StanChart-backed Metaco inks custody insurance deal with OneDegree

Quick Take

  • OneDegree will provide digital asset insurance to Metaco’s custody and platform clients.
  • Metaco customers include BNP Paribas and Citibank.

Standard Chartered-backed crypto infrastructure provider Metaco has teamed up with insurer OneDegree to provide insurance to digital custody users. 

The deal will see OneDegree provide digital wallet insurance to financial institutions using Switzerland-based Metaco’s Harmonize custody platform, according to a release from the companies. 

Metaco focuses on developing custody and trading platforms for regulated financial institutions, including BNP Paribas and Citigroup, tapping the market for such services as banks and asset managers move into crypto. The tie-up with OneDegree, a Hong Kong-based insurer, means Metaco clients can also access insurance and risk management services, according to the release.

Providing institutional-grade crypto custody services is a growing market at the moment. BNY Mellon, the world's largest custodian bank, last month started its own offering. On Monday, private equity group Apollo Global Management announced a partnership with Anchorage Digital to store the large majority of the digital assets the firm handles for its clients. 


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Benjamin Robertson is senior newsletter writer at The Block, based in Oxford. He covers global crypto policy and regulation news. Before joining, he worked at Bloomberg News where he wrote about crypto, regulation and finance in Hong Kong, and later reported on private equity and asset management in London. Get in touch via email at [email protected] or on Twitter at @BMMRobertson

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