Your assets are held by Fireblocks, secured by multi-party computation and hardware isolation, and protected by strict broker-led approvals on every transaction.
When you buy crypto through an exchange, the assets sit on the exchange's balance sheet. If the exchange fails, gets hacked, or freezes withdrawals, your assets may be at risk.
Institutional custody works differently. Your assets are held separately by a specialist custody provider — Fireblocks — using infrastructure built for global banks, hedge funds and institutional investors. Uptrade brokers the trade. Fireblocks holds the assets.
Five things the custody arrangement does that a standard exchange wallet does not.
Custody secured by Fireblocks— your assets are held via Fireblocks, the institutional custody infrastructure used by leading global banks and digital asset platforms.
Multi-party computation (MPC)— no single point of failure. Private keys are split across multiple secure parties; no individual party can move assets unilaterally.
Hardware isolation— critical key material is stored in isolated, tamper-resistant hardware environments — not on internet-connected systems.
Strict broker-to-investor approvals— no transaction proceeds without direct approval between you and your broker. Every move is verified, every time.
AUSTRAC-registered operations— Uptrade is registered with AUSTRAC as a Digital Currency Exchange Provider (DCE100856266-001) and operates under its regulatory obligations.
The bigger the position, the higher the stakes on where it's held.
Holding meaningful capital in crypto means asset security is no longer optional.
Trustee obligations require verifiable custody and audit-ready records.
Boards need third-party custody, segregation of duties, and clean reporting trails.
Asset protection structures need custody arrangements that hold up to scrutiny.
Fireblocks' institutional custody platform, used by leading banks, exchanges and asset managers globally.
Multi-party computation (MPC) means private keys are never stored in one place. No single point of failure.
Critical key material lives in tamper-resistant, isolated hardware. Not connected to the open internet.
Every withdrawal requires direct broker-to-investor approval. No movement is automated; every transaction is verified.
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Your assets are held by Fireblocks, an institutional custody provider used by leading global financial institutions. Uptrade brokers the trades; Fireblocks holds the assets.
Your assets are not held on Uptrade's balance sheet. They're custodied separately by Fireblocks. If Uptrade ceased operations, your assets remain identifiable and recoverable through the custody arrangement. [PLACEHOLDER · client to confirm exact recovery language before publish]
Yes. You retain full control of your assets and can withdraw at any time, subject to standard broker-led approval and verification.
A cryptographic method where private keys are split across multiple parties. No single party can move assets alone, eliminating single points of failure that plague traditional wallet setups.
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Uptrade is registered with AUSTRAC as a Digital Currency Exchange Provider (DCE100856266-001) and operates in compliance with its regulatory obligations.How a broker structurally differs from an exchange.
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