Depositary Receipts:
A Tried-and-True Investment Vehicle

Since 1927, DRs have enabled market access, workflow efficiency and robust risk management for institutional investors.

DRs at a Glance

What Are DRs?

Depositary Receipts (DRs) are securities issued by a depositary that represent ownership of an underlying asset. DRs facilitate the conversion, holding and transferability of the underlying asset – in our case, currently digital assets.

Why Invest in DRs?

A History
of Institutional Access

For nearly a century, investors have relied on DRs to trade, clear and settle a wide range of assets just like traditional securities. The result: a market where over 6,500 institutions have invested a combined $1 trillion, and growing.

A History
of Institutional Access

For nearly a century, investors have relied on DRs to trade, clear and settle a wide range of assets just like traditional securities. The result: a market where over 6,500 institutions have invested a combined $1 trillion, and growing.

A Convenient Investing Model

With each DR carrying its own CUSIP, ISIN and ticker, qualifying investors can transact in digital and alternative assets with minimal interruption to their existing operations. The result: a seamless, straightforward investing experience.

Institutional Onboarding

Qualifying investors can be efficiently onboarded with RDC to issue and cancel DRs

Seamless Conversion

Conversion instructions are submitted to RDC to easily convert underlying assets to corresponding DRs, or vice versa

Familiar Workflows

DRs are processed through DTC, enabling traditional clearing and settlement

Robust Risk Management

Trusted counterparties, responsible structures and solid compliance are fundamental to any DR offering. Our digital asset DRs bring all this and more.

Trusted Counterparties

We’ve partnered with Broadridge as our SEC-registered transfer agent and Anchorage as our OCC-regulated and federally chartered digital asset custodian

A Protective Platform

Segregated roles and responsibilities among regulated entities ensure asset protection, transparency and risk mitigation

No Rehypothecation

Our model is designed to prevent digital assets held in custody from being lent or sold to pay for operating expenses, and every DR in circulation is backed by a corresponding amount of digital assets deposited with our custodian

Secure Stability

Our DRs are offered in compliance with US securities law and under a careful set of terms and conditions

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