standard Chartered plans “to launch digital asset custody services, starting in DIFC and… Read More

April 6, 2023 @ 8:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, which claims to be one of the world’s largest and trusted digital assets financial services ecosystems, announced that its institutional qualified custodian service, Cactus Custody, has integrated with NEAR Protocol, a Layer 1 blockchain ecosystem. The partnership “enables seamless support of the NEAR Protocol… Read More

February 10, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vaultavo Inc. has developed a patent-pending crypto custody solution “to address the security requirements of the institutional market and its clients.” The Vaultavo Custody Solution “combines the world’s first biometric digital asset custody smart card with state-of-the-art proprietary vaults and secure SaaS digital platform and… Read More

January 27, 2023 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US securities regulators are looking into the operations of investment advisers over crypto-asset custody. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is examining the activities of registered investment advisers over whether they’re following applicable guidelines around custody of customer digital assets. This, according to sources… Read More

September 21, 2022 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq Inc is reportedly placing a major bet on the crypto market, with the introduction of a digital assets unit that’s aimed at attracting institutional investors. The new division, called Nasdaq Digital Assets, will aim to provide custody services for crypto-assets, such as Bitcoin (BTC)… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 7:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Komainu, a regulated digital asset custody provider built by institutions for institutions, today announced provisional regulatory approval from the Government of Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority [VARA] to “commence operational readiness even as the application goes through the warranted due diligence in accordance with VARA… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based banking institution Barclays has reportedly taken a stake in Copper via the cryptocurrency custody company’s recent funding round and has invested substantially even though there’s less enthusiasm for volatile crypto-assets. This, according to an update from Sky News. Established back in 2018, Copper offers… Read More

May 6, 2022 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

METACO, which claims to be the leading provider of security-critical software and infrastructure to the digital asset ecosystem, recently announced a partnership with Brink’s, a key player in total cash management, route-based secure logistics and payment solutions. Brink’s extends METACO’s institutional digital asset custody services… Read More

November 18, 2021 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitstamp, which claims to be the longest-running crypto exchange, has announced Copper.co, the institutional gateway to crypto-asset investing, as an additional custody provider. Copper’s crypto custody solution should allow Bitstamp to provide a new set of crypto-assets to its clients across the globe, beginning with… Read More

October 18, 2021 @ 7:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hashbon, a project that aims to transform the decentralized cryptocurrency payment industry for individual users and businesses, reveals that they have expanded to the Hashbon FiRe (Finance Reinvented) ecosystem and also introduced a cross-chain DEX (CDEX), called Hashbon Rocket. The team says that they plan… Read More

August 19, 2021 @ 8:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) has teamed up with crypto-asset custodian Hex Trust in order to test out its digital asset custody services – which are compliant with the guidelines provided by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the nation’s reserve bank. Through… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-founder and President at Anchorage, notes that institutions are now able to hold governance token, dYdX (DYDX) starting from August 12, 2021. Diogo confirmed that the governance token will be supported by Anchorage custody. As explained in a blog post by Anchorage, dYdX is… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledgermatic, the treasury, finance and custody solution, reveals that it’s now live and “compatible for the Algorand ecosystem.” Businesses that use the Algorand network, hold Algo’s and use native ASA tokens are able to “leverage Ledgermatic as their custodian and back-office finance solution with a… Read More

July 4, 2021 @ 7:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-based digital asset custody provider Hex Trust revealed earlier this week that it has acquired a strategic investment from Cyberport, a local Fintech hub and digital community. The size of the investment has not been shared publicly. The new investment should allow Hex Trust… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-founder and President of Anchorage, notes that Anchorage Digital is pleased to confirm custody and staking support for Flow (FLOW). Diogo writes in a blog post, dated Tuesday (June 22, 2021), that for as long as Anchorage has existed as a company, it… Read More

June 14, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tyler Winklevoss, CEO at digital asset firm Gemini, recently noted that the company is pleased to confirm that they have completed the acquisition of Shard X, a developer of secure multi-party computation (MPC) cryptographic technology. As mentioned in the announcement, Gemini will be integrating Shard… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and President at Anchorage Digital, a leading crypto platform for institutional investors, has revealed that they are offering institutional Ethereum-backed loans via Anchorage Financing. Mónica confirmed in a blog post, dated June 3, 2021, that institutional clients at Anchorage now have access… Read More