The FSTB and SFC concluded consultations on virtual regimes and plan to introduce new bill to LegCo next year.
The move aims to position Paxos to serve growing institutional demand for on-chain asset issuance and stablecoin payments.
Anchorage Digital is opening institutional pathways into Bitcoin-native DeFi, providing a regulated gateway to BOB’s hybrid Bitcoin–Ethereum ecosystem.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Pascal Eberle writes about redefining the custody standards for banking and Andy Baehr explains how the crypto market is awaiting a new leader to spark its next rally.
Wall Street’s biggest balance sheets are quietly rebuilding the crypto stack under the banner of tokenization and custody. What began as a defensive stance toward digital assets is turning into an infrastructure shift: bringing fund administration, cash management, and settlement onto blockchain rails that look more like BNY Mellon’s LiquidityDirect platform than a typical crypto […]
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The deal gives institutions 24/7 trading access while keeping assets in segregated custody wallets
Another no-action letter from the agency staff signals the SEC's view that state-chartered trusts are fine for handling digital asset custody.
German regulator BaFin clears expansion as BitGo adds trading to its custody and staking services.
Crypto Finance's new application, AnchorNote, lets clients trade across multiple venues while keeping assets in regulated custody.
The firm is targeting an early 2026 launch, backed by investors such as Shopify, Wealthsimple and National Bank.
NYDIG will serve as the bank’s sub-custodian for digital assets.
The inaugural transaction State Street anchored was a $100 million digital commercial paper issuance by OCBC.
A regulatory review earlier this year found weaknesses in some exchanges’ cyber defenses, prompting the SFC to set new custody standards for licensed platforms.
Cryptocurrency exchanges have been rolling out stricter controls and clearer disclosures on how user funds are safeguarded.
The move follows Ripple's application for a national banking license and a Federal Reserve master account to further integrate with the U.S. financial system.
Ripple chose world’s biggest custodian bank BNY to safeguard the cash and Treasurys backing its RLUSD stablecoin.
The trial focuses solely on crypto custody, with no plans for trading services, according to the report.
Deutsche's prior involvement in crypto custody has largely been through Swiss custodian Taurus, of which the German bank is both an investor and a client
The Seychelles-based exchange it working with crypto custodian BitGo Singapore, using its Go Network for off-exchange settlement.
Ran Goldi, SVP of payments at Fireblocks, reviews the strategic moves as stablecoin issuers look to corner the market.
The attack on Bybit in February, which saw nearly $1.5 billion worth of digital assets stolen, was the largest hack of a crypto exchange in dollar terms ever.
Sygnum and Deribit are now leveraging crypto custodian Fireblocks' "Off Exchange" service
Turkey's economic woes have buoyed crypto adoption in recent years as users have turned to cryptocurrency as a lifeline against double-digit inflation
Weinrib previously worked at crypto exchanges Binance.US and Gemini.
The biggest challenge in MiCA compliance was allocating resources to build the required infrastructure, Gemini’s head of Europe said.
The Hashgraph Association has partnered with Taurus to advance secure custody, staking and tokenizing Hedera’s HBAR cryptocurrency globally.
The impeached South Korean president was taken into custody for questioning by South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office on Jan. 15.
Multichain custody gives you more security and control over your digital assets in the increasingly interconnected world of Web3.
The crypto custodian's clients can use money market fund tokens as collateral in derivatives trades after the company received approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in Abu Dhabi.
The business plan for WBTC is to increase the outstanding amount by five to 10 times what is now, just under $10 billion – using a geographically diversified custodial setup that might be more appealing to buyers outside the U.S