Tagged: custody solutions

March 4, 2023 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xapo Bank, a Bitcoin custodian and licensed private bank, has partnered with Lightspark and integrated with the Lightning Network “to enable lightning-fast Bitcoin payments for its customers.” Xapo Bank members “can now instantly pay for small purchases of up to $100 USD at any vendor… Read More

December 15, 2022 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, and BNY Mellon | Pershing, a provider of clearing and custody solutions, announced that the web-based version of the ICE Connect wealth management platform has been “integrated into BNY Mellon |… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amidst recent escalating concerns over digital asset security, global blockchain solutions provider ChainUp Group announced that it is “utilizing the multi-party computation (MPC) technology as part of a multi-layered security architecture to ensure the highest security standards of its digital asset custody solutions.” The multi-layered… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading solutions, announces  that it “has $500m of insurance for digital assets in cold storage.” Cover has been “arranged by global professional services firm Aon (NYSE: AON), using a panel of insurers led by Canopius, a global… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso, the cryptocurrency platform in Latin America with over 5 million users, and Everest, the “first” licensed crypto custodian offering stablecoins, announced their partnership to provide Everest users “with the ability to receive cross-border transactions from the US, Europe, and Singapore into Mexico.” The Mexico-US… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Gemini are pleased to further their partnership with  Australian fund manager Holon Global Investments, “serving as the custodian partner for their unlisted retail Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Filecoin (FIL) funds.” The BTC, ETH, and FIL held by the… 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

June 23, 2022 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) announced that it has selected METACO to develop and pilot digital asset custody capabilities. This collaboration “brings together METACO’s technology and digital solutions with Citi’s expansive custody network to develop a platform to enable clients to store and settle digital assets seamlessly… 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 4, 2021 @ 9:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lynx Global has partnered with cryptoasset custody and trading solutions provider Copper.co to improve financial inclusion to the underserved population in Southeast Asia. The process begins with the digital hotbed of the Philippines. Under this association, Copper.co will provide custody and complete institutional cryptoasset trading… Read More

April 7, 2021 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini says that their international footprint “reflects crypto’s global reach.” As the company continues to expand its business operations, they are increasingly supporting “a range of clients around the world,” the Gemini team notes in an April 7, 2021 blog post. The… Read More

February 19, 2021 @ 3:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger Vault has reportedly entered into agreement with Nexo in order to secure and protect clients’ funds. Ledger Vault aims to provide institutional-grade self-custody to Nexo. Through the partnership, which was announced on February 10, 2020, the companies will be focused on providing clients with… Read More

February 19, 2021 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The IOTA Foundation has teamed up with Curv Custody in order to expand the IOTA Token Ecosystem. The IOTA developers noted that they’re pleased to confirm that the IOTA token will “soon be available” on Curv’s “industrial-grade” digital asset custody platform. With IOTA’s planned Chrysalis… Read More

December 17, 2020 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Singapore-based Propine, a regulated digital asset custodian, notes that 3 months ago, the company was selected by blockchain platform Zilliqa as one of 8 startups to take part in the ZILHive Accelerator program. The Propine team has now confirmed that they managed… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 7:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jameson Lopp, CTO at Bitcoin (BTC) focused firm Casa, notes that large to mid-sized corporations using Bitcoin as a primary reserve asset in their treasuries has become quite a hot topic this year, mainly because of business intelligence firm Microstrategy’s “all-in” move. There’s also the… Read More

December 2, 2020 @ 2:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Millennium Trust Company, a U.S.-based provider of alternative asset custody solutions to institutions, advisors, and individuals, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new Trade Center, as well as the digital experience enhancements. According to Millennium, the Trade Center allows users to easily invest in securities,… Read More

November 5, 2020 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finoa has partnered with Skale Labs in order to offer institutional-grade custody support for SKALE, which is the native token that’s used to power the SKALE Network. The SKALE Network is an Ethereum-as-a-service platform that has been developed to support the “exponential” growth of the… Read More

October 17, 2020 @ 6:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Custody, a qualified custodian that operates as a standalone, independently-capitalized business to Coinbase Inc., is considering adding support for new crypto-assets. Coinbase Custody notes that it focuses on offering a “highly” secure and “sophisticated” storage solution for institutional investors and individuals that hold large… Read More

May 5, 2020 @ 12:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Germany-based Black Manta Capital Partners, a security token offering (STO) platform, has teamed up with Finoa, a digital asset custody firm, in order to offer custody solutions for security tokens to institutional clients. Both companies aim to work together to create a compliant security token… Read More