Custody


Tech

Crypto Custody Firm BitGo Releases Security Features Aimed at Bitcoin Ordinals

Custody provider BitGo has released a security tool for protecting Bitcoin Ordinals Inscriptions from accidental transfers.

Ordinals is exploding on Bitcoin (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stuttgart Stock Exchange Unit Secures BaFin License for Crypto Custody

Among the institutions it expects to make use of this offering are banks, brokers, asset managers and family offices.

Boerse Stuttgart has received approval to serve as crypto custodian. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Nasdaq Aiming to Debut Crypto Custody Service by Q2 End: Bloomberg

The stock exchange operator announced its intentions last September as it looked to respond to the demand from institutional crypto investors

Nasdaq is seeking approval from regulators to allow the launch and trading of options tied to the price of bitcoin. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Copper to Lay Off Up to 15% of Staff, Focus on Crypto Custody, Settlement

The process is just getting under way and the company, which employs about 300, said it cannot put an exact number on job losses.

Copper CEO Dmitry Tokarev (Copper)

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Opinion

Bitcoin Ordinals Custody Solutions Would Be Better if They Embraced Bitcoiner Values

The perfect Ordinals wallet should (1) integrate Ordinals support without requiring a full node, (2) be easy to use for the average collector, (3) follow Bitcoin's great cultural tradition of embracing self-custody and trustless transacting.

(Jozsef Hocza/Unsplash)

Opinion

The SEC's Custody Rule Would Be a Net Positive for Crypto

Crypto exchanges should be required to separate their custody and trading businesses, says Mike Belshe, the CEO of BitGo.

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Finance

DZ, Germany's Second-Largest Bank, Taps Metaco for Digital Asset Custody

This is the fourth such partnership Metaco has made with major financial institutions in eight months.

Metaco's leadership team (Metaco)

Policy

SEC’s Shadow Crypto Rule Taking Shape as Enforcement Cases Mount

The U.S. securities regulator has now issued dozens of actions outlining how it defines a crypto security and which firms should be exchanges, but the industry is in a holding pattern.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

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Policy

Coinbase, Anchorage Digital Say They'd Be OK Under SEC Custody Proposal, but Risks May Lurk for Others

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to require investment advisers use only “qualified custodians” could complicate advisers' use of crypto platforms.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, modificado por Photomosh.com)

Finance

Crypto Custody Tech Firm Metaco Taps IBM Execs to Revamp Institutional Push

The Swiss crypto tech provider hired IBM’s Peter DeMeo as head of product, as well as former IBM lead architect, Angel Nunez Mencias.

Metaco's leadership team (Metaco)