Tagged: custody

August 27, 2022 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liminal, a wallet operations infrastructure, extended its existing partnership with Polygon to offer staking “within the digital wallet platform.” Digital asset holders may now “benefit from the security of Liminal’s self-custody wallets along with the earnings potential of staking on Polygon.” Furthermore, with this announcement… 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 2, 2022 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Fireblocks, a digital asset services firms that provides custody solutions, has partnered with Tokeny – a top security token platform. According to a company statement, Fireblocks aims to provide the ability for customers to mint and manage permissioned digital assets such as securities and stablecoins…. Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atato, a licensed digital asset custodian offering MPC custodial solution aimed at corporates and institutions, announced the close of their successful Series A round, “affirming bullish sentiment for infrastructure projects in blockchain-related markets.” Led by AlphaLab Capital and FEBE Ventures, Atato’s Series A investment round… 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

July 1, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Societe Generale – FORGE, a “fully” integrated subsidiary of Societe Generale, providing issuers and investors with end-to-end services to issue, invest and manage digital-native security tokens registered on public blockchains, has selected METACO, a provider of digital asset management technology and infrastructure, “to orchestrate its… 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

June 22, 2022 @ 5:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prime Trust, a custody provider and overall enabler of digital assets, has raised $100 million in Series B funding according to an email from the firm. Investors included FIS, Fin Capital, Mercato Partners, Kraken Ventures, Commerce Ventures, William Blair & Company, Decasonic, University Growth Fund,… Read More

June 6, 2022 @ 6:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, the provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading solutions, recently announced that it has been approved for membership of the Swiss Financial Services Standard Association (VQF) via Copper’s Swiss entity based in Zug. Copper’s VQF membership “provides assurance to its clients regarding the… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 6:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Mercari Derivatives Exchange, a regulated Australian derivatives exchange market operator, has selected Switzerland-based METACO to provide digital asset custody technology. In a company statement, Mercari noted that it is deploying its technology on IBM Cloud leveraging the capabilities of IBM’s digital asset infrastructure. This past… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 4:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prime Trust, a platform that enables both digital and traditional assets including custody, has gained a SOC 2 Type 2 certification for managing customer data, according to a company statement. David Pigott, Prime Trust Chief Security & Risk Officer, said the new certification is further… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 5:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinList has announced the launch of CoinList Digital Asset Services. CoinList described the business line as a “new chapter ” for the digital asset firm. CoinList is a digital asset issuance ecosystem as well as a trading platform. The company has powered many big crypto… Read More

April 26, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Scott Purcell, the founder of Prime Trust (and Fund America) and former CEO, is moving into the NFT or non-fungible token market, aiming to provide “peace of mind” and security for these digital assets – somewhat similar to what he did for other assets. In… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced that State Street Digital, the company’s dedicated Digital unit, has entered into a licensing agreement with Copper.co, a London-headquartered provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading infrastructure. State Street Digital will “leverage Copper.co’s technology to develop and, subject… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitpanda, an Austrian digital asset exchange, has acquired Trustology, according to a statement by Bitpanda. The move aims to bring in-house custody services for digital assets. Bitpanda stated: “We’re thrilled to welcome Trustology to Team Bitpanda! As one of the fastest-growing Fintechs, international expansion and… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Genesis Custody Limited has been authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a Registered Cryptoasset Business. Genesis is a digital currency prime brokerage. Genesis Custody provides multi-asset cold storage for full custody of client assets. Genisis states that clients’ private keys are fully… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Copper, an “institutional gateway to digital asset investing,” has added former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond to its board of advisors. Lord Hammond is one of only three people to have served continuously in the UK cabinet from 2010 to 2019, serving under Prime Ministers David Cameron… Read More

October 5, 2021 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

US Bank, one of the largest retail banks in the US, is now supporting cryptocurrency custody, according to a statement by the bank. Available via its Global Fund Services clients, the custody offering is designed to provide a safekeeping solution for Bitcoin with additional digital… Read More

July 28, 2021 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Prime Trust, an infrastructure Fintech that provides key services to financial services like custody, has raised $64 million at an undisclosed valuation. Simultaneously, Prime Trust said it is currently generating $100 million run rate in annual revenue. The funding round was led by Mercato Partners,… Read More