Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, has launched a new service that enables clients on Fidelity’s institutional-grade digital assets custody platform to pledge bitcoin as collateral in a transaction. The new capability marks Fidelity’s entrance into the digital asset financing space, strengthening and broadening Fidelity Digital Assets’ existing custody offering, which is integrated…
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SC and Northern Trust launch cryptocurrency custody solution
SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, has entered into an agreement with Northern Trust to launch Zodia Custody, an institutional custody solution for cryptocurrencies. Zodia is designed to enable institutions to invest in the emerging cryptocurrency assets, including transaction and settlement activities. Under the agreement, which is subject to registration with…
SIX takes stake in Custodigit
The Swiss Stock Exchange has made an investment in Custodigit, the joint venture created by Swisscom and Sygnum in 2018. With this agreement, SIX Digital Exchange, Swisscom, and Sygnum Bank will enable Swiss banks to offer access to digital assets for their customers through an institutional digital asset gateway. The gateway will support the complete…
UNICEF seeks EOIs for cryptocurrency custody
UNICEF, the first UN organisation to accept, hold and disburse donations in the form of the cryptocurrencies, is seeking expressions of interest from cryptocurrency custodians for the provision of custodian services for cryptocurrencies contributed to UNICEF. Interested institutions should complete and submit the EOI form, which is available on the UNICEF website, by December 4,…
21Shares appoints Sudrania for ETP support
21Shares, a Swiss asset management firm, has selected Sudrania Fund Services to provide fund and portfolio accounting services for its digital asset ETPs products on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Sudrania will provide daily NAVs as well as reporting and data management.
BP2S and Curv complete PoC for security token transfers
BNP Paribas Securities Services and Curv, a cloud-based digital asset security infrastructure for financial institutions, have completed a proof of concept to transfer security tokens securely between market participants. As part of this engagement, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Curv transferred a security token using Curv’s multi-party computation solution to ensure the security of the…
Northern Trust & BondEvalue complete first fractionalised bond trade in Singapore
Northern Trust and BondEvalue have completed the first trade of a fractionalised blockchain-based bond. The trade of a blockchain-based bond, known as BondbloX, was executed on BondEvalue’s platform, with Northern Trust as the exclusive asset servicing provider. This comes after the two parties established a strategic partnership in 2019 to deliver integrated asset servicing and…
Fidinam and Hex Trust partner on digital assets
Fidinam, a Switzerland-based consultancy firm providing corporate tax and accounting services for digital assets, has partnered with Hex Trust, the Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian and infrastructure platform for banks and financial institutions, to enter the digital asset ecosystem. The partnership enables Fidinam to provide digital asset services to their global clients, leveraging Hex Trust’s…
Bitcoin Suisse hires Markus Perdrizat to head custody business
Bitcoin Suisse has appointed Markus Perdrizat as head of custody at Bitcoin Suisse AG and CEO of Swiss Crypto Vault AG. He was formerly responsible for the blockchain risk assurance practice at PwC Switzerland. His predecessor, Philipp Vonmoos, will remain on the board of directors of Swiss Crypto Vault AG as he moves into a…
HK’s Hex Trust hires Colin Brooks as an advisor
Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based digital assets custody platform provider, has hired Colin Brooks as an advisor. Brooks worked at HSBC for most of his career, mainly in Asia, latterly as global head of sub-custody and clearing. He also spent five years at Standard Chartered before retiring earlier this year.