Digital asset adoption is no longer theoretical. From Europe’s regulated banking platforms to the UAE’s tokenized real estate initiatives, institutions are moving beyond pilots and into production. Stablecoins are entering treasury workflows. Real-world assets are being tokenized under established regulatory frameworks. Banks are launching digital asset platforms for their customers.
And digital asset custody has proven to be the foundational governance layer of this shift.
Without secure, compliant digital asset custody architecture, digital asset strategies — payments, tokenization, staking, treasury management — inherit impractical risk. Governance breaks down. Compliance becomes fragmented. Operational complexity increases. And institutional adoption stalls.
The next phase of digital asset adoption will not be defined by experimentation. It will be defined by operational maturity. And that maturity begins with digital asset custody.
A Defining Time for Ripple Custody
Since late 2025, Ripple Custody has expanded on every core dimension of institutional readiness, strengthening the baseline that regulated institutions need to build and scale digital asset strategies.
Over the past several months, Ripple Custody has been strengthened across every critical layer of institutional readiness. The acquisition of Palisade enables wallet infrastructure and scalable transaction signing; Chainalysis integration embeds real-time compliance; Securosys affords enterprise-grade Cloud HSM integrations; and the partnership with Figment adds institutional staking capabilities.
At the same time, Ripple Custody expanded into new geographies and deepened relationships with banking partners globally. Together, these milestones represent something larger: the operationalization of custody as infrastructure for the institutional onchain economy.
Most recently, Ripple partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance — one of Korea’s largest and most established financial institutions — to explore blockchain-based custody and on-chain settlement infrastructure. As the first major Korean insurer to take this step, Kyobo signals a broader shift: institutional adoption of digital assets is accelerating across new markets, led by regulated financial institutions with real-world use cases.
Adaptable Infrastructure for Real-World Applications
Banks, custodians and regulated enterprises demand the highest levels of security and compliance from a digital asset custody solution. They demand an API-first, modular platform that seamlessly integrates into existing core banking systems without disruption — and scales as the digital asset market evolves. They want simplicity and speed rather than the hassle, delays and expense that come from assembling and managing multiple vendors and systems.
Ripple offers all of that and more in a single, best-in-class custody platform that can support any management scenario. Backed by more than a decade of experience and trusted by tier-one banks and financial institutions globally, including BBVA, DBS Bank, DZ Bank, and Intesa Sanpaolo, Ripple Custody enables partners to go live quickly, operate with confidence and scale effortlessly.
In Europe, Intesa Sanpaolo is leveraging Ripple Custody to support its digital asset initiatives, reflecting growing demand among leading banks to integrate secure, compliant infrastructure into their digital asset strategies.
On top of that, Ripple consistently adds features and services that set new standards for digital asset custody. Its recent integration with Chainalysis embeds compliance capabilities directly into custody workflows for real-time transaction screening and policy enforcement.
The acquisition of Palisade also strengthens the overall platform while enabling several new use cases. Institutions can now:
- deploy invisible, secure wallets in seconds;
- safeguard and govern treasury operations using distributed key generation and customizable approval policies;
- support stablecoin payments with native compliance screening;
- and tokenize financial assets across major blockchains.
New integrations with Securosys and Figment build on this momentum so that institutions can quickly and seamlessly enhance security and deploy new digital asset custody offerings.
Cloud-based HSM Custody
Security starts with key management. Through integrations of CyberVault HSM and Cloud HSM from Securosys, Ripple Custody enables institutions to deploy HSM-based custody without the cost, complexity and delays of traditional hardware deployments. This is one of the most extensive ranges of HSM providers, ensuring seamless compliance across any regulatory jurisdiction.
These cloud-based HSM capabilities give banks and custodians direct control over cryptographic keys within a more affordable, scalable enterprise-grade security model. And they help institutions meet internal security standards and respond to customer demand without committing to lengthy onboarding cycles or infrastructure buildouts.
In tandem with already-embedded compliance capabilities like those from Chainalysis, Ripple Custody makes compliance part of the natural custody workflow for greater operational clarity and more consistent, effective enforcement.
Staking Within Custody Workflows
As interest in staking grows, institutions are looking for ways to participate without building out validator infrastructure or taking on operational risk. Through a partnership with Figment, Ripple Custody allows regulated institutions to offer staking for leading Proof-of-Stake networks, including Ethereum and Solana, directly within their custody environment and workflows.
With this integration, staking can become a natural extension of custody, managed through existing security, governance and compliance standards so that institutions can expand their digital asset offerings while maintaining operational consistency and regulatory alignment.
Custody for the Next Phase of Adoption
Moving forward, institutions require digital asset custody infrastructure that reduces complexity rather than adding to it. They seek systems that can accelerate deployment timelines, support regulatory requirements and grow as use cases expand.
Ripple Custody’s deep integrations for new security, compliance and staking capabilities removes the friction of managing fragmented technology stacks and enables customers to go live faster, operate with confidence and scale without compromise.
Contact our sales team to get started on your digital asset strategy today.
