IBM has announced plans to launch Digital Asset Haven, a new platform aimed at helping banks, governments, and corporates manage digital assets across multiple blockchains. The system is intended to support the full process from custody to transaction execution and settlement, while maintaining compliance and security standards required in regulated environments.
The platform has been developed together with Dfns, a digital wallet infrastructure provider whose technology underpins more than 15 million wallets. The collaboration brings together Dfns’ custody tools with IBM’s infrastructure, including its Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) and multi-party computation setup.
Governance and control
Digital Asset Haven will offer lifecycle management for blockchain transactions across over 40 networks, claims IBM. It also introduces a unified governance model for wallet access, policy enforcement, and transaction approval. Third-party integrations for KYC, AML, and related processes are included, with APIs for connecting other services.
The system integrates IBM’s Offline Signing Orchestrator for cold storage and supports quantum-safe cryptography. According to IBM, these features are meant to help institutions align with jurisdictional key management rules and prepare for potential future cryptographic risks.
IBM plans to offer the service as SaaS and hybrid SaaS from Q4 2025, with an on-premises version expected in Q2 2026.
