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By Siamak Masnavi, AI Boost|Edited by Aoyon Ashraf
Updated Aug 8, 2025, 6:14 p.m. Published Aug 8, 2025, 6:06 p.m.
- Sygnum has partnered with the Sui Foundation to offer regulated institutional custody and trading for SUI.
- SUI staking will be added in the coming weeks, with collateral-backed Lombard loans planned for the fourth quarter.
- The partnership aims to tap growing demand from banks, asset managers and high-net-worth clients for regulated digital asset exposure.
Sygnum, a Swiss digital asset bank, is expanding regulated institutional access to the Sui blockchain with new custody, trading and lending products for its professional clients.
The Zurich- and Singapore-headquartered firm announced Friday it will now offer institutional-grade custody, spot and derivatives trading for SUI, alongside upcoming staking and SUI collateral-backed Lombard loans. Staking is expected to launch in the coming weeks, with loans scheduled for the fourth quarter. All SUI holdings will be kept off the bank’s balance sheet and set up to be bankruptcy remote.
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The move builds on Sygnum’s July 2025 integration of SUI into its platform, which it says made it the first Swiss bank to fully support the token. By working with the Sui Foundation, Sygnum aims to channel demand from banks, asset managers and high-net-worth individuals seeking secure, regulated exposure to blockchain ecosystems.
Christian Thompson, managing director at the Sui Foundation, said the partnership strengthens Sui’s connection to global institutional investors through a trusted, regulated gateway. Sygnum co-founder and CEO Mathias Imbach said the bank’s role is at the “intersection” of digital assets and traditional finance, helping clients access new opportunities within a regulated framework.
Sui, developed by former Meta engineers at Mysten Labs, uses parallel transaction processing to improve scalability, akin to cloud-based services. It supports decentralized finance, instant payments, real-world asset tokenization and gaming, and has positioned itself early in the BTCfi segment, which lets bitcoin holders participate in DeFi without compromising security.
Sygnum holds banking and digital asset licenses in Switzerland, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein, and offers services including regulated banking, asset management, tokenization and B2B solutions.
At press time, according to CoinDesk Data, SUI was trading at $3.84, up 4.5% in the past 24 hours.
Disclaimer: Parts of this article were generated with the assistance from AI tools and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy and adherence to our standards. For more information, see CoinDesk’s full AI Policy.
Siamak Masnavi is a researcher specializing in blockchain technology, cryptocurrency regulations, and macroeconomic trends shaping the crypto market. He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of London and began his career in software development, including four years in the banking industry in the City of London and Zurich. In April 2018, Siamak transitioned to writing about cryptocurrency news, focusing on journalism until January 2025, when he shifted exclusively to research on the aforementioned topics.
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