Custody


Finance

Bitfinex to Enhance Clients' Assets Security Using Zodia Custody's Interchange Product

Zodia's Interchange allows clients to keep their assets on its platform, while their holdings are mirrored and available on an exchange for trading.

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Policy

SEC’s Gensler Throws More Crypto Punches in Congressional Hearing

Gary Gensler, while avoiding answers on bitcoin ETFs, argues in testimony that crypto firms dangerously mix assets in a way outlawed in other corners of the financial system.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler peppered the crypto industry with criticisms in congressional testimony.  (Courtesy of the House Financial Services Committee)

Policy

CZ Denies Binance.US Used Ceffu or Binance Custody in Apparent Contradiction

Binance.US previously told a DC court it used custody software offered by Binance’s international arm that was later rebranded Ceffu.

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance Is Supposedly Separate From Crypto Custodian Ceffu. The SEC Has Questions

As regulators prepare to square off with one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges in court, Ceffu has denied any ties to Binance or U.S. operations. The reality is murkier.

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Finance

German Finance Heavyweights Develop Fully-Insured Crypto Staking Offering, Plan 2024 Release

Boerse Stuttgart Digital has already obtained a digital asset custody license in Germany.

Stuttgart Stock Exchange, owner of Boerse Stuttgart Digital (Boerse Stuttgart)

Finance

BitGo, Swan to Form Bitcoin-Only Trust Company

"It's important to us to build a custodian without the risks of securing many altcoins within the same trust company as bitcoin," Swan CEO Cory Klippsten said.

Full Shows – Consensus: Distributed

Finance

Phishing Attack on Cloud Provider With Fortune 500 Clients Led to $15M Crypto Theft From Fortress Trust

CoinDesk has identified the vendor, previously blamed but not named by Fortress for the theft that helped spur the trust company's deal to sell itself to Ripple.

(Alpha Rad/Unsplash)

Finance

Zodia Custody Looks to Drive Institutional Access to Polkadot Ecosystem

The company plans to provide custody for the Polkadot ecosystem, offering digital asset storage services for financial institutions

a rank of safe deposit boxes

Finance

Banking Powerhouse HSBC Working With Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks: Sources

Fireblocks, which specializes in cryptocurrency safekeeping technologies such as multi-party computation (MPC), already works with BNY Mellon and BNP Paribas.

HSBC at Canary Wharf, London (Danny Nelson)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Qredo Integrates Circle’s USDC Stablecoin

The new toolkit allows USDC to be the ultimate gas token on any blockchain.

Ben Whitby, Qredo’s head of strategic partnerships (Qredo)