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State Street accelerates digital asset capabilities with new division

10 June 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

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.

Gemini acquires crypto custody technology

09 June 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

"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

Diginex’s EQUOS crypto exchange achieves ‘A+’ transparency ranking

03 June 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

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 urges SEC to take principle-based approach to regulate digital assets

28 May 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

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 discovers global increases in crypto hedge funds

27 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

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

Digital assets provider Taurus adopts GMEX’s trading tech

20 May 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The partnership will see Taurus leverage GMEX trading technology to support the Taurus Digital eXchange, its newly launched independent regulated marketplace for digital assets

Deutsche Bank and STACS complete POC on the use of DLT for digital assets

18 May 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The POC results were tested with UBS, Malaysia National Stock Exchange Bursa Malaysia, and Union Bank of the Philippines

Temenos joins forces with digital asset fintech Taurus

17 May 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

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

Digivault gets FCA’s approval to become custodian wallet provider

14 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

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 gains VFAA licences for exchange and prime brokerage

07 May 2021 Malta
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

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 permits Standard Custody to unlock the value of digital assets

06 May 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

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

Hex Trust enhances custody security with PARSIQ partnership

19 April 2021 Estonia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Onboarding a company like Hex Trust and getting custody support for PRQ tokens adds a new level of validity to PARSIQ and underlines just how much security means to us and our holders,” says PARSIQ’s CEO Tom Tirman

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