IBM Launches Digital Assets Platform as Crypto Activity Jumps

International Business Machines Corp. is launching a digital assets platform to allow financial institutions, governments and companies to launch blockchain-based services, as crypto activity gathers steam.

The new offering, called Digital Asset Haven, was built together with crypto wallet technology provider Dfns, the companies said in a statement on Monday. IBM and Dfns are seeking to take advantage of a rising appetite among clients for creating and managing digital-asset services ranging from custody to settlement.

“The alternative is they [companies] build it all themselves or they take piece parts and build it all themselves,” said Tina Tarquinio, chief product ...