Custody

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...

Bullish to buy Equiniti for push into tokenised securities

Bullish has agreed to acquire Equiniti in a $4.2 billion transaction that will combine a regulated, blue‑chip transfer agent with a blockchain‑native tokenisation platform,...

State Street and Galaxy unveil on-chain sweep fund

State Street Investment Management and Galaxy Asset Management have formally launched their onchain liquidity sweep fund, SWEEP, bringing a previously announced tokenised cash‑management product...

Komainu launches institutional CaaS platform

Komainu, the Jersey‑headquartered institutional digital‑asset custodian backed by Laser Digital and Blockstream, has launched a new collateral‑as‑a‑service platform for banks, hedge funds and other...

Northern Trust expands tokenised asset custody build on Canton

Northern Trust has stepped up its tokenisation strategy by beginning work on custody capabilities for digital assets on the Canton Network.The bank said the...

State Street cites digital assets as core 2026 growth priority

State Street has identified digital assets as one of its core growth priorities for the year ahead, positioning the sector alongside private markets and...

Zodia Custody partners Re7 Capital for off-exchange settlement

Zodia Custody has partnered with crypto-native investment firm Re7 Capital to provide custody and off-exchange settlement through its interchange network. The partnership will also support on-chain representations...

BitGo and 21shares expand partnership

BitGo Holdings Inc. and 21shares have broadened their collaboration to provide staking and custody services. BitGo, the digital asset infrastructure company, and 21shares, one of the...

Wyden and Taurus link trading directly to custody

Wyden and Taurus have expanded their collaboration with a new integration linking Wyden’s trading technology directly to Taurus’ custody system, in a move aimed...

State Street rolls out digital asset platform

State Street has launched a new Digital Asset Platform designed to provide the infrastructure for tokenised funds, cash instruments and other blockchain‑based products, marking...

Custody in the digital age

Custody has been an instrumental part of financial services since the founding of Northern Trust in 1889, to the launch of crypto custodians such...