Multinational financial services corporation Fidelity Investments is reportedly giving itself a March deadline to launch its Bitcoin custody service. Bloomberg reports three people familiar with the matter confirmed the March target, although the sources were not named.
The cryptocurrency custody solution is being developed to service the much anticipated institutional investors entering the market; retail investors will be unable to access the service when it does launch.
The cryptocurrency storage service was first announced in October last year, with Fidelity betting it is only a matter of time before Wall Street investors move to the cryptocurrency market. CEO Abigail Johnson said at the time: “Our goal is to make digitally native assets, such as Bitcoin, more accessible to investors.”
Johnson has advocated in favor of cryptocurrency for years, introducing Bitcoin and Ethereum mining at Fidelity in 2017. Clients have also been able to access balances from their Coinbase accounts on the website for several years.
The sources also disclosed to Bloomberg that an Ether custody solution would be the next focus for the firm.
Fidelity Investments administers over USD 7.2 trillion in customer assets and is based in Boston, USA.
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