Hex Trust, the Asia-based digital asset custodian, has integrated Polkadot, the interoperability blockchain network, into its digital asset custody platform, Hex Safe. As a result, Hex Trust now offers fully licenced custody for Polkadot’s native token (DOT) with plans to support a full stack of services built on Polkadot. The integration enables Hex Trust’s >200…
Category: Alliances
Citi & METACO partner on digital asset custody
Citi has selected METACO to develop and pilot digital asset custody capabilities. Citi intends to integrate METACO’s bank-grade digital asset custody and orchestration platform, Harmonize, into its existing infrastructure, to develop and pilot digital asset custody capabilities.
Hex Trust integrates Polygon
Hex Trust has integrated Polygon, the full-stack scaling solution on Ethereum, into its digital asset custody platform, Hex Safe. As a result, Hex Trust now offers fully licensed and highly secure custody for Polygon’s native token (MATIC) with plans to support non-fungible tokens and the full stack of services built on Polygon. The integration enables…
Bosonic forms custody working group
Bosonic, the U.S. based financial market infrastructure (dFMI) business, has formed the Bosonic Cross-Custodian Net Settlement (CCNS) working group with several of the industry’s leading digital asset custodians, exchanges and banks. The industry group will be led by Bosonic and will include a worldwide network of digital asset custodians such as First Digital in Hong…
Standard Custody offers SOL staking
Standard Custody and Trust Co., a subsidiary of PolySign, has partnered with Figment, Blockdaemon, and other staking providers to provide institutional clients with the ability to stake Solana (SOL) directly from Standard Custody’s cold storage custody solution and generate passive yield. Client funds are kept in Standard Custody’s cold storage solution and staked using validators…
Zodia links to Fireblocks
Zodia Custody, the UK-based crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors, has established a deal with Fireblocks, the U.S.-based provider of digital asset and crypto technology, to enhance Zodia’s’s connectivity offering and give institutional investors direct access to the Fireblocks network, a global crypto capital markets gateway. The integration will allow Zodia’s institutional clients to…
METACO partners with Thought Machine
METACO, the Swiss-based provider of security-critical software and infrastructure for the digital asset ecosystem, has formed a partnership with UK-based Thought Machine, a cloud-native core banking platform used by Tier 1 banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lloyds Banking Group, ING, SC Ventures/Standard Chartered, SEB, and Intesa Sanpaolo. This global partnership delivers the market-leading platform…
METACO partners with Brink’s
METACO, the Swiss-based provider of security-critical software and infrastructure for the digital asset ecosystem, has announced a partnership with Brink’s (NYSE:BCO), the provider of total cash management, route-based secure logistics and payment solutions. The deal with Brink’s extends METACO’s institutional digital asset custody services into the physical world through its secure logistics expertise and global…
Accelerate deploys Tetra custody solution
Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc. has selected Tetra Trust Company as custodian for its digital assets. Initially, the Accelerate NFT Fund LP, the first Web3 investment vehicle in Canada, will deploy Tetra’s custody solution which enables clients to store and settle their digital assets within a secure environment. Calgary-based Accelerate is one of Canada’s fastest growing…
SDX partners with daura
SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), which claims to be the world’s first fully regulated FMI digital asset exchange, and daura, a Swiss equity tokenisation platform, have formed a partnership aimed at improving the exchange’s digital issuers ecosystem. Companies on daura will be able to issue digital equity securities seamlessly into SDX’s regulated CSD. Since 2018, by…