Company Overview
Zodia Custody is a digital asset custodian based in London. Established by SC Ventures, the incubation firm of Standard Chartered, it is also backed by other major financial institutions including, SBI Group, Northern Trust, and National Australia Bank. It is registered with regulatory bodies in the UK, Abu Dhabi, and Hong Kong, and recently obtained a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license under the EU’s MiCA framework from Luxembourg’s CSSF, supporting EU passporting.
It offers institutional clients digital asset custody solutions structured around product pillars that are anchored to distinct client needs: Hold (Custody), Trade (Interchange & Switch), Earn (Staking & Rewards), and its Solutions business, which provides a modular infrastructure that allows institutions to control custody, governance, and ecosystem connectivity within their own single operating environment.
Products and Services
*Denotes services offered via Group Entities and/or Third Parties.
Licensing and Supervision
- Regulated / Licensed: Luxembourg, UAE (Abu Dhabi), Hong Kong.
- Registered / Authorised: UK, Singapore, all EU Countries under MiCA Passporting Rights.
- Pending Licence / Regulated Status: Australia, Singapore.
Supported Assets
85+ assets, including:
Custody and Security Framework
Hot / Warm / Air-Gapped Cold Storage, Multi-Signature / Shamir's Secret Share / Multi-Party Computation (MPC), FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Hardware Security Module (HSMs), Geo-Redundant Data Centres, SOC1 Type II & SOC2 Type I External Controls Audits, ISO 27001 Certified, Private Bug Bounty, Independent PEN Testing.
Supported Markets
45+ markets, with offices in Australia, Europe (Luxembourg), Hong Kong, UAE, Singapore, United Kingdom.
Travel Rule Compliance
Compliant; Third-party solution.
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