Custody


Finance

Cubist Launches Bank-Grade Ethereum Key Management Service

The company also announced Web3 staking provider Ankr as its first key management customer.

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Finance

Nomura-Backed Komainu to Offer Segregated Crypto Collateral Product for Institutions

Komainu Connect will let clients deploy digital assets in collateralization scenarios, while they remain in segregated custody and verifiable on chain.

Statue of Komainu, the lion-dog (Shutterstock)

Tech

Crypto Custody Firm BitGo Releases Security Features Aimed at Bitcoin Ordinals

Custody provider BitGo has released a security tool for protecting Bitcoin Ordinals Inscriptions from accidental transfers.

Ordinals is exploding on Bitcoin (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stuttgart Stock Exchange Unit Secures BaFin License for Crypto Custody

Among the institutions it expects to make use of this offering are banks, brokers, asset managers and family offices.

Boerse Stuttgart has received approval to serve as crypto custodian. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Nasdaq Aiming to Debut Crypto Custody Service by Q2 End: Bloomberg

The stock exchange operator announced its intentions last September as it looked to respond to the demand from institutional crypto investors

Nasdaq is seeking approval from regulators to allow the launch and trading of options tied to the price of bitcoin. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Copper to Lay Off Up to 15% of Staff, Focus on Crypto Custody, Settlement

The process is just getting under way and the company, which employs about 300, said it cannot put an exact number on job losses.

Copper CEO Dmitry Tokarev (Copper)

Opinion

Bitcoin Ordinals Custody Solutions Would Be Better if They Embraced Bitcoiner Values

The perfect Ordinals wallet should (1) integrate Ordinals support without requiring a full node, (2) be easy to use for the average collector, (3) follow Bitcoin's great cultural tradition of embracing self-custody and trustless transacting.

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Opinion

The SEC's Custody Rule Would Be a Net Positive for Crypto

Crypto exchanges should be required to separate their custody and trading businesses, says Mike Belshe, the CEO of BitGo.

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Finance

DZ, Germany's Second-Largest Bank, Taps Metaco for Digital Asset Custody

This is the fourth such partnership Metaco has made with major financial institutions in eight months.

Metaco's leadership team (Metaco)

Policy

SEC’s Shadow Crypto Rule Taking Shape as Enforcement Cases Mount

The U.S. securities regulator has now issued dozens of actions outlining how it defines a crypto security and which firms should be exchanges, but the industry is in a holding pattern.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)