Nasdaq Executive Says There’s Massive Demand and Opportunity in One Sector of the Crypto Industry – The Daily Hodl

A top executive at Nasdaq Inc. says they are seizing upon a large market demand with their plan to launch services for custody and execution of cryptocurrency. Tal Cohen, Nasdaq’s executive vice president and head of North American Markets, says in a Bloomberg interview that the second largest stock exchange is focused on custody services as its first major step into the digital asset business. “Today, we’re focused on custody. That’s foundational. We think if you can safely keep people’s assets they’ll trust you to do everything else afterward. So we’ll start with the foundational piece. We’ll build up from