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…
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Genesis receives in-principle approval from MAS
Genesis, a digital asset prime brokerage, has announced that Genesis Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. has received in-principle approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for a Major Payment Institution licence. Genesis offers an integrated platform to trade, borrow, lend, and safekeep digital assets.
SDX launches Web3 Services
SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) has launched SDX Web3 Services, a range of products which will support the safe and secure adoption by financial institutions of Web3, based on blockchain technology and decentralised applications. Initially, SDX Web3 Services will include cornerstone products for digital assets including custody and non-custodial staking. SDX Web3 Services are targeted at…
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…
Copper offers NEAR custody support
Copper.co, the UK-based crypto services provider, now offers custody and staking support for NEAR, the native asset of NEAR Protocol, the layer one blockchain. The custody integration allows Copper’s institutional clients to securely hold NEAR through its custody platform, which leverages advanced multi-party computation (MPC) cryptography to remove the critical attack vector of private keys.…
Fireblocks certified by ISO in three categories
Fireblocks, the provider of digital asset and crypto technology, has been certified by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) in the categories of security (ISO 27001), cloud (ISO 27017) and privacy (ISO 27018). Fireblocks claims that it is the only crypto tech company to achieve all three certifications.
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…
Copper granted VQF membership in Switzerland
Copper.co, the UK-based provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading solutions, has been approved for membership of the Swiss Financial Services Standard Association (VQF) through Copper’s Swiss entity. Copper’s VQF membership provides assurance to its clients regarding the robustness of its compliance with the Swiss Anti Money Laundering Act. VQF is the largest and…