Custody Companies

AnchorWatch offers Bitcoin custody and insurance services combining proprietary vault technology with Lloyd's of London-backed coverage for individuals, businesses, and institutions. The core product, Trident Vault, is a Bitcoin-native custody infrastructure providing three operational models: self-custody (Flagship), multi-institution key distribution (MIC), and enterprise API access. Insurance offerings cover custody-related risks as well as cyber liability, errors and omissions, mining operations, directors and officers liability, general partner liability, and kidnap and ransom coverage. AnchorWatch operates as a Lloyd's Coverholder, underwriting these policies directly. The company maintains SOC 2 certification and is pursuing a state-trust charter to establish qualified custodian status.

Bitline is a mobile application that enables cryptocurrency holders to access cash or casino chips at participating casinos by using their digital assets as collateral without triggering taxable events. Users deposit eligible crypto assets into a Bitline custody account, select a participating casino, and configure a transaction amount, with funds accessible within minutes. The platform operates continuously and has established partnerships with gaming technology providers to deliver crypto liquidity services at select casino locations in the regulated land-based gaming sector.

Blockradar is a Wallet-as-a-Service platform that provides stablecoin wallet infrastructure to financial technology companies, savings platforms, cross-border payment providers, and exchanges. The platform offers both abstracted and fully integrated wallet options with enterprise-grade security features, enabling businesses to embed stablecoin transaction capabilities without developing custody infrastructure independently. The system architecture supports integration with multiple blockchain networks and service providers, including Circle, Base, Tether, Celo, Chainstack, and The Graph. Blockradar has established partnerships across African and global fintech ecosystems, with integrations including Nestcoin, Risevest, and Rhino.fi. The platform is designed to serve financial service providers operating in emerging markets.

Cobo is a Singapore-based institutional digital asset custody and wallet infrastructure provider offering four wallet technologies: full custody, MPC-based co-managed custody, smart contract wallets, and exchange wallet solutions. Its platform exposes plug-and-play APIs and a multi-layer security framework, enabling clients to integrate custody and on-chain functionality without building proprietary key management systems. Cobo serves exchanges, funds, mining firms, payment processors, and DeFi operators, with known clients including Bitget, HashKey, Antpool, Babylon, and Alchemy Pay. The company also offers the Cobo Agentic Wallet product, which extends wallet infrastructure to AI agent use cases with policy-enforced on-chain permissions.

Coincover provides crypto asset protection, security, and recovery services for businesses and individuals in the digital asset space. The platform combines wallet protection technology with an insurance-backed guarantee mechanism. If private keys are lost or stolen, users can recover their assets through Coincover's failsafe recovery process. The system is designed for crypto businesses including exchanges, wallets, and custodians that integrate Coincover's protection layer into their infrastructure to offer end-users protection against asset loss or theft.

CoinVault is a Bitcoin security company that develops Layer 2 Smart Vault technology and a Hybrid Custody protocol for securing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency assets. The core architecture separates unlocking and spending into distinct events, enabling fund recovery using M+1 keys even when M keys are compromised, which differs from standard multisignature arrangements. The system supports recovery from a single surviving key to address scenarios involving accidental loss or key destruction. The technology operates under two protocol variants: a Cold Storage Protocol and a Hot Wallet Protocol, with optional on-chain hardware token authentication. The company holds patents on its cryptographic approach and publishes technical documentation of the underlying protocols.

Cubist provides hardware-backed key management and embedded wallet infrastructure for Web3 teams, protocols, and end users. Its core product, CubeSigner, offers self-custody key management for organizations and a wallet-as-a-service API for embedding non-custodial wallets in consumer applications. The system includes a programmable policy engine that enforces signing rules as code, hardware security module backing for keys, and specialized workflows for Bitcoin and Babylon staking, cross-chain bridge security through its Bascule Drawbridge product, and on-chain AI agent key delegation. The platform supports use cases including DeFi protocols, staking validators, payments, treasury operations, and gaming, with capabilities extended to confidential cloud functions for private smart contracts.

Delchain is a regulated financial services firm headquartered in The Bahamas, licensed under the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges (DARE) Act and overseen by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas. The company provides institutional-grade digital asset custody using hardware security modules stored in offline banking vaults across multiple jurisdictions, alongside crypto-to-fiat settlement and OTC trading services. Its custody solution supports a range of assets including BTC, ETH, USDT, and various ERC-20 tokens, with segregation of duties and military-grade encryption as core security features. Delchain is affiliated with the largest private banking group in the Caribbean, positioning it as a bridge between traditional regulated finance and blockchain-native businesses seeking compliant financial infrastructure.

Digivault is an institutional digital asset custody platform designed for the Indian market. The infrastructure utilizes Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology to secure private keys, eliminating single points of failure by distributing key shards across multiple parties. The system architecture supports cross-chain compatibility across numerous blockchains and digital assets. Core features include segregated vault environments and customizable multi-approver workflows, which allow organizations to establish governance protocols for transaction authorization.

EDX Trust is the custody services division of EDX Markets, a digital asset exchange. EDX Markets has applied for a National Trust Bank Charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). EDX Trust is designed to provide institutional custody services for digital assets within a federally regulated trust framework. The charter application indicates intent to operate as a regulated custodian for institutional clients under federal oversight rather than through offshore or state-chartered structures. EDX Markets was established with participation from major financial institutions including Fidelity, Citadel Securities, and Charles Schwab.

Hidden Road is an institutional prime brokerage, clearing, and financing platform that serves hedge funds, asset managers, and other institutional clients operating across traditional and digital asset markets. The platform provides prime brokerage services for foreign exchange, precious metals, and digital assets, along with synthetic over-the-counter swaps through its Route28 offering. Additional services include derivatives clearing, sponsored access, and margin financing for digital assets. The system operates on a unified, quantitatively-driven risk management infrastructure capable of functioning across multiple trading venues and asset classes concurrently. The platform operates under a conflict-free model designed to prevent competition with clients and to avoid holding financial interests in counterparties or trading venues.

Layer1 is a stablecoin payments orchestration platform that provides infrastructure for custody, payments, liquidity, and compliance operations. The system enables financial technology companies, payment service providers, trading firms, and enterprises to integrate stablecoin and cryptocurrency payment capabilities through a standardized API requiring minimal code implementation. The platform manages gas fee optimization, wallet operations, multi-venue smart order routing, transaction reconciliation, and cross-border payment rails supporting both fiat and stablecoin settlement. Core components include merchant payment processing with automated currency conversion, treasury management tools, and global payments orchestration capabilities. The architecture is designed to support use cases spanning point-of-sale cryptocurrency acceptance, corporate treasury operations, and international payment settlement.

Lynq is a real-time digital asset settlement network operated by a broker-dealer and designed for institutional clients including market makers, OTC desks, and trading firms. The platform operates a segregated account framework with no onboarding costs or transaction fees. It combines partnerships with regulated entities and private blockchain technology provided by Tassat. The network is managed by three core partners: Arca Labs, Tassat, and tZERO, a regulated broker-dealer responsible for KYC/AML compliance, custody, and trading access. Consortium members include Crypto.com, FalconX, Galaxy, Wintermute, B2C2, and US Bank. Clients deposit funds into brokerage accounts, execute real-time settlement, and earn interest on idle assets. The system is designed to reduce counterparty risk and address market fragmentation in institutional digital asset workflows.

MPCH provides key management and disaster recovery infrastructure for digital assets and critical systems in permissioned, high-stakes environments. The platform operates as a key holder and recovery authority. Its core products are Stronghold-DR, an air-gapped disaster recovery system for seeds, secrets, keys, and hardware signing devices, and Stronghold-KMS, a key management system. Both products are designed to support zero-trust architecture models. The platform serves enterprises, governments, and financial institutions requiring self-custody continuity without introducing new technology dependencies.

NOW Custody is an institutional cryptocurrency custody platform that provides businesses with a single API to receive, store, convert, and manage digital assets across more than 800 supported cryptocurrencies. The platform is built around cold storage for 100% of user funds, with security practices aligned to SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 standards, hosted on AWS infrastructure. It targets neobanks, exchanges, payment platforms, gaming companies, lending platforms, and investment brokerages seeking to integrate crypto operations without building custody infrastructure in-house. Part of the broader NOW Ecosystem alongside ChangeNOW, the service has been operational since 2017 and positions itself as a B2B infrastructure layer for crypto-enabled financial products.

PolySign provides digital asset infrastructure services focused on custody solutions for financial institutions operating in capital markets and payments. The core technology platform is built on a proprietary third-generation private blockchain architecture designed by Arthur Britto and David Schwartz, who previously designed the XRP Ledger. The custody solution incorporates patented security mechanisms for asset storage, transaction processing, and payment operations, with integration capabilities for regulated financial organizations.

Sodot provides self-hosted MPC (multi-party computation) and TEE-based key management infrastructure for crypto businesses, enabling both custodial and self-custodial wallet products. Its two core products are MPC Infra, for building secure crypto applications, and Exchange API Vault, which protects trading API keys with enterprise-grade security for automated trading workflows. Customers include BitGo, eToro, Flow Traders, Flowdesk, and Exodus, with the platform reportedly securing tens of billions of dollars and millions of users. The self-hosted deployment model differentiates it from SaaS-based key management, giving operators full control over uptime, asset support, and vendor risk.

Tangany, based in Munich, is a highly innovative fintech company with a market leading b2b solution for the custody of digital assets (e.g. crypto currencies, tokenized securities, NFTs) on blockchain networks.

Tetra Digital Group is a Canadian regulated digital finance group comprising three core entities. Tetra Trust operates as an institutional-grade digital asset custodian under Canadian financial regulation. Tetra Unity functions as a custody orchestration platform that connects custodians, risk systems, and data networks. CADD is a CAD-backed stablecoin issued on a 1:1 basis against Canadian dollars and deployed on-chain as a compliant payment rail. The group serves institutional clients and financial institutions requiring regulated infrastructure for digital asset custody and on-chain settlement. Tetra Trust provides the custodial foundation and regulatory framework for the group. CADD operates as a stablecoin issued by a regulated financial institution and backed by Canadian dollars. The group is headquartered in Canada and functions as infrastructure for digital finance operations within Canadian regulatory frameworks.

Theya is a Bitcoin custody platform providing multi-signature vault infrastructure for corporate, institutional, and individual users. The platform supports single-key and multi-party vault configurations with role-based access controls. It integrates with hardware wallets and hardware security modules for institutional key management, and enables offline access functionality. The service is organized into three product categories: Business for corporate treasury management, Advisors for client custody operations, and Individuals for joint account and inheritance planning use cases.

Tholos is a self-custodial MPC (multi-party computation) wallet and treasury management platform designed for crypto teams, funds, DAOs, and institutions. The platform distributes cryptographic key shares across signers' mobile devices such that no single party, including Tholos, holds a complete private key, thereby eliminating custodial risk. It supports over 30 blockchains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, and Hyperliquid through a unified dashboard. Core features include wallet management, banking operations, payments, and transaction approval workflows. The system enables multi-signature control of digital assets while maintaining self-custody principles across distributed signers.

Timechain Labs is a blockchain infrastructure company based in India that develops tokenization, custody, and stablecoin infrastructure. The platform comprises four integrated components: Neucron, which provides institutional custody and payment infrastructure; Assetyzer, which handles tokenized asset issuance and capital raising; Manthan, which offers exchange and market infrastructure; and Zenvo, which provides compliance infrastructure. The company serves financial institutions, fintech companies, enterprises, and government bodies that require infrastructure for regulated digital asset services.

Tungsten Custody Solutions Ltd is a regulated digital asset custodian headquartered in Abu Dhabi, operating under the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) within the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) framework. The company provides institutional-grade custody services using military-grade hardware security modules (HSMs) and comprehensive insurance coverage, with integrated access to exchanges, liquidity providers, analytics, and tokenisation services. Tungsten operates in partnership with Zodia Custody, a custody platform with ties to Standard Chartered, and targets institutional investors, crypto miners, trading firms, ETP providers, foundations, venture capital funds, and exchanges. Its regulatory standing in ADGM positions it as a compliant custody option for entities seeking regulated digital asset storage in the UAE and broader Middle East region.

Turnkey provides wallet infrastructure and key management services for cryptocurrency applications. The platform offers embedded consumer wallets, business wallets, agentic wallets, and a white-labeled Wallet-as-a-Service product. Its architecture centers on secure key management within a Verifiable Cloud environment, enabling non-custodial wallet creation at scale without requiring developers to manage raw private keys directly. The system is designed as a backend layer for DeFi protocols, payment applications, AI agents, stablecoin platforms, and developer tooling builders rather than as an end-user-facing product. Core functionality includes policy-driven wallet operations and programmable infrastructure for institutional and consumer cryptocurrency use cases.