Fidelity Digital Asset Services (FDAS) is “now engaged in a full rollout” of its custody and trading services, expanding from the limited trial users in the platform’s final test stage, according to a Financial Times interview. While there are several platforms providing similar services, Johnson said Fidelity’s large client base and network were distinct advantages.Coinbase, for example, “is still a company that most people had never heard of, and they don’t have the existing relationships with the independent advisers,” Johnson told the FT.
“Fidelity started adding clients in the first quarter and is now engaged in a full rollout of its custody and trading services for digital assets — a boon to what is a fragmented and complicated industry, Ms Johnson told the FT in a rare interview.” CoinDesk reported in February that Fidelity’s crypto custody and trading services platform was being tested by a limited number of clients including hedge funds, family offices and financial advisors. The $2.8 trillion asset manager is one of the first established traditional financial institutions to offer digital asset custody services as other peers are still waiting to see how the crypto industry comes into formation.
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