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Banking agencies issue joint crypto-asset safekeeping risk-management statement

Regulation · · Ketju Research

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

What changed

The federal banking agencies jointly described risk-management considerations for banks that safeguard crypto assets, including key management, due diligence, governance, legal and compliance risks, audit, resilience, and third-party arrangements.

Who it affects

  • Banks providing crypto-asset safekeeping, investment advisers relying on bank custodians, funds, and advisory clients

What is still open

  • How individual agencies and examiners will apply the principles to particular custody structures

What it means for an advisor

  • Refresh custodian diligence and contractual controls for private keys, subcustody, segregation, incident response, auditability, and asset recovery.

Sources

  1. Banking agencies issue joint crypto-asset safekeeping risk-management statement · Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ·

Version 1, published . Educational analysis, not legal advice.