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Hong Kong-founded institutional cryptocurrency asset custodian Hex Trust has been given the green light to offer virtual asset custodial services to institutional clients and investors in Dubai.The firm, which established an office in the city in June 2022, received a full virtual asset service provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual
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BitGo head Mike Belshe said the firm is close to receiving approval from the Dubai regulator. Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo, backed by Goldman Sachs, is seeking expansion into the Middle East following a recent $100 million funding round, which brought the company’s valuation to $1.75 billion. In an interview with Financial News, BitGo
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Komainu clients will be able to benefit from the firm’s on-chain custody while gaining access to off-exchange settlement over ClearLoop. Source
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Komainu, a cryptocurrency custody firm co-created by crypto investment firm CoinShares, hardware wallet provider Ledger and Japanese investment bank Nomura, has secured major regulatory approval in the United Kingdom.The company announced on Oct. 6 that it had received approval from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to register as a
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Prime Trust filed for bankruptcy in August, roughly two months after Nevada regulators alleged the company was unable to meet its customers' withdrawal requests. The company also used customer funds to invest in failed stablecoin project Terra, in addition to engaging in other dubious business practices, a court filing shows. Source
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Ceffu was launched in December 2021, originally as Binance Custody. It rebranded in February 2023, with a new name inspired by Binance’s Secure Asset Fund for Users, which was in turn a play on the crypto term SAFU, or “safe,” and with a logo now distinct from, if vaguely reminiscent
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The company disclosed that its expansion into Singapore is not an isolated endeavor but a part of its broader global strategy. In a bid to cater to the surging demand for secure digital asset storage solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, Zodia Custody, a crypto storage provider and subsidiary of Standard Chartered
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“An important differentiator is what we as a regulated custodian can and cannot do,” Gebbing said. “What you will not find, for example, is that we just connect Finoa wallets to any kind of decentralized app out there, permissionless DeFi and whatnot. It’s really a filtered, curated set of d'apps
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Crypto custodian Prime Trust has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware after facing a shortfall in customer funds.The company said in an Aug.15 filing that it has between 25,000 to 50,000 creditors and estimated liabilities between $100 million to $500 million compared to $50 million to $100 million
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The registration, which follows last year's approval in Italy, is "a significant milestone" for its European expansion plans, Hex Trust said. Source
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