Self Custody

Spanish fin-serv giant Banco Santander has reportedly selected digital asset management firm Taurus to safeguard its Swiss clients’ Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).On Nov. 20, Santander Private Banking International’s Swiss private banking unit rolled out a new Bitcoin and Ether trading serv ...

A New Zealand dollar-pegged stablecoin has gone live through a partnership with New Zealand crypto exchange Easy Crypto and Australian blockchain development firm Labrys.In a Nov. 22 announcement, Labrys and Easy Crypto said the NZDD will be backed 1:1 with cash in trust and regulated by t ...

Crypto exchange Gemini newly announced measures to comply with the controversial crypto Travel Rule in the United Kingdom reflects a “worrying creep” toward overregulation and will strip customers of their freedom for self-custody, according to a Trezor analyst.On Nov. 7, crypt ...

Crypto exchange Binance announced the launch of its new Web3 wallet at the Binance Blockchain Week conference in Istanbul, to be made available to all users via the Binance mobile app.During the launch, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CEO of Binance, revealed the intent behind launching the service: ...

Telegram Wallet, a major Telegram bot allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), has chosen custody over self-custody to chase easier onboarding goals, according to a senior executive.In July 2023, crypto-friendly Telegram messenger officially announced the integra ...

Cryptocurrency self-custody platform Casa has rolled out new functionality for its recently launched Ethereum (ETH) vaults that will allow users to transact via a relay for added privacy.Casa added a multisignature Ethereum self-custody vault to its initial Bitcoin (BTC) custody offer ...

Crypto analysts on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) and YouTube interviews have been abuzz with talk about the trend of Bitcoin leaving centralized exchanges.On Aug. 29, the quantity of Bitcoin (BTC) held within exchanges saw a decline, reaching its lowest point sinc ...

During a recent podcast interview, MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor expressed the opinion that large corporations purchasing and then proceeding to centralize Bitcoin (BTC) should not be a cause for concern.While speaking to Natalie Brunell on the Coin Stories podcast, released on Aug. 7, Sa ...

The House Financial Services Committee has advanced another two landmark crypto bills previously under consideration —  with one aiming to better regulate stablecoin issuers and another seen as positive for crypto self-custody in the United States. On July 28 the Committee said ...

A Reddit user has become the latest example of why crypto users should be more careful when using wallet generators — after the user lost a few thousand dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC) from their "secure" paper wallet.On July 24, a Redditor by the name /jdmcnair posted on th ...

There is no way to measure the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) that is being sent to self-custody wallets so far, according to one industry executive.Amid the ongoing FUD over lawsuits against major cryptocurrency exchanges, investors have been increasingly offloading their Bitcoin from crypto tra ...