What changed
The service gives institutional clients regulated access to storage and transfers for Bitcoin, Ether, USDC and XRPL assets South Africa’s Absa Group has become Africa’s first bank to offer digital-asset custody South Africa’s Absa Becomes First African Bank to Offer Crypto Custody
Why it matters
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Trading lens
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