Announcement of partnership with Zodia Custody
The partnership between IOTA and Zodia Custody will allow institutional investors to provide secure, regulated access to manage and tokenize revamped IOTA mainnet digital assets. The integration will promote system adoption, tokenization opportunities, staking support, and broader ecosystem growth, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
We are pleased to announce partnership and technology integration custody signa leading provider of qualified management services for digital assets. This collaboration reflects a shared vision. It is to strengthen the infrastructure available to institutional investors and promote new opportunities for digital asset tokenization.
This integration with Zodia Custody will be released on May 5, 2025 along with the IOTA Rebased MainNet upgrade.
Why this integration is important
Zodia Custody has built a reputation as a trusted name in the digital assets space. We provide regulated management services tailored to the needs of our institutional clients. Unlike standard storage solutions, Zodia operates with full regulatory approval and adheres to strict legal and operational requirements. This makes it the ideal platform for funds, institutions, and organizations looking for a safe and regulated way to manage their digital assets.
Through IOTA’s integration with Zodia’s custody, institutional investors can include IOTA tokens in their portfolios, while benefiting from the secure and compliant environment offered by Zodia. But this partnership goes beyond secure storage. It paves the way for IOTA’s institutional real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and financing.
Important Benefits for the IOTA Ecosystem
- Institutional Accessibility: Institutional investors, including large-scale funds, can now leverage Zodia’s custody to purchase, retain and manage IOTA tokens on behalf of Zodia. This opens an important gateway to IOTA’s institutional market.
- Validator Support: Zodia’s secure storage services allow Valitters to provide white-label staking services to their clients. By acting as a trusted intermediary, Zodia allows you to delegate IOTA tokens to staking validator node operators while maintaining secure custody of the assets. This simplifies the process by which organizations participate in staking, ensuring secure control of their holdings.
- Tokenization Opportunities: Zodia can act as an administrator for tokenized assets created in Iota Revased. For example, institutions that issue tokenized Treasury invoices (T-Builds) can rely on Zodia to manage their clients’ assets to bridge the gap between traditional finance and blockchain.
- Ministry of Finance and Staking Support: Through Zodia, organizations gain the flexibility to securely manage IOTA holdings and delegate for staking, paving the way for more institutional participation.
- Ecosystem expansion: With IOTA integration by Zodia, its custody services will be extended to native assets in the IOTA chain, including tokens for ecosystem projects. This broadens adoption opportunities and benefits both the IOTA token and other assets developed within our network.
- Exchange Integration: Zodia’s key market presence and asset management capabilities make it a key player in fostering exchange integration. Zodia’s management services streamline IOTA token listings and liquidity in major exchanges by retaining a wide range of assets, amplifying accessibility and market reach.
Adoption to a driving facility
Dominik Schiener, chairman of the IOTA Foundation, emphasizes the strategic importance of this collaboration. “The partnership with Zodia custody strengthens new possibilities for cooperation by ensuring secure and regulated access to IOTA, ensuring new possibilities for tokenization and facility adoption.
Innovate institutional access to digital assets
As we advance this integration with Zodia ahead of the IOTA Revased MainNet upgrade on 5.5.2025, the possibilities for institutional stakeholders to expand the tokenization landscape and integrating IOTA into the global financial system will become more specific than ever.
