Ripple Positions Custody as Core to Institutional Crypto Growth
Crypto Ripple Positions Custody as Core to Institutional Crypto GrowthRipple highlights custody as core infrastructure driving institutional adoption across Europe.Intesa Sanpaolo deployment signals regulated banks advancing digital asset strategies into production.Chainalysis integration and partnerships expand Ripple custody toward compliant, scalable institutional workflows. Ripple Custody Emerges as Core Infrastructure for European Institutional Cassie Craddock, Managing Director for the U.K. and Europe at Ripple, doubled down on custody as a key requirement for institutional growth in an April 27 post on X. She pointed to Europe as the clearest example of this shift, where regulated financial institutions are moving into production environments that depend on secure custody to operate digital asset strategies at scale. Her comments frame custody as the operational backbone for institutional use cases, including payments, tokenization, , and treasury management. She tied that view to real activity, noting that Intesa Sanpaolo, Italys largest banking group, is using Ripple Custody for its digital asset initiatives. Craddock described it as: “A clear signal of where European institutional adoption is heading, as well as the standard of infrastructure required to get there.” Ripples April 15 update provides supporting detail, outlining how its custody platform has expanded through integrations with Chainalysis for compliance, Securosys for cloud-based HSM security, and