Share this article

State Street to Offer Crypto Custody in Pact With Copper

The move follows the custodial banking giant launching its crypto division in June.

Updated May 11, 2023, 6:00 p.m. Published Mar 9, 2022, 3:19 p.m.
(Wikimedia Commons)
(Wikimedia Commons)

State Street (STT) has entered a licensing agreement with Copper to develop and launch an institutional-grade digital asset custody product.

  • “We are building the financial infrastructure needed to support our clients’ allocations to this new asset class,” said Nadine Chakar, head of State Street Digital.
  • London-based Copper is a provider of institutional custody offerings across more than 40 exchanges and 450 digital assets.
  • The State Street custody product will be subject to regulatory approval.
  • A custodial bank with more than $43 trillion in assets under custody and administration, and just shy of $4 trillion in assets under management, State Street launched a crypto division last year with plans to evolve into a “multi-asset platform” to support cryptocurrency trading and more.

Read more: State Street Bank Launches Cryptocurrency Division

STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters

Meer voor jou

Protocol Research: GoPlus Security

GP Basic Image

Wat u moet weten:

  • As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
  • Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.

Meer voor jou

BlackRock expands crypto bet with 7 senior hires across U.S. and Asia

The BlackRock company logo is seen outside of its NYC headquarters. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The $10 trillion asset manager is staffing up to scale digital asset ETFs, pursue tokenization and identify "first-mover big bets" in Asia.

Wat u moet weten:

  • BlackRock is hiring seven senior digital asset roles, including one in Singapore, to expand its crypto and blockchain strategy.
  • One U.S.-based role will help grow the iShares digital asset ETF lineup, including the $70 billion iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), and develop new crypto-linked products.
  • The Singapore role will lead BlackRock’s digital asset push across Asia, with a focus on long-term strategy and identifying first-mover opportunities.