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Wallets, Custody & Treasury

Wallets, custody models, key management and treasury operations.

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Browser Extension Wallet

A browser extension wallet is wallet software installed as a browser extension that manages accounts and lets websites request addresses, signatures, and…

Browser Wallet

A browser wallet is any wallet accessed or operated through a web browser, including extension wallets, built-in browser wallets, and browser-based wallet…

Business Wallet

A business wallet is a wallet structured for organizational use, with roles, approvals, records, limits, and asset flows designed around business operations…

Centralized Treasury

A centralized treasury is a treasury model in which liquidity, funding decisions, risk management, and financial controls are coordinated by one central…

Change Address

Change Address is an address controlled by the sender that receives the unspent remainder of transaction inputs in UTXO-based systems. It is…

Channel Backup

A channel backup is protected recovery information used to help restore access to funds or operational context associated with an off-chain payment…

Clear Signing

Clear Signing is a signing experience that presents verified, human-readable transaction or message details so the signer can understand what will be…

Client Wallet

A client wallet is a non-standard term for a wallet assigned to or used by a particular customer, or for wallet software…

Closed-Loop Wallet

A closed-loop wallet holds value or payment credentials that can be used only within a defined merchant, platform, issuer, or limited participant…

Cloud Backup

A cloud backup is a recovery copy stored through remotely hosted infrastructure and accessed over a network, often with encryption and account-based…

Cloud Wallet

A cloud wallet is a wallet whose application, key service, data, or transaction infrastructure runs partly on remotely hosted systems and is…

Co-Signing

Co-Signing is the participation of two or more independent signers, devices, services, or parties in authorizing a transaction or message. It may…

Cold Custody

Cold custody is a custody model that keeps the private keys or signing shares for protected assets offline except through tightly controlled…

Cold Storage

Cold Storage is a custody arrangement that keeps private keys or signing authority offline or otherwise isolated from continuously connected systems. It…

Cold Vault

Cold Vault is a vault whose signing keys or transaction authority are maintained offline or under strongly isolated access for infrequent, high-security…

Cold Wallet

A cold wallet is a wallet whose private keys are created or kept offline and are not exposed to an internet-connected environment…

Cold Wallet Sweep

A cold wallet sweep is a transaction that moves all or a defined portion of spendable assets from cold-controlled addresses to another…

Collaborative Custody

Collaborative custody is an arrangement in which a client and one or more service providers or trusted parties share the controls needed…

Community Treasury

A community treasury is a pool of assets held or administered for the shared purposes of a defined community under agreed governance…

Consumer Wallet

A consumer wallet is a wallet designed for individual users to hold credentials, view assets, make payments, receive transfers, or access digital…

Corporate Treasury

Corporate treasury is the function that manages an organization's liquidity, funding, payments, financial risk, banking or custody relationships, and short-term financial resources.…

Cross-Custodian Transfer

Cross-Custodian Transfer is the movement of digital assets from an account or wallet controlled by one custodian to an account or wallet…

Crypto Allocation

Crypto Allocation is the target or actual distribution of a portfolio, treasury, or customer balance across cryptoassets, stablecoins, networks, custodians, and liquidity…

Crypto Custody

Crypto custody is the safeguarding and controlled use of private keys or equivalent authorization mechanisms that govern access to crypto assets, together…