Key Highlights: BitGo is expanding access to its qualified custody solutions to serve retail clients seeking secure digital asset management. The move arrives amid tightening regulatory scrutiny over cryptocurrency safety and storage practices. Growing retail demand for institutional-grade custody could shift broader market sentiment and prompt industry competitors to follow suit. Digital asset security firm ...
Key Highlights: Google Cloud is launching its first dedicated multi-party computation (MPC) digital asset custody offering, moving beyond generic key management systems. The new purpose-built service integrates MPC signing, automated transaction policies, and key recovery to help banks and institutions secure tokenized assets. The product addresses the single largest vector in crypto crime, with compromised ...
Key Highlights: A UK-based cryptocurrency trader reported being held at knifepoint during a home invasion, resulting in the theft of roughly $800,000 in digital assets. The victim claimed intruders destroyed his mobile device and forced transfers of $40,000 from a hot wallet alongside $720,000 held on a Ledger hardware wallet. The incident represents another suspected ...
Key Highlights Bitget Wallet Chief Operating Officer Kan emphasized that digital asset custody risk centers on “blast radius,” distinguishing the unaffected self-custodial service from centralized exchange pooled systems following Bitget’s revised $387.5 million security breach. European regulator ESMA is preparing a comprehensive crypto custodian resilience review spanning 2026 to 2027 to scrutinize key storage, operational ...