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BNY to offer staking through Figment on its custody platform, starting with ETH
BNY will use Figment's validator infrastructure to let eligible custody clients stake crypto, starting with ether and later Solana, with no launch date disclosed.
BitGo folds its NYDIG acquisition into a new institutional trading unit, 'Global Markets'
BitGo launched a Global Markets division on November 4, naming ex-NYDIG executive Pete Janney to lead institutional trading, financing, and derivatives built partly from its August acquisition of NYDIG's trading arm.
Fireblocks denies Axios report of $2.5B Visa acquisition talks
Fireblocks denied an Axios report that Visa is in late-stage talks to buy the crypto custody firm for about $2.5 billion, calling it "not true at present time" while Visa declined to comment.
AnchorWatch opens Nevada bitcoin custody with fixed fees and up to $370M in optional insurance
AnchorWatch Trust Company opened Monday as a Nevada-chartered qualified bitcoin custodian, offering fixed monthly fees capped at $10,000 and optional Lloyd's-backed insurance of up to $370 million per client, subject to underwriting.
BitGo's Belshe says a failed Clarity Act leaves one-stop crypto firms a Lehman-sized risk
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe told The Block that the Senate's September rejection of the Clarity Act left U.S. markets exposed to firms combining exchange, brokerage, and custody — a concentration he said could prove worse than Lehman.
SEC Floats Crypto Custody Rules for Advisers and Funds, Opening a 60-Day Comment Window
The SEC proposed a framework on September 30 clarifying how registered advisers and funds can custody crypto, permitting self-custody under conditions and letting state trust companies serve as qualified custodians.
CFTC Staff Expands Crypto FAQ to Cover Tokenized Customer Funds and Blockchain Recordkeeping
CFTC staff updated its crypto FAQ on September 24 to cover investing customer funds in tokenized permitted investments and using blockchain to meet recordkeeping rules, building on earlier tokenized-collateral guidance.
Cardano Foundation and Fireblocks say native tokens will get full custody support by March 2027
The Cardano Foundation and custody firm Fireblocks said native Cardano tokens will become fully supported assets on Fireblocks, with the feature expected by March 2027.
Israeli broker Bits of Gold says vendor breach exposed data on 200,000 customers
Bits of Gold says a hacker reached a third-party analytics vendor and took names, national ID numbers and bank details for roughly 200,000 customers — about 80% of its user base — with no funds or keys touched.
Bank Leumi Announces Crypto Trading for Early 2027, With Galaxy as Plumbing — and a 2022 Attempt It Never Shipped
Israel's largest bank says customers will be able to trade bitcoin, ether and solana through its app in early 2027, with Galaxy Digital supplying trading and custody — four years after a similar plan with Paxos went nowhere.
A 2011 bitcoin wallet moved 50 BTC. Where it went next is the part nobody can confirm
A wallet untouched since July 2011 sent 49.97 BTC — about $3.2 million — into an address that has previously deposited coins with brokerage FalconX, though the funds have not moved again.
US Government Shifts $288M in Seized Crypto to Coinbase Prime, Decrypt Reports
A wallet tied to the US government moved roughly $288 million in seized cryptocurrency to Coinbase Prime, according to Decrypt, though which assets, which case and the reason went undisclosed.
BitGo says it will ship quantum-risk tools for institutional Bitcoin wallets 'in coming weeks'
BitGo said Thursday it will roll out tools in the coming weeks to help institutions measure and cut Bitcoin wallets' exposure to a future quantum-computing attack, built on its existing multi-signature setup.
Coinbase Says It Won Conditional OCC Approval for a National Trust Charter
Coinbase says it won conditional OCC approval to charter a national trust company for its crypto custody business, stressing it won't take deposits or become a bank.