Citigroup ចាប់ដៃគូជាមួយ Metaco សម្រាប់វេទិកាគ្រប់គ្រងទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិឌីជីថល

With over $27 trillion of assets in custody, Citigroup has decided to partner with Metaco to help it develop its digital assets custody platform instead of building its own.

Citigroup joins other traditional finance firms

Citigroup is not the only traditional financial company to partner with Metaco for the services of digital assets as others like Union Bank of the Philippines, Standard Chartered, DBS Bank, and BBVA have already done so in recent years.

It’s important to note that Metaco is backed up by high-profile investors like Swiss bank Zurcher Kantonalbank, Swiss Post, Standard Chartered Bank’s SC Ventures, and Swisscom, raising a total of $21 million to date.

Integrating the Metaco infrastructure platform

Citigroup’s new partnership is aimed at integrating the Metaco infrastructure platform, Harmonize, into its infrastructure. Harmonize helps to connect financial and non-financial organizations into the decentralized finance world to offer tools for crypto custody, tokenization, staking, and trading.

In a statement, the Global Head of Securities at Citi, Okan Pekin said:

"យើងកំពុងមើលឃើញការកើនឡើងជាឌីជីថលនៃទ្រព្យសកម្មវិនិយោគប្រពៃណីរួមជាមួយនឹងទ្រព្យសកម្មឌីជីថលដើមថ្មី។ យើងកំពុងបង្កើតថ្មី និងអភិវឌ្ឍសមត្ថភាពថ្មី ដើម្បីគាំទ្រដល់ថ្នាក់ទ្រព្យសកម្មឌីជីថល ដែលកាន់តែពាក់ព័ន្ធជាមួយអតិថិជនរបស់យើង»។

Recently, Citigroup has been supporting its presence in the crypto world by offering Bitcoin trade, besides, the bank had also announced that it’s planning to hire 100 people for the division of its digital assets to support its clients.

Metaco CEO and Founder, Adrien Treccani said:

“យើងមានសេចក្តីសោមនស្សរីករាយក្នុងការសហការជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុន Citi ដែលជាក្រុមហ៊ុនសេវាកម្មមូលបត្រដ៏ធំបំផុតមួយ ដើម្បីជួយពួកគេក្នុងចក្ខុវិស័យរបស់ពួកគេក្នុងការផ្សារភ្ជាប់ទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិឌីជីថល និងប្រពៃណី។ គំនិតផ្តួចផ្តើមនេះគឺជាពេលវេលាកំណត់ទីផ្សារសម្រាប់ការទទួលយកទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិឌីជីថលរបស់ស្ថាប័ន។"