Companies that hold crypto for funds, companies and some individuals, under a trust charter or custody licence. Every listing says what a company is good for and what to watch out for. Sponsors can buy placement here. They can never buy a rating, and the methodology page says so in writing.
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Holds crypto for institutions through Anchorage Digital Bank, a national trust bank chartered by the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). In 2022 the OCC put the bank under a consent order for an inadequate anti-money-laundering programme, which it neither admitted nor denied; the OCC ended the order in 2025.
Founded 2017
Custody, wallets and trading for institutions; its custodian, BitGo Bank & Trust, is a national trust bank chartered by the OCC, and it issues World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin. In 2020 BitGo paid $98,830 to settle 183 apparent sanctions violations with the US Treasury's OFAC over its hot-wallet service; OFAC said the custody business was not involved.
Founded 2013 · Sioux Falls, United States
Custody, trading, settlement and collateral management for institutions.
Fidelity Investments' crypto business: custody and trading for institutions, through a national trust bank chartered by the OCC.
Mainly software that companies use to hold and move crypto themselves; its subsidiary Fireblocks Trust Company, a New York limited-purpose trust company, also holds crypto for clients.
Holds crypto for institutions. Set up in 2018 by Nomura, CoinShares and Ledger; regulated in Jersey and Dubai and registered with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority.
Founded 2018
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