渣打银行持有多数股权的加密托管业务 Zodia Custody 计划筹集 5000 万美元资金

渣打银行 (Standard Chartered) 的子公司 Zodia Custody Ltd 正在洽谈从投资者那里获得约 5000 万美元的资金。

A crypto custody business that’s majority-owned by the world’s 44th-largest bank is reportedly planning to raise more capital.

据报道，全球第 44 大银行持有多数股权的一家加密货币托管公司正计划筹集更多资金。

Bloomberg reports that Zodia Custody Ltd, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, is in talks to secure approximately $50 million in funding from investors.

彭博社报道称，渣打银行子公司 Zodia Custody Ltd 正在洽谈从投资者那里获得约 5000 万美元的资金。

According to Zodia Custody chief executive Julian Sawyer, the capital raise will help fund the expansion of the business into new countries and territories while widening the product range.

Zodia Custody 首席执行官 Julian Sawyer 表示，此次融资将有助于为业务扩展到新的国家和地区提供资金，同时扩大产品范围。

“We are looking at expanding into new jurisdictions, both in terms of our fully licensed operations and our limited presence footprints, and we are also looking at expanding our product range,” Sawyer told Bloomberg in an interview.

索耶在接受彭博社采访时表示：“我们正在考虑扩展到新的司法管辖区，无论是在我们完全许可的业务还是在有限的业务范围方面，我们也在考虑扩大我们的产品范围。”

Zodia Custody currently serves 15 jurisdictions and has offices in London, Dublin, Luxembourg, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo. The digital asset custodian supports over 50 crypto assets and this includes Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP, Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), BNB, Polkadot (DOT), Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC).

Zodia Custody 目前为 15 个司法管辖区提供服务，并在伦敦、都柏林、卢森堡、悉尼、新加坡、香港和东京设有办事处。该数字资产托管服务支持超过 50 种加密资产，其中包括比特币 (BTC)、以太坊 (ETH)、XRP、Solana (SOL)、Cardano (ADA)、BNB、Polkadot (DOT)、Tether (USDT) 和 USD Coin (USDC) ）。

Besides the majority owner Standard Chartered, Zodia’s other backers include the National Australia Bank and financial services firm Northern Trust Corp. Last year, Zodia Custody raised $36 million in a round by Japanese financial services giant SBI Group. Zodia Custody is now reportedly interested in attracting a more diverse set of investors outside of large financial firms.

除了大股东渣打银行外，Zodia 的其他支持者还包括澳大利亚国民银行和金融服务公司 Northern Trust Corp。去年，Zodia Custody 在日本金融服务巨头 SBI Group 的一轮融资中筹集了 3600 万美元。据报道，Zodia Custody 现在有兴趣吸引大型金融公司之外的更多元化的投资者。

In December of 2023, the Ripple Labs-owned digital assets infrastructure provider Metaco announced integration with Zodia Custody.

2023 年 12 月，Ripple Labs 旗下的数字资产基础设施提供商 Metaco 宣布与 Zodia Custody 整合。

“The integration enables institutions to access Zodia Custody’s bank-grade custody solutions through Metaco. The expanded collaboration between the two companies follows a longstanding strategic relationship and is designed to further build out networked options for institutional investors, enabling them to gain additional secure, reliable and compliant end-to-end digital asset service capabilities.”

“此次集成使机构能够通过 Metaco 访问 Zodia Custody 的银行级托管解决方案。两家公司之间的扩大合作遵循了长期的战略关系，旨在进一步为机构投资者构建网络化选择，使他们能够获得额外的安全、可靠和合规的端到端数字资产服务能力。”