How CustodyProviders.com verifies custody evidence
The objective is procurement-grade transparency: separate custody from infrastructure, cite primary sources, timestamp evidence and leave unknown facts unknown.
1. Entity first
We distinguish a technology brand, exchange, bank and regulated custody legal entity. A group can have multiple roles.
2. Primary sources first
Regulator registers and official charter/licence notices rank above company disclosures. Security and assurance claims link to official trust centers or published reports.
3. Dated evidence
Evidence snapshots show the last review date. Licences, ownership, service availability and assurance reports can change.
4. No inference
If segregation, insurance, SOC/ISO status or licence scope cannot be verified, the field remains unverified instead of being guessed from marketing language.
5. Coverage is not quality
Evidence completeness measures how much current public evidence was found. It is not a safety rating, endorsement or ranking.
6. Procurement confirmation
Buyers should obtain current contracts, licence extracts, assurance reports, insurance schedules, SLAs and insolvency/segregation analysis before onboarding.
Directory scope
| Layer | Included | What it does not imply |
|---|---|---|
| Custody-category profiles | Digital Asset Custodians, Custody Banks, Exchange Custody | Directory inclusion alone does not prove a current licence or qualified-custodian status. |
| Custody ecosystem | Wallet Infrastructure, Tokenization Infrastructure, Compliance & Security | These companies are not automatically custodians simply because they support custody workflows. |
Corrections and status changes
When a material change is verified, the old claim is corrected rather than silently retained. For example, Finoa is now marked as a historical/status-change profile because its former German custody licence ended effective 31 December 2025.
Current reviewed release: 18 Aug 2026. The current evidence release covers 140 reviewed custody and infrastructure records; unreviewed directory profiles remain discovery records, not current-status attestations.
Regulatory matrix rules
CustodyProviders.com does not collapse unlike regulatory regimes into a single “regulated” badge. MiCA/CASP authorization, Article 60 bank notification, state trust charters, OCC national trust charters, FINMA bank/CSD supervision, ADGM permissions and Hong Kong TCSP/SFC regimes are recorded separately. Conditional approvals and group/entity ambiguity remain visibly qualified.
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