Institutional Custody Regulatory Matrix

Fireblocks Trust Company, LLC is listed by NYDFS as a limited purpose trust company; Fireblocks Trust markets qualified custody.

BitGo New York Trust Company is listed by NYDFS as a limited purpose trust company; BitGo also operates regulated custody entities in other jurisdictions.

Anchorage Digital Bank, National Association received an OCC national trust bank charter and appears in the OCC institution directory.

Copper publishes regulatory registrations for specific entities, including Switzerland; permissions must be checked against the entity used for the mandate.

Zodia Custody Europe S.A. appears on the AMF MiCA whitelist following authorization by Luxembourg CSSF.

Komainu publishes regulated custody permissions/registrations across Jersey, the UAE, the UK and Italy.

Hex Trust publishes multiple regulated-entity permissions, including a Singapore capital-markets-services licence with custodial permissions.

Taurus provides institutional custody/tokenization infrastructure; this review does not independently certify the regulatory status of every Taurus entity or customer deployment.

Tangany GmbH appears on the AMF MiCA whitelist following authorization by BaFin and markets itself as a MiCA-licensed German custodian.

New York DFS approved Standard Custody & Trust Company as a limited purpose trust company; Ripple completed its acquisition in 2024.

Paxos Trust Company is a New York limited purpose trust company supervised by NYDFS.

NYDIG Trust Company LLC is listed by NYDFS as a limited purpose trust company.

Xapo Bank states it is regulated as a Gibraltar credit institution and its VASP operates under Gibraltar’s DLT framework.

This review verifies the custody/control framework but does not independently certify every regulatory permission of Bitcoin Suisse entities.

This review focuses on Sygnum’s bank custody platform; the exact licence/perimeter for each jurisdiction should be checked against the contracting entity.

AMINA describes itself as a FINMA-regulated Swiss bank and securities dealer providing crypto custody.

Coinbase Custody Trust Company is a New York limited purpose trust company and qualified custodian under New York banking law.

Kraken Custody is provided through Kraken Financial, a state-chartered bank in Wyoming.

Gemini Trust Company is a New York trust company and Gemini markets qualified custody under New York banking law.

Crypto.com announced conditional OCC approval for a national trust bank charter in February 2026; conditional approval is not the same as a completed charter.

Fidelity Digital Assets has historically operated a New York trust-company custody entity; current mandate scope should be confirmed against current entity documentation.

BNY is a regulated global custodian bank; its digital-asset custody platform has operated in the U.S. since 2022.

DBS provides institutional digital custody within its regulated banking/digital-exchange ecosystem; exact service permissions vary by client/entity.

BBVA publicly announced Spanish regulatory clearance/notification under MiCA for bitcoin and ether trading/custody services.

Commerzbank states it is authorized under Article 60 MiCAR for custody/administration and transfer services for crypto-assets.

Deutsche Bank and Taurus publicly announced a partnership to build/provide digital-asset custody and tokenization services; current product availability should be confirmed.

DZ BANK’s current institutional product site states that it offers professional custody and transfer of crypto-assets to institutional clients.

CACEIS received French PSAN status for digital-asset custody and reported institutional custody live in France and Luxembourg in 2026.

SIX Digital Exchange states it is a FINMA-regulated CSD and received FINMA approval in 2026 to provide crypto custody.

Ripple offers institutional custody technology and owns Standard Custody & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company.

Cobo publicly offers custodial wallets, but the reviewed public materials do not establish one globally applicable qualified-custodian or bank/trust status. Regulatory perimeter should be confirmed for the contracting entity.

Tetra Trust states it is a regulated Canadian trust company providing institutional digital-asset custody.

Aegis markets itself as a licensed institutional digital-asset custodian. The exact legal entity and licence applicable to a buyer should be confirmed directly before procurement.

Aquanow operates regulated entities in several jurisdictions. Its UAE disclosures allow direct incidental custody for broker-dealer clients, while other legal entities may not provide custody.

State Street is a regulated global custodian bank; the reviewed digital-asset materials describe capabilities delivered within its institutional asset-servicing framework.

Northern Trust is an established regulated global custodian and asset servicer; the reviewed digital-asset work sits within that institutional framework.

Standard Chartered announced a Luxembourg digital-asset custody entity and in June 2026 reported MiCA authorization supporting European custody operations; it also operates custody in the UAE.

HSBC is a major regulated custodian bank. Its current public materials describe digital-asset custody as part of its institutional securities-services development.

SG-FORGE states that it is a French investment firm licensed as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider and authorized for custody and administration of crypto-assets.

UBS is a regulated global bank; its digital-asset offering is delivered within bank and securities-service frameworks.

Clearstream operates regulated securities depositories and custody infrastructure; its digital issuance and custody propositions are embedded in that market-infrastructure framework.

DekaBank public reporting states that it obtained a crypto-custody licence in December 2024 and can cover digital-asset value-chain activities.

Bank Frick announced MiCAR authorization in January 2026 for crypto-asset services including custody, order handling and transfers across the EEA.

Swissquote operates regulated banking/financial entities; group disclosures identify regulated entities providing custodian services that include crypto assets.

Julius Baer provides digital-asset services within its regulated private-banking framework.

Maerki Baumann provides digital-asset services through its regulated Swiss private-bank framework.

Arab Bank Switzerland offers digital-asset services from its regulated Swiss banking platform.

HashKey Group states that client assets for its Hong Kong platform are segregated and held by HashKey Custody Services Limited, a licensed trust/company service provider.

KODA presents itself as a regulated/certified institutional digital-asset custodian in South Korea.

Liminal publishes entity-specific regulatory disclosures, including an ADGM-regulated custody entity and other regional structures; Singapore disclosures describe an exemption rather than a full custody licence for that entity.

BDACS describes itself as an institutional digital-asset custodian operating within South Korea’s regulated virtual-asset environment.

M2 disclosures identify M2 Custody Limited as regulated/authorized by the FSRA in ADGM for the relevant UAE service perimeter.

Rain’s official materials describe regulated brokerage/custody operations in the UAE, including ADGM permissions for eligible services.

BitOasis operates regulated virtual-asset platform entities in the Middle East; the exact custody permission depends on the client entity and jurisdiction.

Zero Hash documentation states that Zero Hash Trust is a North Carolina-chartered non-depository trust company; the group also holds U.S. money-transmission/BitLicense permissions and other registrations.

First Digital states that it is an independent public trust corporation headquartered in Hong Kong and provides custody/asset-servicing solutions.

Laser Digital announced OCC conditional approval in 2026 to establish Laser Digital National Trust Bank. Conditional approval is not the same as final authorization to operate the proposed U.S. trust bank.

LBBW is a regulated German bank. Its public materials describe a cryptocurrency custody proposition for corporate clients implemented with Bitpanda technology/infrastructure.

SBI VC Trade operates as a Japanese regulated crypto-asset exchange service provider; customer asset safeguarding is subject to the Japanese exchange regulatory framework.

Matrixport’s institutional custody is provided through Cactus Custody. Cactus describes itself as a qualified custodian operating under regulatory/AML requirements and has historically disclosed Hong Kong trust-company/TCSP credentials.