Custody


Finance

Crypto Lender Celsius Faces Another Group of Customers Who Want Their Money Back

More than 60 of Celsius’ custodial-account holders petitioned a bankruptcy court to force the crypto lender to send them their funds back outside of the proceedings.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (Piaras Ó Mídheach/Web Summit via Sportsfile)

Finance

Credit Suisse Held $31M in ‘Digital Assets’ for Clients Last Quarter

The Swiss bank disclosed its custody of what are more likely tokenized securities than cryptocurrencies in keeping with SEC accounting guidance.

Credit Suisse is the latest banking giant to flirt with crypto. (Cayambe/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Crypto Custodian Copper to Connect to Solana for DeFi Access

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said the link will create new ways for institutional investors to access decentralized finance and digital assets.

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Tech

Fedi to Build Privacy-Focused Bitcoin Mobile App on Fedimint Protocol

The funds from a $4.2M seed round will be used to develop the Fedi mobile app built on top of Fedimint, a Bitcoin “community custody” protocol.

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Finance

Crypto Custodian Copper Soon to Close Delayed Funding Round: Sources

Copper’s Series C round will value the company around $2 billion, according to two sources. The firm sought a $3 billion valuation in November.

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Finance

Gnosis Safe Rebrands as Safe, Raises $100M

The platform renamed itself Safe following its community vote to separate from Ethereum infrastructure builder Gnosis.

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Finance

Coinbase Doesn’t Offer Liability Protection, but That’s No Reason to Panic

The crypto exchange's announcement last month is a sign of regulatory progress to come, according to one institutional investor.

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Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Qredo Adds Blockchain Analytics to FATF ‘Travel Rule’ Offering

Qredo is bringing its APIs to bear on the global push for crypto AML compliance.

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Finance

Japanese Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Trust to Establish Digital Asset Custodian: Report

The bank's pivot to digital assets comes alongside a global banking shift toward cryptocurrencies.

Tokyo, Japan (thetalkinglens/Unsplash)