institutional crypto

DTCC, institutional crypto, Japan, MUFG, Securitize, STOs, Vanguard

In a 2020 update on progress, digital securities platform and SEC-registered transfer agent Securitize said that Japan, with its penchant for technology and history of early adoption, will be a…

Evertas: institutional investor sentiment to cryptoassets over next five years

September 24, 2020

crypto assets, crypto insurance, Evertas, institutional crypto

Crypto insurance firm Evertas published research showing that over the next five years 26% believe pension funds, insurers, family offices and sovereign wealth funds will “dramatically” increase their level of…

Bakkt and Galaxy Digital announce joint trading and custody service for institutional crypto

June 11, 2020

Bakkt, crypto custody, crypto exchanges, Galaxy Digital, institutional crypto

Galaxy Digital and Bakkt announced their partnership to launch a collaborative white-glove service for asset managers looking to acquire, build positions in and store bitcoin (BTC). Galaxy Digital is a…

Fidelity survey shows institutional crypto gaining, Europe leads US

June 10, 2020

Fidelity Digital Assets, institutional crypto

In a survey of almost 800 institutional investors across the US and Europe, 36% of respondents say they are currently invested in digital assets, and 6 out of 10 believe…

How institutional tokenization in Asia is shaping out mid-pandemic (Premium)

June 3, 2020

Blockchain, Technology

ASIFMA, institutional crypto, King & Wood Mallesons, tokenization, topstory

There’s renewed scrutiny favoring blockchain in the midst of the pandemic, which has boosted interest for infrastructures acutely aware of the problem with paper in an age of digitization. We…

Nasdaq and R3 to develop institutional crypto exchanges

April 29, 2020

blockchain, Corda, crypto exchanges, institutional crypto, Nasdaq, R3

Nasdaq announced an agreement with enterprise software firm R3 to build digital assets marketplaces. As part of this co-operation, Nasdaq’s Market Technology business will use R3’s enterprise blockchain software Corda,…

GBBC: legal and regulatory challenges to buy-side adoption of blockchain tech

April 23, 2020

crypto custody, cryptoassets, GBBC, institutional crypto

Despite the potential for new technologies to improve operational efficiencies, lower costs, and better serve clients – which has increased interest among asset managers – the majority of blockchain applications…

Media reports: ICBC releases blockchain whitepaper, spotlights China’s CBDC

April 22, 2020

blockchain, CBDC, China, ICBC, institutional crypto

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest lender by assets, has released a white paper on blockchain technology applications in finance, titled, “Blockchain Financial Application Development White…

New York “hybrid” utility sells first bitcoin hashpower contract aimed at US institutional investors

April 13, 2020

bitcoin, BitOoda, Greenidge, institutional crypto

Greenidge Generation, the world’s first fully-compliant bitcoin mining-power plant hybrid, announced the sale of 106 Petahash of computing power to an undisclosed buyer, as the company continues to roll out…

Decrypt: retail bitcoin investors buy the dip as institutional traders flee

April 9, 2020

bitcoin, institutional crypto

The monstrous selloff bitcoin experienced on March 12 — which coincided with significant losses across most major markets — shook out quite a few investors who bought bitcoin post-2017. But…

Vision Hill: an institutional take on the 2019/2020 digital asset market

December 24, 2019

News and Notes – Fintech, Uncategorized

asset management, digital assets, institutional crypto, Vision Hill

Vision Hill, a digital asset manager, assessed 2019 as “an exceptionally interesting and productive year for the digital asset industry” and expects 2020 to be bigger. The firm does not…

Custodians and fintechs chime in on DLT and cryptoassets

November 27, 2019

Custodians, DLT, fintechs, institutional crypto

The ISSA (International Securities Services Association) Working Group on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and cryptoassets has published a new paper that continues its research on institutional crypto, which adds the…

How compliance tech is evolving in a distributed world (Premium)

July 24, 2019

Technology

cybersecurity, institutional crypto, MPC, regtech, topstory

As blockchain infrastructures reach production stages in financial services, security teams are figuring out how to integrate distributed systems with legacy structures. A key aspect of institutional-grade custody, for example,…

Capital markets blockchain weekly roundup

July 22, 2019

Bakkt, Binance, bitcoin futures, CBDC, China, crypto custody, crypto exchanges, crypto fund, FINRA, ICE, institutional crypto, PBOC, regulatory reporting