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Finance

BNY to add crypto staking to digital asset custody platform

The custody bank has selected Galaxy to provide staking infrastructure as it broadens services for institutional crypto investors.

BNY office (BNY/Press)

Videos

Morgan Stanley launches cheapest Ether and Solana ETFs at 14 basis points

Morgan Stanley Investment Management's Global Head of ETFs Ally Wallace breaks down the firm's newly launched Ether and Solana ETFs from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Wallace explains why Morgan Stanley priced all three of its crypto products at 14 basis points — the cheapest on the market — and how its April Bitcoin ETF became the firm's most successful launch ever. And, she unpacks the staking component of the new proof-of-stake products, including Morgan Stanley's decision to pass back 100% of staking rewards to investors.

Morgan Stanley launches cheapest Ether and Solana ETFs at 14 basis points

Markets

BitGo stock surges on $50 million share buyback as value languishes 65% below IPO price

The buyback comes as newly public digital-asset firms face a tougher environment, with crypto markets lagging and investor attention shifting toward AI stocks.

BitGo at NYSE. (X/Matt Ballensweig)

Finance

Every single bank will soon need to hold digital assets, says Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer

Sawyer confirmed that Standard Chartered’s full acquisition of the firm is on track to target a signing at the end of June and complete by the end of August.

Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Finance

Why Minnesota is empowering local banks to fight Wall Street for crypto revenue

A local banker told CoinDesk that in light of Wall Street’s aggressive push into the crypto industry, Minnesota's financial institutions could not afford to remain on the sidelines.

(Bernadette "Bernie" Perryman)

Finance

Crypto custody firm Copper is looking to sell the company for $500 million

Cantor Fitzgerald has been appointed to help with the sale, according to sources.

Photo of Copper CEO Amar Kuchinad (Copper)

Policy

Minnesotan banks and credit unions set to provide crypto custody Aug. 1

Minnesota established the midwest’s first unified digital asset safety net for banks and credit unions.

(Gregory Hayes/Unsplash)

Finance

Standard Chartered to acquire remainder of subsidiary Zodia Custody

The bank's offer to acquire the slice of Zodia Custody it doesn't already own has been accepted by the firm's other shareholders and noteholders.

The Standard Chartered logo on the outside of an office building (Corporate Locations/Unsplash)

Finance

BNY, world's largest custody bank, expands crypto services in Abu Dhabi

The Wall Street giant, which oversees $59 trillion in client assets, teamed up with Finstreet and ADI Foundation for digital asset infrastructure.

BNY office (BNY/Press)

Finance

Kraken's parent company Payward alleges $25 million crypto custody fraud in lawsuit against Etana and firm's CEO

The crypto exchange claims client funds were misused, commingled and concealed in a “Ponzi-like” scheme that unraveled amid a liquidity crisis.

Kraken Co-CEO Arjun Sethi at the Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)