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Custody review asks who controls an asset, how that control is exercised, and what happens if access is interrupted. It also asks which recovery steps depend on a person, a device, a provider, or a separate agreement. The answers may differ across holdings.
Draw the chain from the asset to the account or record that controls it. Identify the evidence for that arrangement and the procedures needed to change or recover access. Keep secrets outside any shared screening record. The articles below provide questions for comparing custody arrangements and tracing dependencies without implying that a single structure removes every risk.
2 guides about custody
A real-world asset token needs a documented connection to something beyond its ledger entry. Follow the claim from token to underlying asset, identify the responsible parties, and test how reconciliation, payments, redemption, and exceptions are supposed to work.
Read the guide: RWA Token Screening: Connect the Token to the Underlying ClaimScreen the full Bitcoin route, from the trading venue to the intended custody arrangement and eventual exit. This checklist makes liquidity assumptions, execution costs, recovery responsibilities, and withdrawal conditions explicit without relying on price forecasts.
Read the guide: Bitcoin Screening: Liquidity, Custody, and Execution CostsQuestions worth asking
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