{"id":48463,"date":"2025-10-27T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/?p=48463"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:48:24","slug":"ibm-launches-digital-asset-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/ibm-launches-digital-asset-haven","title":{"rendered":"IBM Launches \u201cDigital Asset Haven\u201d to Help Banks and Governments Enter into Crypto\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>IBM announced a platform designed to help financial institutions, governments, and large corporations securely manage their crypto and blockchain-based assets, like <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/culture\/ibm-exec-forecasts-a-million-dollar-bitcoin-when-a-sat-will-equal-a-cent\">bitcoin<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The platform, developed in collaboration with crypto wallet provider Dfns, combines IBM\u2019s infrastructure and security expertise with Dfns\u2019 institutional-grade custody and wallet technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At its core, Digital Asset Haven <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ibm.com\/ibm-digital-asset-haven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wants to simplify<\/a> what has long been a tricky and complex landscape for institutions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many banks and governments have been cautious about crypto because it involves multiple blockchains, regulatory hurdles, and security risks. <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/tags\/ibm\">IBM\u2019s<\/a> platform wants to change this and consolidate these moving parts, offering a single solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership with Dfns is central to the platform. Dfns has built more than 15 million wallets for over 250 clients, focusing on secure and compliant operations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining this with IBM\u2019s high-assurance infrastructure, Digital Asset Haven is meant to provide institutions with the same reliability and governance standards that traditional financial systems offer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes multi-party approvals, policy-driven governance, and support for cold storage, where crypto keys are kept offline for maximum security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IBM\u2019s support for 40 blockchains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The platform also supports more than 40 blockchains, both public and private, giving institutions flexibility to engage with a wide range of digital assets, from traditional cryptocurrencies to <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/bigread\/genius-act-bitcoin-global-stablecoin\">emerging stablecoins<\/a> and tokenized assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It integrates third-party services for identity verification, anti-money laundering checks, and yield generation, and offers developer-friendly APIs to enable further customization and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is more than custody,\u201d said Clarisse Hag\u00e8ge, CEO of Dfns. \u201cWe\u2019ve built a platform that orchestrates the full digital asset ecosystem, moving digital assets from pilot programs to production at a global scale.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom McPherson, General Manager of IBM Z and LinuxONE, emphasized that the platform brings IBM\u2019s signature resilience and data governance to the emerging digital asset space, helping institutions explore new products without compromising on security or compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch comes at a time when regulated digital assets are gaining momentum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stablecoins, for example, have become <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/politics\/bitcoin-vs-stablecoins-bitcoin-is-an-unreplicable-lifeline-in-authoritarian-regimes\">increasingly used in payments<\/a> following the U.S. adoption of legislation earlier this year, and major banks are exploring blockchain-based money transfers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global tech tycoon IBM is stepping deeper into the digital asset space with the launch of IBM Digital Asset Haven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3817,"featured_media":48464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"author_data":{"id":3817,"name":"Micah Zimmerman","nicename":"micahzimmerman","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Micah_Zimmerman_Author_Image.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IBM-Launches-Digital-Asset-Haven-to-Help-Banks-and-Governments-Enter-into-Crypto-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}