BCG Study: Custody Choice Shapes Banks' Digital Asset Services
- —Over 30% of assets outside CEXs sit in institutional custody, including self-custody and wallet-as-a-service
- —BCG models $80–100 million in profit upside for a $200–300 billion regional bank
- —Large banks license self-custody tech; payment fintechs favor wallet-as-a-service
- —US regulators reiterated in July 2025 that crypto safekeeping must meet existing safety rules
Why it matters: Custody architecture is becoming the gatekeeper for banks entering tokenized assets and stablecoin payments.
Source: NewsBTC