Lombard taps Bitwise to offer Bitcoin yield and lending to institutional custody

Lombard CEO Jacob Phillips announced at the Digital Asset Summit that the platform enables institutions to earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin without moving assets out of custody.

Lombard, a company building Bitcoin-based lending infrastructure, will team with Bitwise Asset Management to enable institutions to earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin (BTC) without moving assets out of custody, aiming to unlock hundreds of billions of dollars in Bitcoin held in institutional custody.

The partnership was announced Tuesday at the Digital Asset Summit in New York. 

Jacob Phillips, CEO and co-founder of Lombard, told Cointelegraph: 

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