2021-5-26 16:47 |
The crypto custody business blossomed in 2019, spearheaded by fintech firms, but now its center of gravity might be shifting.
origin »
|
Crypto custody firm NYDIG has joined hands with Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), a leading FinTech company to help US banks integrate crypto in their operations. The two firms seek to develop a solution that will let banks offer their clients the ability to purchase, hold, and sell Bitcoin (BTC) through their bank accounts.
2021-5-5 23:23 | |
|
|
The Bank of New York Mellon, known as BNY Mellon, is one of several investment firms investing in Fireblocks, a startup platform for digital asset custody. The post Silicon Valley VCs and BNY Mellon announce $133M million investment in Fireblocks for Bitcoin custody appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2021-3-20 04:03 | |
|
|
Custody tech provider METACO and forex trading platform Cobalt want to rewire the financial system to handle cryptocurrency.
2021-2-2 17:00 | |
|
|
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has expanded its regulatory remit of the crypto space to include all cryptocurrency financial service providers.
2021-1-26 12:57 | |
|
|
U.S. lawmakers asked the SEC and FINRA to clarify how crypto firms can become registered broker-dealers and provide custody services for crypto assets.
2020-12-10 22:45 | |
|
|
Firms could potentially become federally chartered banks allowed to provide crypto custody services by converting their business charters.
2020-11-18 04:57 | |
|
|
SIA, a multinational payments firm based in Italy, has teamed up with Hex Trust, a crypto custodian, to help its European banking clients hold digital currencies. A report unveiled this news on October 22, noting that this collaboration will see the firms launch a blockchain-based platform for financial institutions.
2020-10-23 19:57 | |
|
|
U. S. crypto behemoth Coinbase appears set to expand its suite of cryptocurrency services with a token launch platform for startups. In recent years, the Menlo Park-based outfit has risen from simply being an exchange to offering a wide variety of services including custody.
2020-9-2 15:00 | |
|
|
The regulator responsible for issuing licenses to crypto firms in NY greenlisted 8 coins for trading, including all 3 Paxos tokens.
2020-8-10 08:38 | |
|
|
Seychelles-based Bitfinex and UK regulated Koine’s collaboration targets making custody services safe from counterparty risks Bitfinex and London-based crypto custody provider, Koine, have announced a partnership that sees the two firms launch an institutional-grade crypto service.
2020-5-14 19:05 | |
|
|
In its latest guidance released in January, the regulator said firms already custodying digital assets for Germans would not be penalized for not having a license. Instead, they’d be grandfathered into the same protection that crypto custody firms based in Germany already have under the new law.
2020-2-6 06:00 | |
|
|
An SPDI charter offered in Wyoming lets U.S. firms offer banking and custody services under a regulator that’s not the FDIC, but the application and capital requirements are as rigorous as launching a de novo state-chartered bank.
2020-1-15 20:00 | |
|
|
Fidelity Investment’s digital currency arm has been licensed by the New York Department of Financial Services to operate a platform on which individuals and institutional investors can store, purchase, sell, and transfer bitcoin.
2019-11-20 08:30 | |
|
|
Lukka adds 5 new firms to crypto accounting/data management ecosystem - CryptoNinjas Lukka, a bitcoin/crypto-asset accounting and data management platform, today announced new ecosystem connectors which include: Anchorage, Coinbase Custody, CoinRoutes, SFOX, and Tagomi.
2019-10-11 19:15 | |
|
|
Custody firm Legacy Trust announced the launch of a digital asset-based pension plan to allow the public to hold crypto for their retirement corpus. As per Coindesk, September 4, 2019, the Hong Kong-based firm will offer the scheme to employees of participating firms and self-employed individuals through an underlying portfolio of cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies.
2019-9-6 19:00 | |
|
|
Grayscale Investments, one of the world’s largest digital asset management firms, has announced teaming up with Coinbase Custody to manage the underlying assets for a number of products that it offers.
2019-8-3 18:30 | |
|
|
By CCN Markets: In the wake of high-profile hacks such as the $44 million recently removed from Binance’s coffers, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe spoke at Coindesk’s Consensus 2019 on matters including security and how this is hindering the will of institutions to involve themselves in Bitcoin and other digital assets.
2019-6-17 12:58 | |
|
|
By CCN: Fidelity, one of the world’s largest investment firms with almost $7 billion customer assets, will reportedly launch a cryptocurrency trading platform “within weeks. ” The bitcoin trading service is aimed at institutional investors and will come complete with high-grade custody.
2019-5-7 18:10 | |
|
|
Coinbase Custody Adds XYO Token for Deposits And Withdrawals in Big Move for the Blockchain Location Coin The purpose of Coinbase Custody is to offer offline custody support in a full-service, insured, and regulated atmosphere for users.
2019-5-1 02:20 | |
|
|
By CCN: Intercontinental Exchange’s high-profile Bitcoin project, Bakkt, has faced severe pushback from the CFTC due to a fundamental concern about how its cryptocurrency assets will be stored. In response, Bakkt is looking to obtain a BitLicense and manage custody of the coins themselves.
2019-4-18 20:48 | |
|
|
Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server).
2019-4-12 22:03 | |
|
|
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an investment contract framework for digital assets, which is intended to give crypto companies guidance as to whether a cryptocurrency is a security.
2019-4-4 22:02 | |
|
|
AhrvoDEEX is a peer-to-peer decentralized equity exchange that enables profitable trading by using multifactor ranking systems and deep learning algorithms that create smart equity scores and price targets to streamline the decision-making process.
2019-3-28 21:33 | |
|
|
Fidelity Investments’ new cryptocurrency arm is now up and running. The unit, Fidelity Digital Assets, began operations earlier this quarter but didn’t make any noise about it. It has already started offering trade execution and crypto custody services to institutional investors such as hedge funds and private wealth management firms.
2019-3-9 16:20 | |
|
|
Fidelity Investments, the world’s fifth largest asset managers with $2. 5 trillion under management, is launching a Bitcoin custodial product aimed at institutional investors to expand its “Digital Asset” service.
2019-1-31 05:04 | |
|
|
Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset managers, is breaking into bitcoin custody. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, three people “with knowledge on the matter” from firms in contact with Fidelity have said that the company is tentatively planning to launch a custody service for bitcoin in March.
2019-1-31 23:39 | |
|
|
One of Switzerland’s major private banking firms, Vontobel, is offering regulated cryptocurrency custody services to institutional clients such as… The post Vontobel, Major Private Swiss Bank, Offers Institutional Clients Regulated Crypto Custody appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-1-15 04:58 | |
|
|
Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has released an independent, third-party attestation of its bank account, and according to a top 5 public accounting firm, the stablecoin has its funds in order.
2018-11-22 22:05 | |
|
|
On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved and since granted, New York Digital Investment Group’s arm, NYDIG Execution LLC a BitLicense, which is essential for firms that offer virtual currency-related services.
2018-11-14 22:30 | |
|
|
Harbor offers a platform to firms and other types of businesses to allow them to issue their own tokenized securities. Their efforts are supported with big investors, like Andreessen Horowitz and Pantera Capital, and they are able to provide cryptocurrency that acts similar to Bitcoin.
2018-11-1 02:15 | |
|
|
By Cory Johnson & Miguel Vias Ripple sells $163 million in XRP amidst rising volatility and volume in Q3 2018 Ripple sales accounted for 0. 43 percent of global XRP volume Three billion XRP released out of cryptographic escrow, 2.
2018-10-25 19:00 | |
|
|
Fidelity Investments has launched a new business to allow its institutional clients to trade in digital currencies such as bitcoin, a press release reveals. Known as Fidelity Digital Asset Services, LLC, the company will purchase and sell cryptocurrencies for family offices, hedge funds and other monetary ventures.
2018-10-16 22:22 | |
|
|
Global professional services firm PwC has partnered with decentralized lending platform Cred to boost trust in the cryptocurrency space and bring in more traders by advancing stablecoin technology.
2018-10-8 21:30 | |
|
|
Global professional services firm PwC has partnered with decentralized lending platform Cred to boost trust in the cryptocurrency space and bring in more traders by advancing stablecoin technology.
2018-10-10 21:30 | |
|
|
Update (September 7): Goldman Sach’s CFO Martin Chavez has since called reports of dropping the bitcoin trading desk “fake news. ” (The original Business Insider report quoted unnamed sources as the basis of the information.
2018-9-8 21:57 | |
|
|
Goldman Sachs is struggling to find a way to trade bitcoin. The financial services giant has scratched its plans to open a desk for trading cryptocurrencies, at least for the near term, according to a Business Insider report on September 5, 2018.
2018-9-6 21:57 | |
|
|
Goldman Steps Away From Trading Desk Plans, Still Intends To Create A Custody Service Institutional investment has long been hailed as the future of this industry, as optimists claim that the interest of Wall Street firms will drive the growth of this early-stage market.
2018-9-5 20:45 | |
|
|
Morgan Creek, a capital management company that oversees more than $1. 5 billion in assets, has partnered with Bitwise Asset Management to create the Digital Asset Index Fund.
2018-8-28 21:06 | |
|
|
The interest of Wall Street firms towards opportunities in crypto custody and asset management has continued to increase despite the 80 percent correction the market experienced in 2018. Sanford C.
2018-8-19 14:13 | |
|
|
Los Angeles-based cryptocurrency investment firm SFOX has raked in roughly $22. 7 million in its Series A funding. The round was headed by venture platforms Social Capital and Tribe Capital and earned the participation of other firms like DCG, SV Angel, Blockchain Capital and Y Combinator.
2018-8-17 01:31 | |
|
|
The crypto industry has received another boost with the entry of financial services giant Northern Trust in a quiet but significant move. The firm, which manages over $10.
2018-8-3 23:41 | |
|
|
Perhaps feeling pressure from worldwide regulators, international cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has finally resorted to arming itself with a chief compliance officer, Reuters reports. They’ve put Jeff Horowitz in charge of keeping Coinbase in line as it continues its global expansion.
2018-7-31 18:15 | |
|
|
The rising popularity of digital currencies has intensified the demand for storage services for crypto assets. To counter this demand, investment firms and trading platforms are developing storage solutions for cryptocurrencies.
2018-7-24 23:28 | |
|
|
News Decentralised Capital, an Australian advisory firm “specializing in blockchain assets” and “asset management services,” has announced a partnership with Custodian Vaults, an Australian private vaulting company, to offer insured cryptocurrency custody services to the Australasian market.
2018-7-16 03:13 | |
|
|
Decentralised Capital, an Australian advisory firm “specializing in blockchain assets” and “asset management services,” has announced a partnership with Custodian Vaults, an Australian private vaulting company, to offer insured cryptocurrency custody services to the Australasian market.
2018-7-15 23:25 | |
|
|
Bitget saw a 683% increase in Gen Z users in November, marking a shift in crypto demographics following Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Gen Z’s share of new users on the crypto exchange jumped from 26.
What are the key trends highlighted by the global crypto adoption index, and how do they reflect crypto’s role in global economic shifts? The global crypto adoption index is an essential tool for understanding how well different countries are adopting…
Chanalysis submitted a Polkadot governance proposal on April 18 that could lead to a $10 million partnership. The services provided by Chainalysis will include monitoring and tracing the DOT token activities on the Relay Chain, ensuring visibility of any potentially risky on-chain actions to regulators and institutional entities.
Banking giant HSBC is set to introduce digital asset custody services for tokenized securities such as bonds on the blockchain. The bank expects to go live with the service in 2024. The service is geared toward institutional investors and will continue expanding the lender’s offerings in the digital asset realm.
Advocates for the Bitcoin Lightning Network and decentralized protocol Nostr funded Kweks’ Kilimanjaro climb.
Polygon Labs announced on Sept. 29 that it has added Google Cloud to the decentralized group of validators powering its proof-of-stake Network. Polygon said in its statement that Google Cloud is now among more than 100 validators who secure the Polygon PoS Network, a network that originally operated under the name Matic Network and which […] The post Polygon adds Google Cloud to its validator set appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Pudgy Penguins has announced a merchandising deal with retail giant Walmart that will introduce its IP to the megastore’s shelves in over 2,000 stores. The Pudgy Toys—plush collectibles that will now be sold alongside legacy brands in Walmart’s brick-and-mortar stores—will offer access Pudgy World, a digital social experience on zkSync Era.