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By Elizabeth Howcroft
LONDON (Reuters) – Zodia Custody, a crypto custodian owned by Customary Chartered (OTC:), stated on Friday it has registered its Irish unit with Luxembourg’s monetary regulator.
The registration will permit Zodia to offer digital asset custody providers for monetary establishments in Luxembourg, the corporate stated.
In response to the regulator’s web site, Zodia might be topic to supervision from the watchdog for compliance with guidelines round anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism.
“There’s a large alternative for monetary establishments to supply a spread of services and products associated to cryptoassets,” John Cronin, chief govt of Zodia Custody Eire, stated in an announcement on Friday.
Cronin stated the agency is seeing growing curiosity from traders in establishing merchandise comparable to a “RAIF” – a kind of Luxembourg funding fund for various belongings that may be arrange with out regulatory approval.
The registration was first reported by Bloomberg Information on Thursday.
