2026 predictions:
What’s next for institutional
digital asset custody?
In a year when regulation, interoperability, and innovation converge, Zodia Custody explores the trends shaping the next generation of institutional digital assets.
This report reveals how custody, collateral, and connectivity are becoming the backbone of market infrastructure, and how stablecoins, staking, tokenisation, and custody SaaS are unlocking capital efficiency and trusted growth for institutions worldwide.
What you’ll learn
Discover
How digital asset custody is evolving into critical market infrastructure connecting compliance, capital efficiency, and driving institutional adoption
Understand
How regulatory convergence, from MiCA to Asia’s DPT regimes, is redefining institutional digital asset infrastructure
Explore
The eight product-led predictions shaping 2026, from off-exchange settlement and tokenised collateral to stablecoin treasuries and institutional DeFi
Learn
How banks, asset managers, and corporates are integrating custody, liquidity, and yield - safely and at scale
Gain
Practical insights from Zodia’s Product leaders across London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia - turning innovation into infrastructure
“2026 will not be defined by speculation or proof of concepts, but by execution and productivity. Institutions will focus on interoperability, trust, and capital efficiency, and digital asset infrastructure will gradually drive payments, clearing, and settlement as part of the world’s financial backbone.”
