Custody


Finance

Sygnum Bank Expands Custody to Include Leading Crypto Options Exchange Deribit

Sygnum and Deribit are now leveraging crypto custodian Fireblocks' "Off Exchange" service

Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers (Extreme right) at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Custodian Taurus Expands Footprint to Turkey Through BankPozitif Collaboration

Turkey's economic woes have buoyed crypto adoption in recent years as users have turned to cryptocurrency as a lifeline against double-digit inflation

From left to right: Lamine Brahimi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner; Dr. Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Co-Founder and CSO; Oren-Olivier Puder, Co-Founder and Chairman; Sébastien Dessimoz,  Co-Founder and Managing Partner (Taurus)

Finance

Copper Hires Tammy Weinrib as Chief Compliance Officer for Americas as it Expands in U.S.

Weinrib previously worked at crypto exchanges Binance.US and Gemini.

Copper makes hire

Finance

BitGo Unveils Retail Crypto Custody Platform

BitGo said the retail offering provides the same institutional-grade security guarantees under the hood that the firm’s existing customers are familiar with.

BitGo

Finance

Copper to Offer Custody Services for Tokenized Money Market Funds Such as BlackRock's BUIDL

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.

Amar Kuchinad, Copper's global CEO (Copper)

Tech

Justin Sun Might Be Good for Wrapped Bitcoin, Says New Custodian's Director

Robert Liu, a member of the board of Hong Kong-based BiT Global, which was recently added by BitGo as an additional custodian to the bitcoin-on-Ethereum token known as wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), notes in an exclusive interview that Tron founder Justin Sun has come to the aid of customers in the past.

Tron party at Bitcoin Nasvhille (Bradley Keoun)

Finance

Crypto Custodian Copper Appoints Former SEC Advisor Amar Kuchinad as New Global CEO

Former CEO Dmitry Tokarev will continue as the board's founder director.

Crypto custody firm Copper receives TCSP license in Hong Kong as part of Asia Pacific expansion. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Commerzbank to Offer Bitcoin, Ether Trading Through Crypto Finance

The service will be offered to existing Commerzbank corporate clients in Germany, and will start with bitcoin and ether trading.

Commerzbank Tower in financial district, Frankfurt, Germany (Marco Bottigelli/Getty)

Opinion

Building Robust Digital Asset Custody Solutions: Key Considerations

Private blockchain, smart contracts, and specialized oracles - Mohammad Nauman, Director of Custody Engineering at Bullish explores the essential elements to consider when building a secure and efficient digital asset custody infrastructure.

Castle in clouds

Finance

Zenrock Aims to Calm Users' DeFi Wobbles With Decentralized Custody Offering

Crypto custody upstart Qredo has got a new lease of life after being bought out of administration by Dan Tapiero’s 10T Holdings and 1RoundTable Partners. The company is soon to relaunch as Zenrock.

Zenrock Chairman Dan Tapiero (second from right). (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)