Citadel Securities stories

Jul 16, 2026

Citadel Securities Invests $400 Million in Crypto.com at $20 Billion Valuation

Citadel Securities has made a $400 million strategic investment in Crypto.com, valuing the cryptocurrency exchange at $20 billion in what marks the platform's first institutional funding round since its founding in 2016.

Jul 16, 2026·12 sources

Apr 3, 2026

EDX Markets Applies for OCC National Trust Charter for Institutional Crypto Custody

EDX Markets, backed by Citadel and Charles Schwab, applied for a national trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on April 1, 2026, to offer regulated custody and asset services separate from its trading operations. EDX joins at least eight other crypto firms pursuing similar federal banking charters.

Apr 3, 2026·3 sources

Top claims

▪Crypto.com has not disclosed any hands-on operational relationship or market-structure role for Citadel Securities matching the details provided by Kraken.
▪Citadel Securities participated in a $500 million funding round for Ripple and supported Digital Asset alongside tokenization projects.
▪Crypto.com is expanding its development focus to include tokenized real-world assets and prediction markets to capture institutional demand.

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