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Safekeeping of private keys and management of withdrawal permissions and transaction approvals for financial institutions and corporates.
Cobo will close its consumer wallet app on Dec. 1 and charge 2% a month, minimum $100, on any assets still inside. Because $100 is 2% of a $5,000 balance, every smaller balance pays more than 2% a month.
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Deutsche Bank says its first crypto custody service is weeks from launch in Germany, starting with Bitcoin and Ether. The bank's product page lists five tokens, so the gap between a supported asset and a usable service is what clients will meet first.
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Coinbase has published seven points for a Bitcoin quantum plan, led by a design that separates the coin container from the signature scheme. Coinbase calls the post an input to an open discussion, and custody teams can test their own setup against the list.
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Schwab has opened bitcoin and ether trading to eligible retail clients on a $13.33 trillion platform at a 0.75% fee. CEO Rick Wurster calls it transaction revenue, and each $1 billion traded would yield $7.5 million.
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ASIC has opened consultation on CP 392, which offers crypto platforms three alternative capital models, with feedback due Nov. 27. Final standards are due in March 2027, at most 38 days before the law takes effect on April 8.
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SaaScada and Zumo now offer UK banks and wealth managers regulated digital asset services, ahead of a regime expected in October 2027. The pitch is to win back client activity that now sits on outside exchanges.
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Coinbase, which says it custodies roughly 5% of all bitcoin, argues a new signature algorithm will not make the network quantum-resistant. Its list adds dormant coins, block space, MPC custody and full-node validation, and it wants work to start now.
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Ripple has signed Meritz Securities to explore custody and tokenization, its fourth Korean partner of 2026 and the first securities firm. The work starts inside Meritz's existing permissions and has no launch date.
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Coinbase, which says it custodies about 5% of all bitcoin, warned on October 13 that a quantum-resistant upgrade could take years. It backs BIP-360, P2TRv2 and hybrid wallets now and wants dormant and lost coins settled separately.
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Jeonbuk Bank began lending won against Bitcoin to corporate clients on October 12, a South Korean first, Crypto Briefing reported. The bank never holds the coins, so its exposure sits in the pricing model and in a court auction that recovers value after a default.
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South Korea's Supreme Court promulgated Rule 3280 on Oct. 12, letting courts freeze, seize and sell crypto to recover unpaid debts. Officers can take directly held coins before the debtor is notified, though CryptoSlate says self-custodied keys may keep enforcement hard.
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Jeonbuk Bank has lent won to a corporate borrower against Bitcoin held by a registered custodian, a bank official confirmed to IT Chosun. Without a published loan-to-value limit or margin trigger, its resilience to a price fall cannot be checked from outside.
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Two DWF Labs-linked firms are suing BitGo for $141 million, alleging it sold tokens it had bought before their agreed lock-ups ended. The claim treats BitGo as a buyer of discounted tokens, so the exposure sits with sellers who relied on its promise to wait.
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With the Clarity Act stalled in the Senate, the SEC and CFTC are writing US crypto rules, but only one of their three measures since September 17 is in force. Executives expect faster deals from that route while lawyers warn its rules stay open to political and legal reversal.
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Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake says AI could break ECDSA in "months not years" and wants large holders on fresh addresses now. Custodians would bear most of the cost, and his evidence is a single AI math result.
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Fireblocks' Michael Gutkin ties Bitcoin's quantum risk to exposed public keys, citing estimates that 6.7 million to 7 million BTC already sit behind them. Custodians can apply his remedy, fresh addresses plus a running count of exposed coins, without waiting for BIP 360.
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Samsung Wallet will make USDC its default dollar stablecoin on 82 million eligible U.S. Galaxy devices from late October. The deal gives Circle the default slot and Coinbase custody of the balances, while licensed partner Bastion keeps the customer records and the compliance work.
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Glassnode's Rafael Schultze-Kraft counts 31.2% of circulating Bitcoin behind exposed public keys, up 222,000 BTC since May while supply grew 64,000 BTC. Exchanges supplied most of that rise, and a venue can cut its share by moving reserves to fresh addresses.
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Arkham Intelligence says 3,568 bitcoin tied to a viral claim of a $197 million Fidelity sale moved inside Fidelity Custody on Sept. 29 and were not sold. Fidelity holds coins in those wallets for institutional clients, so a large on-chain transfer cannot by itself show who is selling.
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BaFin refused futurum bank a MiCA licence 466 days after it applied, prolonging a bitcoin.de trading halt that began on June 12. Owner Bitcoin Group SE now plans to restart through regulated German partners, handing trading and custody to outside firms.
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