Aegis Custody and Residual Token, Inc. Partner for Institutional DeFi
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Residual Token, Inc. ($eRSDL) is proud to announce it has partnered with Aegis Custody to create a U.S. institutional safe harbor in the open ocean of #DeFI. This unique relationship solves the problem of U.S. institutional adoption, custody-related safety concerns and costs of capital in uncertain times.
Residual Token x Aegis Custody
While ReserveLending+, Residual’s flagship institutional peer-to-peer crypto lending software is non-custodial, there is a nano second of activity that occurs when the borrower draws funds from the liquidity pool which could be considered a form of custody. Aegis will occupy a multi-sig position in the smart contract governing the pool, and therefore, prevent any adulteration of the contract. Certain changes, like settings or the white-listing of wallets, will be approved only upon observing that Residual Token management followed its change control process. As a result, users can rest assure that no unwarranted software changes will occur and the main attack vector will be defended better than any alternative we’ve seen in the marketplace.
“From our first conversations, we recognized that Aegis is special,” said CEO of Residual Token, Howard Krieger, “We are grateful that the Aegis Custody team took the time to understand our needs and craft an arrangement that creates, in our opinion, a best in class method for safe, U.S.-based company pool-to-peer lending.”
Residual Token is focused on allowing creating P2P solutions for U.S.-based, institutional clients. By partnering with Aegis, we also get another set of eyeballs on the wallets connecting and activity flowing through the pipes. And, as we stated in NextBank partnership announcement, all users are doxxed and in the unlikely event of activity inconsistent with its usage agreement, we can suspend access.
Residual Token scans and monitors the white-listed institutional wallets as an onboarding step, so that the membership at the wallet level is also curated for the safest customer proposition available. In addition, Residual Token is FinCEN registered, while actively monitoring activity on behalf of the relationship and report based on its standing AML/BSA policies.
With this partnership, a multi-party, independent security feature is made available for a non-custodial DeFI product in the U.S. for the first time.
Serra Wei, founder and CEO of Aegis Custody, aimed for her startup to become the go-to digital asset custodian in the U.S, Hong Kong and Singapore. “DeFi enables asset transactions to become frictionless. Moreover, assets are made more liquid on blockchain,” she said.
Aegis Custody utilizes smart contracts, which are blockchain-based digital records of any transaction. Any information related to ownership rights, obligations, and entitlement to cash flows is stored and traceable on the Ethereum public blockchain network.
The main type of customers at Aegis Custody are institutional clients , many of which are seeking investment opportunities through decentralized finance. DeFi allows businesses to expand their investment portfolio while also making the process time-saving and secure.
Conclusion
The combined talents and vision of these two companies will impact U.S. institutional DeFI and crypto adoption. Both parties agree that using a common sense approach, that takes advantage of the best elements of smart-contract software, barriers to entry will be lowered. Businesses who up until now had very little use for their bitcoin, ethereum or stablecoin, can “Be the Bank” in a safe, and curated environment.
About Residual Token, Inc. dba unFederalReserve
In business since 2018, Residual’s team of former bankers, technologists and compliance professionals have been exploring ways to make crypto lending and borrowing markets safer and traditional markets more efficient. They currently have in development a handful of blockchain-based software available for license. Its flagship product, ReserveLending, allows permissionless access to crypto holders so that they can deposit, earn and borrow top digital assets safely, easily and effectively for cash management, hedging or speculative purposes.
About Aegis Custody
Founded in 2018, Aegis Custody operates under the same regulatory frameworks as banks and trust companies. The company supports 4000+ cryptos, 14+ staking protocols and compliance-approved multi-sig wallet for DeFi platforms, all under a regulated custodial structure.
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