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134 The oldest bank in the US, BNY Mellon, will offer Bitcoin custody to its clients after stating that digital assets are seeing widespread adoption.
BNY Mellon Adopts Bitcoin
BNY Mellon works with Bakkt, the crypto futures platform owned by the NYSE operator, to secure crypto assets. On Thursday, the bank announced that it would hold, transfer, and issue Bitcoin and other digital assets for its asset-management clients.
It also plans to launch a platform that will handle digital assets in the same way as traditional assets like Treasurys and stocks.
Chief executive of the bank’s asset-servicing department, Roman Regelman, commented that “Digital assets are becoming part of the mainstream.”
As a major Wall Street institution, this financial institution’s onboarding of Bitcoin speaks volumes for the level of institutional adoption we’ve seen over the past few months.
Disclosure: At the time of writing, the author held Bitcoin.
