Announcing Our Partnership with Zodia Custody
IOTA‘s partnership with Zodia Custody enables secure, regulated access for institutional investors to manage and tokenize digital assets on the rebased IOTA Mainnet. The integration fosters institutional adoption, tokenization opportunities, staking support, and broader ecosystem growth while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
We’re thrilled to announce our partnership and technology integration with Zodia Custody, a leading provider of qualified custodial services for digital assets. This collaboration reflects a shared vision: to enhance the infrastructure available to institutional investors and foster new opportunities in digital asset tokenization.
This integration with Zodia Custody goes live with the IOTA Rebased mainnet upgrade on May 5, 2025.
Why This Integration Matters
Zodia Custody has built a reputation as a trusted name in the digital asset space. It offers regulated custodial services tailored to the needs of institutional clients. Unlike standard storage solutions, Zodia operates with full regulatory approval, ensuring compliance with stringent legal and operational requirements. This makes it an ideal platform for funds, institutions, and organizations seeking a safe, regulated way to manage digital assets.
Through IOTA’s integration with Zodia Custody, institutional investors can include IOTA tokens in their portfolios while benefiting from the secure and compliant environment Zodia provides. But this partnership goes beyond secure storage. It paves the way for institutional Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization and finance on IOTA.
Key Benefits for the IOTA Ecosystem
- Institutional Accessibility: Institutional investors, including large funds, can now leverage Zodia Custody to buy, hold, and manage IOTA tokens on their behalf. This opens a critical gateway to institutional markets for IOTA.
- Validator Support: Zodia’s secure custodial services enable validators to offer white-label staking services to their clients. By acting as a trusted intermediary, Zodia enables institutions to delegate their IOTA tokens for staking through validator node operators while maintaining secure custody of their assets. This simplifies the process for organizations to participate in staking while ensuring the safe management of their holdings.
- Tokenization Opportunities: Zodia can act as the custodian for tokenized assets created on IOTA Rebased. For example, institutions issuing tokenized Treasury Bills (T-Bills) can rely on Zodia to manage those assets for their clients, bridging the gap between traditional finance and blockchain.
- Treasury and Staking Support: Through Zodia, organizations gain the flexibility to safely manage their IOTA holdings or delegate them for staking, paving the way for greater institutional participation.
- Ecosystem Expansion: With Zodia’s integration of IOTA, its custodial services will extend to any asset native to the IOTA chain, including tokens from ecosystem projects. This broadens adoption opportunities, benefiting both IOTA tokens and other assets developed within our network.
- Exchange Integration: Zodia’s significant market presence and asset management capabilities make it a key player in facilitating exchange integrations. By holding a wide range of assets, Zodia’s custody services can streamline the listing and liquidity of IOTA tokens on major exchanges, amplifying their accessibility and market reach.
Driving Institutional Adoption
Dominik Schiener, Chairman of the IOTA Foundation, emphasizes the strategic importance of this collaboration: “This partnership with Zodia Custody is a pivotal step in bridging institutional finance and blockchain technology. By ensuring secure and regulated access to IOTA, we’ll unlock new possibilities for tokenization and institutional adoption, reinforcing our commitment to building a robust and inclusive Web3 ecosystem.”
Innovating Institutional Access to Digital Assets
As we advance this integration with Zodia ahead of the IOTA Rebased Mainnet upgrade on 5.5.2025, the potential to onboard institutional stakeholders, expand tokenization landscapes, and integrate IOTA into global financial systems becomes more tangible than ever.
