Talos, a provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, has made three key hires. Frank van Zegveld joins as head of sales EMEA, Matt Houston as client success director, and Hillary Conley as business development director. These appointments continue the global expansion of the Talos team on the heels of the company’s USD105m Series B…
Month: September 2022
GK8 and Bitbond collaborate
GK8, the institutional-grade digital asset custody platform with DeFi, staking, NFT, and tokenisation support, has partnered with Bitbond, a tokenisation software provider, to offer clients an end-to-end token life cycle solution. The joint solution provides a one-stop shop where clients can securely issue, mint, burn, manage, store, and distribute, with an intuitive user interface. Moreover,…
Komainu appoints (another) CEO
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian, has appointed Nicolas Bertrand as its CEO. His appointment follows the February 2022 announcement that Matt Chamberlain was to become CEO, which never happened. Bertrand brings over 20 years of experience in market infrastructure and digital assets, including more than a decade at Borsa Italiana and the London Stock…
MJ Hudson launches digital asset custody benchmarking service
MJ Hudson, the UK-based solutions provider to the asset management industry, has introduced a new custody benchmarking service specifically for clients investing in digital assets. The new service will benchmark the capabilities of major custodians for key themes across digital asset custody provision, including strategy and commitment, digital asset coverage, fraud prevention, private key management,…
3iQ partners with Coinbase and Tetra Trust
3iQ Digital Asset Management has joined forces with Coinbase and Tetra Trust Company in an effort to expand the exchange-traded product ecosystem for digital assets in Canada and generate further interest from the investment community. As part of the agreement, Coinbase and Tetra will act as custodians for 3iQ’s ETPs, including the 3iQ CoinShares Bitcoin…
Talos & Lukka collaborate
Talos, a provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, and Lukka, a provider of enterprise software and data products, plan to integrate their products to scale end-to-end crypto asset transactions. The integration gives Talos users access to Lukka’s crypto asset data management, valuation, and reporting solutions. Lukka and Talos have established interoperability between Talos’ end-to-end…
SGSS expands crypto services
Société Générale Securities Services has expanded its range of services for asset management companies wishing to develop professional funds based on crypto currencies. SGSS now offers fund custody, valuation and liability management services. SGSS’s new service has been adopted by Arquant Capital SAS. Arquant, licensed by AMF, is launching a range of specialised professional funds…
Copper selects Fenergo for CLM & AML
Fenergo, the Ireland-based provider of KYC and client lifecycle management (CLM) software solutions for financial institutions, has been appointed by Copper.co, a UK-based provider of custody, trading and settlement services for digital assets, to deploy its SaaS-based CLM and AML solution to onboard increasingly complex client ownership structures. Copper’s clients range from institutional asset managers,…
Protego hires new CEO
Protego Trust Bank N.A., a federally chartered trust bank (in formation) serving the digital asset needs of institutional investors, has appointed Ron Totaro as CEO. Most recently, he served as CEO of Tassat Group, where he led the company to become a provider of blockchain-based, real-time payment solutions enabling banks to tokenise U.S. Dollar deposits…
Anchorage adds to coverage
Anchorage Digital has partnered with GMO-Z.com Trust Company to offer institutional investors custody and trading services for GYEN, the world’s first regulated Japanese Yen-backed stablecoin. GMO-Z.com Trust Company, Inc. is the U.S.-regulated stablecoin subsidiary of Japanese financial services and internet conglomerate GMO Internet Group. GYEN is the first JPY stablecoin approved by the New York…