We believe that self-custody for crypto hedge funds trading on multiple exchanges is not a viable institutional solution (see this article on self-custody we wrote earlier). In short, although many custodians claim to have institutional custody, in practice they lose control of the fund’s crypto assets as soon as they are sent to an exchange.

A cryptocurrency custodian is a specialized financial institution responsible for safeguarding a firm’s or individual’s cryptocurrency assets. If a firm is only going to hold and not trade crypto assets then it doesn’t need a very sophisticated custody solution. However hedge funds that plan on trading crypto assets on multiple exchanges, require a different and more sophisticated custody solution.