Talos, a provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, has appointed Neal Pawar as the company’s latest strategic advisor. Pawar joins a group of capital markets veterans on Talos’s advisory board, including Jennifer Hill, who previously served as CFO of Merrill Lynch & Co, David Cushing, ex-director of global trading at Wellington, and Tim Grant,…
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BlackRock selects Coinbase for crypto
Coinbase has been selected by BlackRock to provide institutional clients of Aladdin, BlackRock’s end-to-end investment management platform, with direct access to crypto, starting with Bitcoin, through connectivity with Coinbase Prime. Coinbase Prime will provide crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage, and reporting capabilities to Aladdin’s institutional clients who are also clients of Coinbase. Built for institutions,…
Zodia registered as VASP in Ireland
Zodia Custody (Ireland) Limited has been added to the Central Bank of Ireland’s Virtual Asset Service Provider Register, and is now authorised to provide commercial services to clients in Ireland. Zodia Custody, an institutional cryptoasset servicing company headquartered in London, established its Irish subsidiary in August 2021. Zodia Custody is a wholly owned subsidiary of…
Fireblocks integrates Tokeny
Fireblocks, the provider of digital asset and crypto custody technology, has integrated Tokeny to its platform. The integration will enable Fireblocks customers to mint and manage permissioned tokens such as digital securities, stablecoins and loyalty programs across retail trading apps, neobanks, payment networks, and more. Together with Tokeny, Fireblocks will provide a secure and compliant…
Holon expands relationship with Gemini
Gemini, the U.S.-based crypto asset specialist, has extended its partnership with Holon Global Investments, an Australian fund manager, serving as the custodian for their unlisted retail Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Filecoin (FIL) funds. The BTC, ETH, and FIL held by the funds are stored and managed by Gemini Custody. As the lowest fee BTC,…
Graphene selects Bosonic
Graphene Investor Services, a digital investment services matrix, has selected Bosonic as its provider for digital assets solutions. Bosonic is a U.S.-based decentralised Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI) business, The Bosonic Network enables Graphene’s clients – family offices, private banks and wealth management firms – to access the digital assets markets without incurring any counterparty credit…
Zodia Markets granted FCA registration
Zodia Markets, a UK-based cryptoasset exchange and brokerage for institutional clients backed by Standard Chartered, has received cryptoasset registration from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and has officially launched its institutional crypto exchange and brokerage business. Zodia Markets’ registration marks the first time a crypto trading business backed by a leading international bank has…
Komainu gets green light in Dubai
Komainu, the C.I.-based regulated digital asset custody provider, has been granted provisional regulatory approval from the Government of Dubai‘s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to commence operational readiness even as the application goes through the warranted due diligence in accordance with VARA requirements. Komainu is backed by Nomura, the Japanese investment bank, digital asset manager…
Copper strikes custody deal with holoride
Copper, the UK-based digital assets custodian, has entered into a custody partnership with holoride, the Munich-based technology startup specialising in in-vehicle entertainment. Spun out from Audi in 2018 – which holds a minority stake in the startup – holoride builds a first-of-its-kind immersive media platform for moving vehicles. The unique approach of synchronising the vehicle’s…
BBVA, BME, IDB and Iberclear collaborate on first DLT bond issuance in Spain
BME, the Spanish stock exchange operator, has collaborated with Iberclear, BBVA and the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), to complete the first bond issuance in Spain listed in a regulated market and registered using blockchain technology developed by ioBuilders. This platform could serve as a model for future issuances in Spain and in Latin America and…