About Cobo
Cobo is APAC’s largest digital asset custodian and blockchain technology provider, based in Singapore. As the world’s only internationally licensed, Omni-custody provider, we cover the entire spectrum from HSM-based centralised custody, MPC-based co-managed custody, and smart contract-based decentralised custody (with DeFi access) to dedicated blockchain-based, fully decentralised self-custody for clients of all types. Trusted by over 500+ institutional users to protect their crypto and enable value exchange with the wider ecosystem, Cobo inspires confidence in digital asset ownership by enabling safe and efficient management of digital assets and interactions with Web 3.0.
Cobo is SOC 2 Type I certified and licensed in the US, Hong Kong and Lithuania. Cobo also received a provisional approval for Virtual Asset License from VARA in Dubai and is in the midst of obtaining licenses in Singapore.
Milestones
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2021
May
Closed Series B funding led by DST Global, IMO Ventures, A&T Capital etc
Jun
Cobo headquarter official launched in Singapore. License application started in Singapore, Hong Kong, and the US
Nov
Cobo Custody AUC reached $1.5B. Cobo launched DeFi-as-a-Service, institutional gateway to DeFi
2020
Jul
Cobo Wallet total asset under custody reached $100 M, DeFi Summer began
Dec
Cobo chose Singapore to be its headquarters and registered under the name, 'Cobo Singapore Pte. Ltd.'
2019
Jan
Cobo Custody, the first in the world to provide WaaS (Wallet-as-a-Service) service, went live
Dec
Cobo Custody became the largest crypto custodian in Asia Pacific.
2018
Feb
Launched Cobo Wallet, the world’s first crypto wallet with PoS staking feature
2017
Nov
Cobo was founded
Founders
Co-Founder & CEO
Discus Fish
One of earliest cryptocurrency pioneers and highly respected thought leader within the global Chinese cryptocurrency community, Discus Fish also co-founded F2Pool, the once world’s largest mining pool, and Yibite, the first Bitcoin portal in Chinese. He is widely respected and actively involved in the global Chinese DeFi community.
Co-Founder & CTO
Changhao Jiang
Dr. Jiang received his Ph.D. in computer science from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He started his career as a platform engineer at Google and Facebook. Later, he co-founded the first cryptocurrency wallet, Bihang, for Chinese users.
Composed Of Top Talents From Various Industries
Top Internet Technology Security Experts
Experts from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Alibaba and other first-line technology Internet companies, with rich experience in cryptography, underlying protocol development, data management, structural design, etc.
Senior Blockchain Practitioners
Familiar with encryption features. The core team comprises of early blockchain industry practitioners. Team members are from the world's top digital asset exchanges, data research institutions, and core main-chain participants.
Security and Compliance Specialists
The security team is from top security companies and has practical experience in the improvement of risk control models, network attack and defense, private key storage and management, software reinforcement, etc.
Traditional Financial Practitioners
The team members are from top buy-side institutions and have a deep understanding of the application and functions of custody services in the traditional financial industry.
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Cobo is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at Cobo is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence.
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