Custody

Zodia flags digital asset production gap

Banks are increasingly investing in digital assets, but many are still struggling to turn that ambition into live, revenue-generating services, according to a new...

Citi launches real-time Custody+ platform

Citi Investor Services has unveiled Custody+, a new suite of near- and real-time custody solutions designed to help institutional investors operate in an increasingly...

Galaxy and BNY expand digital asset infrastructure

Galaxy and BNY are collaborating to advance digital asset infrastructure for institutional markets, combining digital asset custody and staking within a single servicing model. The partnership will...

BNY launches digital fund servicing platform

BNY has launched new digital transfer agency capabilities, extending its fund servicing platform to support digitally native funds and tokenised assets across multiple jurisdictions and blockchains. The...

DLA Piper advises on Standard Chartered digital asset trades

DLA Piper has advised Standard Chartered on its first live digital asset prime brokerage trades, supporting the bank's pilot transactions with LMAX Digital. The law firm provided legal advice...

Aviva Investors selects Komainu

Aviva Investors has appointed Komainu as digital‑asset infrastructure partner for the launch of its first tokenised fund share class, issued on the XRP Ledger...

TCS BaNCS integrates Zodia digital asset tech

Tata Consultancy Services has integrated Zodia Solutions’ digital asset execution and custody technology into the TCS BaNCS Global Securities Platform, widening the infrastructure available...

BNY targets 24/7 treasury settlement by 2027

BNY, the world’s largest custodian bank, is developing an always-on settlement system that could enable US Treasury transactions to settle 24 hours a day,...

Ctrl Alt Secures Irish MiFID Licence

Ctrl Alt Technologies Limited, a tokenisation infrastructure provider, has received MiFID authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). The authorisation lets Ctrl Alt conduct regulated investment...

Visa launches stablecoin management platform

Visa has launched the Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP), a new enterprise platform designed for financial institutions, fintechs and other payment providers. The platform gives these companies a...

Crédit Agricole launches Euro stablecoin EURXT

Crédit Agricole, France's second-largest banking group, has launched EURXT, a MiCA-compliant euro-pegged stablecoin, through its asset servicing arm CACEIS.  The token was used to complete the...

BitGo expands institutional access to DeFi vault strategies with Morpho

BitGo, the digital asset infrastructure company, has collaborated with Morpho to develop a decentralised finance vault offering. The new development is set to expand institutional access to certain third-party DeFi vault...

Illicit counterparty exposure via self-custody wallets minimal

Only 1% of self-custody wallet transaction volume involves exposure to illicit counterparties, which is substantially lower than commonly assumed rates. Research from Global Digital Finance (GDF) and Block,...

Citi marks private markets first

Citi has executed a market-first with its launch of the Digital Depositary Receipts on private shares, a model to broaden access to private markets...

Standard Chartered acquires Zodia Custody

Standard Chartered has announced that its non-binding offer to acquire Zodia Custody, a digital asset custodian backed by Standard Chartered Ventures (SCV), has been accepted by the shareholders and noteholders of Zodia Custody.  The deal will integrate Zodia Custody’s regulated custody...

LMAX Group launches Kiosk for digital‑asset collateral

LMAX Group has launched Kiosk, an interface designed to let institutions accept, custody and deploy digital assets as cross‑asset collateral across its trading ecosystem.The...