Zodia Custody has been appointed by 21Shares, the Switzerland-based ETP issuer, to provide custody services for their physically-backed ETPs in Switzerland and the wider European market.
Category: Digital Assets
VanEck launches BTC ETF in Australia
VanEck has launched the first bitcoin ETF to be listed on the ASX in Australia. Gemini Trust Company has been appointed as bitcoin custodian, with Link Market Services Limited as registrar. State Street Australia Limited will act as administrator of the fund and custodian of the fund’s cash assets. This follows the recent launch of…
NAB invests in Zodia
Zodia Custody, the digital asset custodian, has received an investment from NAB Ventures, the venture arm of NAB. Zodia is owned by SC Ventures, in association with Northern Trust.
Monochrome launches Bitcoin ETF
Monochrome, an Australia-based ETF manager, has launched the country’s first directly held Bitcoin ETF. Vasco Trustees Limited is the Responsible Entity (trustee) of the fund and has engaged State Street as cash custodian and administrator for the ETF. Vasco has also appointed Gemini Trust Company, LLC as the fund’s Bitcoin custodian.
Ripple acquires Standard Custody
Ripple, the UK fintech, has completed the acquisition of Standard Custody & Trust Company, a U.S.-based regulated custodian for digital assets. The acquisition adds a limited purpose trust company regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services, and follows the 2023 acquisition of Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and tokenisation technology.…
Komainu appoints CFO
Komainu, the Nomura-backed regulated custody provider for the digital assets industry, has appointed Tony Larkin as CFO. He joins from Citi.
HSBC leads fundraising for Marketnode
HSBC has led a Series A investment round for Marketnode, the Singapore-based digital market infrastructure operator, alongside contributions from existing shareholder Temasek. The investment will be used to scale Marketnode’s platforms and realise the shareholders’ ambitions to develop a multi-asset ecosystem, starting in Asia-Pacific. Since 2020, HSBC and Marketnode have co-developed a digital market infrastructure…
Archax integrates Fireblocks
Archax, the FCA-regulated digital asset exchange, broker and custodian, has expanded its custody service by integrating Fireblocks, the enterprise platform for building blockchain applications and managing digital asset operations, and is using the Fireblocks Network, a digital asset transfer platform for digital asset transactions and payment workflows. The integration enables Archax to effectively manage its…
CACEIS launches digital assets business line
CACEIS has established a digital assets business line The business, stemming from the Digital Assets Group project with Crédit Agricole CIB, brings together a team of people with expertise in digital asset custody, IT infrastructure design, and related functions such as compliance, legal, and risk management. It is designed to sit alongside CACEIS’ operating model…
Komainu hires head of partnerships
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian that is partly backed by Nomura, has appointed Neil Batchelor as global head of partnerships. Batchelor will be responsible for leading partnerships globally, further enhancing existing infrastructure and service provider collaborations, and driving new strategic partnerships across the digital assets and institutional securities servicing ecosystems. He joins Komainu from…