KuCoin Institutional Partners With Ceffu to Strengthen Custody Ecosystem

• This agreement with Ceffu expands the strategic direction set by earlier alliances with licensed custodians.
• The partnership is expected to provide new security, compliance, and operational oversight requirements for organizations participating in digital asset markets.

The global crypto exchange KuCoin’s institutional division, KuCoin Institutional, today announced a strategic alliance with Ceffu, a leading provider of institutional-grade custody and digital asset infrastructure. In addition to signaling our commitment ahead of future product integration, the cooperation represents another significant milestone in KuCoin Institutional’s objective to provide safe, compliant solutions for international professional investors.

This agreement with Ceffu expands the strategic direction set by earlier alliances with licensed custodians, building on KuCoin Institutional’s ongoing efforts to improve its custody ecosystem. KuCoin Institutional and Ceffu will work together to provide institutions with the best operational segregation, compliance assurance, and asset protection standards possible, allowing investors to trade with confidence and have complete control over their funds.

As a result of this collaboration, KuCoin Institutional and Ceffu have started developing fresh initiatives aimed at improving the framework for institutional involvement in digital assets. The partnership is expected to provide new security, compliance, and operational oversight requirements for organizations participating in digital asset markets; specifics of the collaborative innovations will be disclosed when they are ready.

This collaboration comes after KuCoin Institutional, a new addition to KuCoin’s brand that aims to establish it as the go-to platform for institutional investors globally. With improved services including VIP trading desks, deep liquidity access, tailored OTC solutions, and extended custody partnerships—now further reinforced by the relationship with Ceffu—the effort showcases KuCoin’s “trust first” philosophy. When taken as a whole, these initiatives demonstrate KuCoin Institutional’s long-term goal of creating a strong institutional custody ecosystem by collaborating with authorized partners such as Ceffu to promote innovation, trust, and compliance in the global digital asset market.

The institutional business division of KuCoin, KuCoin Institutional, is committed to providing safe, legal, and effective digital asset solutions to corporate customers, funds, and professional investors. KuCoin Institutional connects conventional finance with the digital economy by combining institutional-grade custodial relationships, liquidity access, and sophisticated trading infrastructure.

Offering custody and liquidity solutions that are SOC2 Type 1 & Type 2 affirmed and ISO 27001 & 27701 certified, Ceffu is an institutional-grade, compliant custody platform. With the help of their multi-party computation (MPC) technology and an adaptable multi-approval scheme, they provide institutional customers customized solutions that let them securely store and manage their virtual assets.