According to market news, State Street will launch its crypto asset custody business in 2026.
Crypto asset custodian technology provider Fireblocks has announced that it will support Sony's blockchain network Soneium. The network is a joint venture between Sony and Singapore's Startale Labs, built on Optimism's OP Stack and designed to support gaming, financial and entertainment applications. Soneium went live in January this year and is currently locked up at $33.6 million. Fireblocks' support will provide institutional investors with the necessary hosting infrastructure to enter the So...
According to Arkham data, 1 hour ago, global digital asset custodian company BitGo raised 13,100 ETH from Coinbase Prime, which is about $31.26 million.
Global digital asset custodian company BitGo announced that its South Korean subsidiary BitGo Korea has introduced Hana Financial Group and South Korean telecom company SK Telecom as strategic investors. Hana Financial and SK Telecom have acquired a 25% and 10% stake in BitGo Korea, respectively. BitGo currently has about $70 billion in assets under custody and about $3 trillion in cumulative assets processed. BitGo Korea is applying for ISMS certification and VASP qualification. Hana Financial ...
According to DigitalAsset, the CEO of South Korean virtual asset hosting company Haru Invest (referred to as "Haru") was attacked with a murder weapon in court. The incident took place at around 14:20 local time on August 28, at the scene of the 8th public trial of the 15th Criminal Division (Minister Judge Liang Huansheng) of the South Seoul District Court. According to reports, a male perpetrator in his 40s suddenly got up in the courtroom gallery and stabbed Haru CEO in the neck with a short ...
On August 20th, ChainUp Custody, a digital asset custody solution provider, announced that it has fully integrated the public chain project TON (The Open Network) into its services to provide customers with TON asset custody services, including TON native tokens and various digital assets based on TON. ChainUp Custody is a digital asset custodian service provider based on MPC (Secure Muti-Party Computation), and is currently ISO 27001, SOC2 (Class 1 and Class 2) certified.
On August 20, Bitfinex announced a partnership with compliance digital asset custodian Komainu Connect to explore strategic integration. The integration is expected to "allow institutional and veteran investors to take advantage of Bitfinex's deep liquidity and trading capabilities while maintaining the security of their assets in a separate, regulated custodial environment." The collaboration is enabled by Ledger Enterprise's over the counter and settlement technology, Ledger Tradelink, which "...
Balance, a Canadian digital asset custodian, this week established the Balance Trust Company as a special purpose trust under the Loan and Trust Corporations Act of the province of Alberta. The trust is linked to a patent certificate issued by the Alberta Finance Board and Treasury Department (ATBF), and Balance has committed $10 million in regulatory capital to this new wholly owned subsidiary to become a qualified Canadian and U.S. custodian.
On June 22, it was reported that RWA agreement Ondo tweeted that institutional asset custodian Hex Trust has supported custody of USDY and OUSG.