Copper.co, the UK-based digital assets services provider, has appointed Philip Hammond, a former chancellor of the exchequer, as chair.
Category: Digital Assets
Talos partners with Formidium
Talos, the U.S.-based provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, has partnered with Formidium, which provides digital assets fund administration services. Talos end-users worldwide – institutional investors on the buy-side and the sell-side, including traditional finance and crypto-native firms – can now leverage Seamless Digital, Formidium’s digital assets and tax accounting platform. Seamless Digital consolidates…
Formidium launches crypto tax service
Formidium, the U.S.- based administrator (formerly Sudrania), has launched Crypto Fund Tax, a suite of tax services, including tax allocations, reporting, and filings for funds invested in digital assets. Crypto Fund Tax is aimed at managers and funds that invest in cryptocurrency, DeFi, blockchain, mining, staking, NFTs, tokens, private equity, venture investments, and real estate…
State Street consolidates client & product oversight
State Street has confirmed the creation of two new senior management roles that are designed to consolidate and streamline oversight of the product and client lines globally. Both positions report to Lou Maiuri, president and head of investment services. Jörg Ambrosius is chief commercial officer, responsible for achieving financial and strategic objectives for clients, as…
Zodia appoints new CEO
Zodia Custody, the UK-based crypto custody service from Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, has appointed Julian Sawyer as its new chief executive. Sawyer takes over from Maxime de Guillebon, who was seconded from Standard Chartered’s innovation unit, SC Ventures, in 2020. Sawyer was most recently CEO of Bitstamp, a crypto exchange.
Stonegate appoints CIO
Stonegate Global Fund Services has appointed Adam Alesandro as chief information officer. He was previously in private practice.
Galaxy to acquire GK8
Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd., a financial services and investment management provider in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors, intends to acquire GK8, a secure institutional digital asset self-custody platform. The acquisition will be the result of a sale process executed in connection with Celsius Network LLC‘s Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is subject to…
SGSS supports EIB DLT bond issue
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched Project Venus, its second euro-denominated digitally native bond issue and the first using private blockchain technology. The EUR100m two-year bond was issued, recorded and settled using private blockchain-based technology, and represents the inaugural issuance on Goldman Sachs’ tokenisation platform – GS DAP. Banque de France and the Banque…
SDX appoints head of digital securities
SIX Digital Exchange has appointed Alexandre Kech as head of digital securities, based in Switzerland. He was most recently with Citi Ventures, where he launched and ran its blockchain & digital asset team.
Zodia expands token coverage
Zodia Custody, the UK-based digital asset custodian, has expanded its token coverage with the addition of Uniswap (UNI), USD Coin (USDC), and Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC). Zodia is a service provided by Standard Chartered, with Northern Trust as a co-investor.