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Asset Managers Should Only Engage Staking Platforms With Strong Security — Andrew McFarlane
3.12.2023
Institutional investors seeking to earn rewards from digital asset token staking must be aware of the associated risks and should take steps to protect their clients, Andrew McFarlane, CTO at the Web3 infrastructure company Validation Cloud, has said. According to McFarlane, slashing, which is...
Coinbase’s Custody Success: A Major Player in Nearly Every U.S. Bitcoin ETF Application
29.11.2023
Source: Adobe / prima91 Over a dozen asset managers have applied to launch a Bitcoin spot ETF in the United States this year – and Coinbase is poised to serve as custodian for virtually all of them. The firm’s custody arm, Coinbase Custody, is listed as a custodian in the S-1 registration forms...
UK regulator advocates for asset managers to tokenize funds
25.11.2023
The United Kingdom's financial regulator has endorsed a blueprint model designed to facilitate the tokenization of funds for asset management firms
JPMorgan Explores Fund Tokenization for Personalized Portfolio Management
17.11.2023
Source: Pixabay JPMorgan and Apollo have collaborated with several blockchain firms to showcase a “proof of concept”, demonstrating how asset managers can tokenize funds using the blockchain of their preference. According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the companies said that blockchain...
HSBC Announces Plans to Offer Digital Assets Custody Services for Institutions
10.11.2023
HSBC, the London-based financial institution, announced its plans to launch an institution-focused digital assets custody service in 2024. Zhu Kuang Lee, chief digital, data and innovation officer at HSBC, explained that the bank had experienced an increasing demand for these services from asset...
Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval: Cantor Fitzgerald Grows Confident – Here’s Why
29.10.2023
Analysts at financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald believe the long-awaited spot Bitcoin ( BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) is inching closer to reality. The company, known for its prime brokerage and investment banking services, has grown confident in the approval of applications from asset...
48% of Asset Managers Hold Crypto For Clients: Coalition Greenwich Report
8.9.2023
A new study reveals nearly half of institutions in the United States, UK, and Europe offer digital asset services to their clients.
In a recent survey conducted by Coalition Greenwich and Amberdata, 48% of asset management institutions manage crypto for their clients with a general bullish stance...
Surge in Digital Asset Management: Study Shows Nearly 50% of Asset Managers Now Handle Crypto
8.9.2023
Close to half of asset managers currently have digital assets under management, according to a new study. Firms large and small are implementing crypto strategies for clients and expanding offerings. Asset Managers Embrace Crypto: 48% Now Manage Digital Assets The study by digital currency data...
Depressed Crypto Markets, Regulatory Risks Fail to Dissuade Asset Managers From Investing
7.9.2023
Almost half the 60 buy-side professionals surveyed from U.S. and Europe-based asset managers and hedge funds said they're actively managing digital assets
Six Asset Managers File Fresh SEC Applications to Launch Ethereum Futures ETFs in the US
2.8.2023
Six prominent asset managers have filed fresh applications to the US securities and exchange commission (SEC), for the approval of Ethereum (ETH) futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The filings come weeks after the regulator accepted spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF applications in a span of...
First Mover Americas: Race for Ether ETFs Kicks Off With 6 Asset Managers Filing
2.8.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for August 2, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Ether ETFs pending - Grayscale, VanEck and others file SEC applications
2.8.2023
A handful of United States asset managers have filed fresh applications to launch Ethereum Futures ETFs
Ledger Unveils Tradelink: A Custodial Crypto Trading Platform Tailored for Institutions
28.6.2023
On June 28, the crypto hardware wallet manufacturer and security firm Ledger unveiled its latest offering, a digital currency exchange and custodial solution service, specifically tailored for institutions. The new service, known as Tradelink, has been heralded by Ledger as “the first open network...
Crypto Companies Shift Funds to Asset Managers Including Fidelity Amidst Banking Turmoil
15.3.2023
Crypto companies are moving their money from banks to asset managers as the turmoil in global banks continue, but industry insiders don’t see the bank failures as the end of banking for the crypto sector.
The turmoil in the banking industry has so far led to three major bank failures in the...
Societe Generale Introduces Services for Asset Managers Developing Crypto Funds
21.9.2022
Societe Generale is offering new services for asset managers that want to offer crypto funds to their clients
How Two Asset Managers Are Handling 2022’s Crypto Volatility
21.7.2022
Risk mitigated approaches to crypto could offer the benefits of holding it but with less downside
Crypto Asset Managers Chase Yield With New Investment Products
25.5.2022
A cocktail of high inflation and cash-hungry crypto firms are prompting fund issuers like Bitwise and 21Shares to get creative
a16z-backed TrueFi launches DeFi lending market for asset managers
3.2.2022
Ali Yahya, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, told Cointelegraph that TrueFi will “bring the unique advantages of DeFi to a wider and global user base.”
Valkyrie Will Launch On-Chain Defi Fund Next Week
17.11.2021
Valkyrie Investments, one of the biggest cryptocurrency asset managers, has announced it will launch a so-called on-chain defi fund next week. This new fund would be substantially different than other, similar offerings, due to the location of the assets that will be available to earn yield...
Santander Prepares to Offer Bitcoin ETF in Spain
14.11.2021
Santander, a leading financial institution in Spain, is preparing to offer a Bitcoin ETF to its customers in the country. This, while Spanish asset managers have been largely reluctant to embrace crypto products as part of their investment portfolio offerings to customers. Santander Bitcoin ETF...