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Custody

Holding assets on someone else's behalf.

Institutional custody covers key generation, storage, segregation, insurance and audit. A qualified custodian meets a regulatory standard for those controls, which is what most institutional mandates require before any allocation is possible.

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Wallet, Private Key, Seed Phrase, Cold Storage, Public Key

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