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🏦 Absa Launches Bitcoin Custody in Africa

🇿🇦 Absa has become the first African bank to offer Bitcoin custody services to institutional clients in South Africa.

🔐 Bitcoin Leads Custody Assets
₿ Bitcoin currently represents the largest share of assets held through Absa’s new custody platform.
🏢 The service initially targets asset managers, non-bank financial institutions and companies, with plans to expand to other client groups.

⚙️ Ripple-Powered Platform
🤝 Absa launched the institutional custody service on September 21, using technology from Ripple.
🔒 The platform focuses on secure private-key management, transaction authorization, recovery, governance and compliance controls.
🌍 Absa also plans to expand the service into other African markets, subject to regulatory approvals.

📈 South Africa’s Growing Crypto Market
💰 Chainalysis reported that South Africa received around $36 billion in crypto value between July 2024 and June 2025.
₿ Bitcoin represented 74% of fiat crypto purchases in the firm’s centralized-exchange dataset.

🌎 Global Banking Adoption
🏦 Absa’s move follows established crypto custody services from major banks such as BNY Mellon in the U.S.
📋 U.S. regulators have also clarified that national banks can provide certain crypto custody, stablecoin and blockchain-related services under existing rules.

🚀 Key Takeaway
🌍 Absa’s Bitcoin custody launch marks another step toward institutional crypto adoption across Africa, with Bitcoin currently at the center of its offering.

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