Head of Custody, Giorgia Pellizzari, breaks down how crypto regulation needs to move forward for effective investor protection, starting with establishing clear rules for custodians to operate transparently and legally.
CFO Andrew Economos sat down with CNBC News to discuss crypto’s resilient response to the on-going banking crisis, as well as the technological changes occurring in the financial services sector as it moves away from TradFi to DeFi.
CEO Alessio Quaglini sat down with CNBC to discuss the SEC's role in investor protection, as well as the difference between exchanges providing custody and a qualified custodian providing real custody with asset segregation.
Head of Quant Development David Cicoria spoke to Blockworks about the recent upward price movements of Ethereum layer-2 tokens, and the possible reasons for this bullish action.
Chairman of Hex Trust Advisory Board Colin Brooks shares his thoughts on the need for stronger protection of investor assets post-FTX, how professional custodians can help resolve the issue of asset safety & why exchanges must collaborate with custodians to develop new, safer models.
Digital asset custodian Hex Trust received the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) on Nov. 24, according to a press release by the company.
HT Markets, a member of the Hex Trust Group, now provides staking support for Hedera, an enterprise-grade public ledger for the decentralized economy, enabling financial institutions to participate in staking the protocol’s native token HBAR.
CEO Alessio Quaglini reiterates the strengths and advantages of licensed independent custodians in the midst of the crypto industry's struggles with crypto exchange FTX's implosion.
Hex Trust was featured by KPMG & HSBC as one of the top 10 Emerging Giants in Asia Pacific that could be valued at US$1 billion when the crypto markets recover.
Hex Trust CEO Alessio Quaglini shared with Forkast News on how institutional-grade custodians can help investors safely access tokenization of fixed income products under Hong Kong's changing digital asset regulation landscape.
Live on CoinDesk TV: Hex Trust CEO Alessio Quaglini talks about the state of #crypto in Asia, metaverse & GameFi growth in the region, and expansion plans after Series B.
Hex Trust, a Hong Kong startup offering custody services for crypto assets, has seen its valuation rise 10-fold in a year to $300 million with a financing round led by Animoca Brands and Liberty City Ventures.
Hex Trust will serve as custodian and provide financial services to gamers in Animoca Brands’ ecosystem, which includes The Sandbox, according to the press release. The services will also include banking services for NFTs and other crypto assets, the statement said.
What makes 2021’s roaring crypto market different from 2017’s are the banks and VCs piling in, writes Calvin Shen of Hex Trust. What’s behind their crypto adoption?
Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian Hex Trust has integrated enterprise-grade public blockchain network Hedera Hashgraph into its Hex Safe custody platform, the company announced today.
Crypto custodian Hex Trust has secured $10 million in fresh funding to further the market infrastructure and security of its licensed custody platform, Hex Safe.
UnionBank of the Philippines, one of the country’s largest banks by total assets, has selected Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based digital assets custodian, to test a crypto custody service.
Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian, today announced that it has secured investment from Cyberport, a technology incubator project backed by the Hong Kong government.
Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian, has appointed Colin Brooks as chairman of its advisory board. First appointed to the advisory board in July 2020, Brooks has over 35 years of experience in the securities industry, including 30 years in Asia.
As attitudes towards digital assets become more positive, the next few years will see the digital asset industry become more mature, with clearer regulations around digital assets and the establishment of a vibrant digital ecosystem.
Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian for the banking sector, has partnered with Chainalysis, a blockchain analysis and cryptocurrency crime expert, to enhance the compliance features of its custody platform.
Blockchain monitoring platform Parsiq has teamed up with Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian Hex Trust to provide bank-level security for digital assets. While keeping Parsiq’s PRQ tokens safe, the partnership also offers Hex Trust’s clients additional security with enterprise-grade monitoring.
Digital asset custodian Hex Trust has completed a multimillion-dollar raise from prominent cryptocurrency and traditional investors to further its products and scale its operations.
The Algorand Foundation has partnered with bank-grade digital asset custodian Hex Trust to bring the Algo token and tokens built using the Algorand ASA standard onto the Hex Safe custody platform.
Hex Trust is proud to be the only licenced custodian supporting the launch of Mirror Protocol by our partners Terraform Labs. The platform enables a way to mint crypto assets that mimic the value of shares in publicly traded companies like Apple or Tesla.
Working as a globally-acclaimed digital asset custodian for DeFi and CeFi systems, Hex Trust has announced its strategic collaboration with Terra, a leading brand name in stablecoins and blockchain firms.
Our CEO, Alessio Quaglini, was interviewed on the 'Thinking Crypto' YouTube Channel. The topics discussed include Institutional and banking demand for digital assets rising, Ex-HSBC Head of Custody - Colin Brooks, joining our Team, Our integration with Tezos and how we're working with R3.
In Asia Asset Management's latest issue, they interviewed Sam Ameen from our Hex Trust team on his insights on how the Asset Management industry is adopting blockchain technology.
The Block recently interviewed us as part of their institutional infrastructure series along with the other major custodians in the industry. Topics discussed include feedback on security methods, roadblocks regarding regulations...
We were invited by IBM to write an article for their website on how Digital Asset Custody is evolving. Alessio Quaglini, our CEO, shared his thoughts on how the role of custodians will be a critical building block for the new financial markets infrastructure.
DigFin wrote about our digital assets custody partnership with Mason Privatbank Liechtenstein. It dives into how we integrate our solutions with the bank’s technology, enabling clients to trade while their assets never leave our secure custody.
Fintech News Switzerland covers our partnership where Hex Trust has been selected to offer digital asset custodian services to Asia-based clients of Mason Privatbank Liechtenstein AG.
Mason Privatbank Liechtenstein AG has become the latest private bank to offer digital asset custody through a partnership with Hong Kong-based Hex Trust.
Leading digital asset custodian in Asia, Hex Trust, announced on Wednesday that it had joined hands with the Celo Alliance. As a part of the ‘Alliance for Prosperity,’ Hex Trust will provide custody support to Celo Blockchain’s native token, Celo Gold.
During the interview with our CEO Allessio Quaglini, we discuss how banks are adopting digital assets, how CBDC's will impact the industry and our partnerships with R3 and IBM.
Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian Hex Trust announced on Wednesday that it had become the first licensed company from the country to be integrated with the R3 network’s Corda platform.
Hex Trust has become the first licensed digital asset custodian in Hong Kong to integrate with R3's Corda platform, enabling the blockchain ledger into Hex Trust's digital asset custody solution.
Thank you to Distributed Ledger Consulting and Dr. Sven Hildebrandt for featuring us in the 1st Digital Assets Custody Study. Just click on "Download PDF" on their Homepage in order to download the Study.
Video interview (English Subtitles) with our CEO, Alessio Quaglini and our Operations Manager, Man Hay Hong. In the interview we share how Hex Trust was formed and how we connect traditional financial institutions with the blockchain market.
We conducted an interview with Alessio Quaglini, the Managing Partner of Hex Trust who has extensive experience in Investment Banking, Financial Services and regulation. He shared with us his views on the digital asset custody sector.
The development team at Hex Trust placed 2nd at the SAFU Pre-Hackathon in Hong Kong & was in the Top 6 Finalist of the Final SAFU Hackathon in Singapore.
Hex Trust (Hex Capital) began existence in 2017, when Alessio Alessio Quaglini, an ex-banker (BBVA, First Abu Dhabi Bank) teamed up with Rafal Czerniawski, a bank technologist (CLSA, Betatron) and Marc Amez-Droz, a serial entrepreneur with experience in different industries.
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