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Harbor is linking up with BitGo, the cryptocurrency custodian, to beef up its tokenization platform, the firm announced Wednesday.
Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Pantera Capital among others, Harbor offers a platform for firms and other entities to issue tokenized securities as a way to raise capital. Those tokens (similarly to bitcoin, built on blockchain technology) can represent ownership in assets spanning real estate to private equity to and art. As part of the partnership, BitGo, which provides storage solutions to hedge funds and other investors trading in crypto, will store crypto raised by companies via a token offering on Harbor’s platform.
BitGo recently got approval from the South Dakota Division of Banking to operate as a qualified custodian, which is a designation many investors require in a custody bank. Coinbase and Gemini also boast the designation.
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