SEBA Bank, a Switzerland-based, FINMA-licensed digital assets bank, has appointed Xavier Alabart as chief technology officer and a member of the bank’s ExCo. He was previously European CTO for Bolttech, a Singapore-based fintech specializing in the insurance sector.
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Coinbase approved as VASP in Ireland
Coinbase has been granted approval by the Central Bank of Ireland to operate as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP), meaning that Coinbase can continue to provide products and services to individuals and institutions in Europe and internationally, from Ireland. In addition, Coinbase’s Ireland operations will now be run by Cormac Dinan, its new country…
Gemini expands to Greece and Bulgaria
Gemini, the U.S.-based digital assets service provider, has expanded its operations to Greece and Bulgaria. Individuals and institutions can now open a Gemini account to deposit, trade, and custody over 100 cryptocurrencies. Offering Gemini’s secure crypto services to clients in Greece comes on the heels of Gemini’s registration with Greece’s Hellenic Capital Markets Commission (HCMC)…
Tetra & MeetAmi partner in Canada
Tetra Trust and MeetAmi Innovations Inc. have formed a partnership to offer a turnkey solution for Canada’s wealth management sector, offering the ability to invest in digital assets and hold the asset base with a qualified Canadian custodian. MeetAmi and Tetra Trust will be providing a solution for Canadian wealth advisors to manage digital asset…
Mark Cheng joins Hex Trust board
Mark Cheng has joined Hex Trust’s board of directors. Cheng is a senior advisor at Animoca Brands and a founding partner at GameFi Ventures, a venture capital firm with a focus on blockchain games.
Nexo registers in Poland
Nexo, the UK-based digital assets service provider, has registered with the Ministry of Finance of Poland as a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) in the country. This development follows its recent registration as a Virtual Currency Operator in Italy. The scope of this approval grants Nexo the right to provide services in Poland related to…
HashKey & SEBA set partnership
HashKey Digital Asset Group and SEBA Bank AG have established a partnership that will see both financial services groups leverage their digital asset service offerings as well as custody and asset management products to accelerate the institutional adoption of digital assets in Hong Kong and Switzerland. HashKey will become SEBA Bank’s preferred digital asset trading…
Syz collaborates with Taurus
Bank Syz, a Swiss bank, has collaborated with Taurus to launch its new digital asset offering: Syz Crypto. The deal covers safekeeping and trading of digital assets for the bank’s private, professional and institutional clients. The bank has integrated Taurus-PROTECT, a technology that allows the custody of digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, tokenised securities and…
Galaxy wins auction to acquire GK8
Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd., a financial services and investment management provider in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors, intends to acquire GK8, a secure institutional digital asset self-custody platform. The acquisition will be the result of a sale process executed in connection with Celsius Network LLC‘s Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is subject to…
Hex Trust receives MVP licence in Dubai
Hex Trust, the Asia-based licensed and insured provider of bank-grade custody and associated services for digital assets, has received a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) licence from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA). This follows the issuance of its provisional license in June 2022. The MVP licence will allow Hex Trust to provide a wide range…