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Wallets, Custody & Treasury

Wallets, custody models, key management and treasury operations.

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Custody Provider

A custody provider is an organization that offers services to safeguard and administer client assets or the signing authority that controls those…

Custody Technology Provider

A custody technology provider supplies software, hardware, key-management, signing, or workflow infrastructure used in custody without necessarily acting as the legal custodian.…

Custody Transfer

A custody transfer is the controlled change of asset possession, signing authority, or administrative responsibility from one custody account, party, or arrangement…

Custody Wallet

A custody wallet is a blockchain wallet operated within a custody arrangement to hold or transact assets under the custodian's approved key…

Custody-as-a-Service

Custody-as-a-Service is a managed offering that provides custody capabilities such as wallet infrastructure, key control, policy workflows, transaction operations, and reporting to…

Customer Wallet

A customer wallet is a wallet or wallet-linked account associated with a specific customer for receiving, holding, sending, or identifying that customer's…

DAO Treasury

A DAO treasury is a pool of assets controlled or directed through the governance and execution mechanisms of a decentralized autonomous organization.…

DAO Treasury Governance

DAO treasury governance is the system of proposals, voting, delegation, approvals, execution, and oversight used to decide how a DAO's assets are…

Decentralized Treasury

A decentralized treasury is a treasury whose decision authority and asset control are distributed across participants, contracts, or independent signers rather than…

Deep Cold Storage

Deep Cold Storage is a highly restricted cold-storage arrangement designed for very infrequent access, long-term reserves, or disaster-resistant key preservation. It applies…

Deposit Wallet

A deposit wallet is a wallet or address structure used to receive inbound asset transfers before funds are credited, swept, held, or…

Descriptor Wallet

A descriptor wallet is a Bitcoin wallet that uses output script descriptors to define the scripts, keys, derivation paths, and address sets…

Desktop Wallet

A desktop wallet is wallet software installed on a desktop or laptop operating system to manage accounts, keys, balances, connections, and transaction…

Deterministic Wallet

A deterministic wallet generates the same sequence or set of private keys from the same initial seed and derivation algorithm, enabling repeatable…

Digital Asset Custody

Digital asset custody is the safeguarding and administration of digital assets and their control mechanisms, records, rights, and authorized transaction processes for…

Digital Asset Treasury

A digital asset treasury is the organizational function and asset pool responsible for managing digital holdings, obligations, liquidity, custody, and related financial…

Digital Asset Wallet

A digital asset wallet is software, hardware, or a service that manages credentials and interactions for digital assets, including keys, accounts, balances,…

Digital Wallet

A digital wallet is software or a device that stores payment credentials, keys, or account access information and enables users to manage…

Direct Custody

Direct custody is an arrangement in which the asset owner or appointed custodian controls the relevant accounts and keys without an intervening…

Disaster Recovery Checklist

A disaster recovery checklist is an ordered, verifiable list of actions and decisions used to execute recovery consistently during a major disruption.…

Disaster Recovery Plan

A disaster recovery plan is a documented strategy defining how critical systems, data, credentials, and operations will be restored after major disruption.…

Embedded Wallet

An embedded wallet is wallet functionality integrated inside an application so users can hold or transact without leaving the product experience. Reliable…

Emergency Recovery

Emergency recovery is an exceptional, tightly controlled process for regaining or protecting asset control when ordinary access or authorization cannot be used…

Encrypted Backup

An encrypted backup is a protected copy of wallet data, keys, configurations, or records that requires authorized decryption before use. The Encrypted…