Safeguarding the future of digital assets: the challenges facing digital asset custodians

Written by Mark Turner and Rowan Milne

The principle of custody services for securities and other traditional assets is well established and enshrined in law. Put most simply, custody separates by legal mechanisms an assets holder from its beneficiary. This protects beneficial owners in cases where the holder of their assets becomes insolvent. In the UK, a comparable legal framework has not …