Ripple Unveils Guide as It Ventures into $20 Trillion Custody Market

As a seasoned analyst with over two decades of experience in the finance and technology sectors, I must say that Ripple’s move to unveil a comprehensive guide for digital asset custody is nothing short of strategic brilliance. This bold initiative showcases Ripple’s forward-thinking approach and its deep understanding of the rapidly evolving financial landscape.


In a daring step, Ripple has introduced an extensive roadmap to help navigate the growing $20 trillion custodial sector. This strategic action represents a major achievement for Ripple as it strives to broaden its impact and enhance its capabilities in the rapidly transforming financial world.

Ripple’s latest guide, titled “Digital Asset Custody: A Streamlined Approach for Banks,” offers banks a roadmap on assessing and implementing high-quality digital asset custodial systems. This aims to build confidence, encourage growth, and create additional income sources.

In the rapidly expanding digital asset market worth approximately $20 trillion, secure custody solutions such as Ripple Custody are becoming essential tools for banks. Our Digital Asset Custody Guide provides a roadmap on how to effectively manage these digital assets, helping banks generate revenue and build customer trust.

— Ripple (@Ripple) October 29, 2024

In the fast-growing field of digital assets, custody is a relatively new but rapidly expanding sector. Custodians serve a vital function within the cryptocurrency industry by safeguarding private keys for their clients. These private keys are essential alphanumeric codes that grant access to digital assets and enable transactions.

This year, Ripple’s custody sector has seen exponential growth, with Ripple Custody reporting a customer increase of over 250% compared to last year. Currently, they are active in more than 20 different countries worldwide.

Ripple expands for custody services

In the month of October, Ripple broadened its digital asset storage service, offering innovative solutions to aid banks and fintech companies securely hold their clients’ cryptocurrencies.

In the early days of October this year, I’m excited to share that Ripple has unveiled enhanced functionalities aimed at enabling our banking and fintech partners to effectively manage and safeguard digital assets. This initiative is a significant step in expanding our services, specifically within the realm of custody solutions, a relatively new venture for Ripple under our Ripple Custody subsidiary, which was founded last year.

This system comes equipped with pre-set operational and policy settings, integration with the XRP Ledger (XRPL), risk monitoring tools for anti-money laundering compliance, and a user-friendly interface that is more intuitive to use and interact with.

In the previous year, Ripple took over Metaco, a business specializing in assisting other organizations with storing and managing digital currencies, to expand its own cryptocurrency custody services. This year, they have added Standard Custody & Trust Company, another provider of cryptocurrency custody solutions, to their portfolio.

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2024-10-30 14:35