{
  "title": "Institutional Digital Asset Custody Market Research Snapshot 2026",
  "publisher": "CustodyProviders.com",
  "date_published": "2026-08-21",
  "methodology_url": "https://custodyproviders.com/research-methodology.html",
  "evidence_index_url": "https://custodyproviders.com/custody-evidence-index.html",
  "dataset_url": "https://custodyproviders.com/provider-dataset.html",
  "directory_records": 280,
  "evidence_reviewed_records": 140,
  "documented_sources": 300,
  "evidence_dimensions": {
    "1": 1,
    "2": 59,
    "3": 34,
    "4": 46
  },
  "research_scope": {
    "custody": 100,
    "ecosystem": 31,
    "watch": 9
  },
  "categories": {
    "Digital Asset Custodians": 53,
    "Wallet Infrastructure": 16,
    "Status Watch": 9,
    "Compliance & Security": 4,
    "Custody Banks": 34,
    "Tokenization Infrastructure": 8,
    "Exchange Custody": 16
  },
  "source_types": {
    "Regulator": 23,
    "Provider": 273,
    "Company register": 2,
    "Partner": 1,
    "Court administrator": 1
  },
  "notes": [
    "Counts describe the CustodyProviders.com research dataset and are not market-share estimates.",
    "Evidence review is separate from provider claim verification and does not constitute endorsement.",
    "Unknown fields remain unknown rather than being inferred."
  ]
}