The new division will build on State Street’s current digital capabilities and will expand to include crypto, central bank digital currency, blockchain, and tokenisation.
"Across the institutional and retail crypto markets globally, there is growing demand for instant and secure access to digital assets," says Blair Halliday, head of UK, Gemini
EQUOS is now in the top 20 crypto exchanges globally, and top five in Asia, for both transparency and volumes, despite the exchange only launching publicly last year
SIFMA has filed a letter to the SEC commenting on the framework to allow broker dealers to custody digital asset securities in a way that meets the requirements of Rule 15c3-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
AIMA, PwC, and Elwood’s third annual global crypto hedge fund report revealed total AuM of crypto hedge funds globally increased to nearly $3.8 billion in 2020 from $2 billion the previous year
The partnership will see Taurus leverage GMEX trading technology to support the Taurus Digital eXchange, its newly launched independent regulated marketplace for digital assets
The collaboration between Temenos and Taurus allows banks to provide custody to a range of digital assets and also create tokenised products of their choice
The FCA registration follows a recently announced partnership with Torstone Technology to deliver post-trade settlement and digital asset custody to institutional clients via Torstone’s settlement platform
Bequant Exchange and Bequant Pro were incorporated in August 2018 in Malta, to take advantage of the digital assets framework that was introduced by the MFSA in 2019
NYDFS charter permits Standard Custody to offer custodial and escrow services for clients seeking to unlock the value of digital assets and open new investment opportunities across the world of decentralised finance