Bitcoin Suisse Targets Institutional Clients With Secure Custody,Staking for XTZ

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Major Swiss crypto broker Bitcoin Suisse has added custodial support and staking services for Tezos, using its PwC-audited vault storage.

Major Swiss cryptocurrency broker Bitcoin Suisse has added high-security custodial support and staking services for Tezos (XTZ), with an eye to its institutional clients.

In an announcement on May 19, Bitcoin Suisse — which custodies over $1 billion in assets — revealed it was going live with XTZ delegation and custody support using its Bitcoin Suisse Vault, which completed an ISAE 3402 audit by PwC last fall.

Similarly to other Proof-of-Stake (PoS)-based blockchains, Tezos investors are able to earn a form of “interest” by staking (depositing) their tokens to both maintain the network and earn rewards.

With Tezos in particular, stakeholders participate in the staking and governance process by “delegating” their coins to a delegation service of their choice. Once delegated, these holdings are set in correlation with the total staking balance of the service, with rewards paid out accordingly once they have been released by the network.

A security upgrade
Bitcoin Suisses has supported XTZ staking services for its clients since July 2018, though not yet using its PwC-audited high-security vault. The broker says that increasing numbers of institutional and professional investors are coming to consider the benefits of crypto assets and crypto financial products, including the possibilities of staking.[/size]

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