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Tesseract Investment Oy Launches Dedicated Client Vaults
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Tesseract Investment Oy Launches Dedicated Client Vaults

Individually Segregated On-Chain Yield Vaults Operated by MiCA-Authorized CASP Helsinki, Finland, March 2026 — Tesseract Investment Oy, a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), announces the launch of Tesseract Dedicated Client Vaults, individually dedicated on-chain yield vaults designed to provide institutional and professional investors with access to DeFi […]

31/03/20263 min read
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The Yield Source Question: Why “Where Does It Come From?” Is the Right First Question

Institutional demand for crypto-asset yield strategies has increased significantly in recent years. Treasuries, exchanges, fintechs and funds are all working variants of the same problem: how to generate consistent, compliant returns on crypto holdings, whether for their own balance sheets or as a product offered to their clients. For many institutional participants, yield generation has become commercially […]

09/03/2026
Company NewsDeFiVaults

What Is a Vault?

A taxonomy of the four vault models shaping institutional crypto, and the questions every evaluator should ask before choosing one A crypto vault is a smart contract or custodial structure that holds digital assets under defined rules. The term covers at least four distinct architectures: custody vaults for secure storage, pooled yield vaults for automated […]

19/02/2026
Company News

The 2026 Crypto Yield Landscape – Why the Rulebook is now Infrastructure

If you are offering, or considering offering, crypto yield in 2026, this is the year the rules stop being theoretical. For years, digital asset regulation has been something to monitor, debate, or anticipate. Now it is operational. MiCA is live. DAC8 reporting has begun. CARF exchanges are scheduled. The U.S. has drawn lines around stablecoin […]

13/02/2026
Company NewsDATsInstitutional yield

From Passive to Productive: Why Bitcoin and other Crypto Treasuries Need to Generate Yield Now

Bitcoin has become a meaningful treasury asset for a growing number of companies. MicroStrategy set the tone in 2020 when it became the first public company to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet. Today, nearly two hundred companies hold Bitcoin as a treasury asset, and businesses and governments across thirty-two countries collectively hold around eight […]

28/11/2025
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Tesseract Renews ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification

Helsinki, Finland – October 22, 2025 — Tesseract has successfully renewed its ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, reaffirming its position as a trusted, security-first institution in digital asset management. Certified by an accredited third party, this achievement confirms that Tesseract’s Information Security Management System (ISMS) continues to meet the highest international standards for data protection, confidentiality, and operational resilience. The certification […]

23/10/2025
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Tesseract Becomes First MiCA Regulated Entity to Offer DeFi Generated Yield Through Portfolio Management

Helsinki, Finland – September 15, 2025 — Tesseract Investment is proud to announce that we have received our MiCA license from the FIN-FSA. The license grants us the ability to offer portfolio management and custody, asset transfers, investment advice, and the receiving and transmitting of client orders. While other portfolio management licenses have been granted under […]

15/09/2025
Company Newstesseract

Tesseract Achieves SOC 2 Compliance for the Third Consecutive Year

Tesseract Investment is proud to announce that we have successfully achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance for the third consecutive year, reaffirming our ongoing dedication to information security, operational excellence, and stakeholder trust.

31/07/2025
Company Newstesseract

Strengthening Trust Through Cybersecurity: Tesseract’s Partnership with Reversec

Tesseract has partnered with Reversec to strengthen our cybersecurity and fast-track ISO/IEC 27001 readiness through their CISO-as-a-Service model. This collaboration reinforces our commitment to trust, compliance, and operational excellence in institutional digital asset finance.

26/06/2025
Company Newstesseract

Industry Veteran James Harris Appointed as Group CEO by Tesseract Group

Tesseract Group, a European leader in institutional digital asset yield, lending, and investment strategies, today announces the appointment of James Harris as Group CEO, effective June 2.

23/06/2025
Company Newstesseract

Tesseract becomes tesseract.fi

Tesseract Group, a pioneering Finnish fintech focused on digital asset management, is excited to announce its digital identity update: tesseractinvestment.com is now tesseract.fi.

18/06/2025
Company Newstesseract

Higlobe Partners with Tesseract to Launch DeFi Yield Products

Higlobe, a Palo Alto-based fintech company revolutionizing cross-border payments, has announced a strategic partnership with Tesseract, a leading digital asset lending platform.

24/03/2025
Company Newstesseract

Tesseract Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

Tesseract Investment, a leader in institutional digital asset lending, proudly announced that it has achieved ISO 27001 certification, the globally recognized standard for information security management systems (ISMS). The certification, awarded in October 2024, underscores Tesseract's commitment to data security and its dedication to meeting the highest standards in safeguarding client information and assets while becoming one of the few regulated digital asset lending companies to earn this distinction.

07/11/2024
Company Newstesseract

Pia Hidén Takes Helm as Head of Legal at Tesseract

Pia brings over 15 years of invaluable experience in compliance, financial regulation, and corporate governance, acquired from prominent domestic and international companies including Alfred Berg/BNP Paribas IP, Evli, Citi, and EAB Group. Her wealth of expertise and proven track record make her a pivotal asset as we continue to pioneer innovation in digital asset finance.

22/05/2024
Company Newstesseract

Henri Littunen named CEO of Tesseract

Henri Littunen named CEO of Tesseract. We are thrilled to announce a significant transition in leadership at Tesseract. As we continue to pave the way for innovation and growth in the dynamic world of digital asset finance, we are proud to introduce a new era of leadership that will steer our company to even greater heights.

16/07/2023
Company Newsbistampcryptoyield

Tesseract and Bitstamp Redefine Crypto Lending Landscape

Tesseract and Bitstamp partnering to offer the most transparent lending product in the market. This initiative underscores Tesseract's commitment to redefining the crypto lending landscape by fostering transparency, security, and technological innovation.

23/04/2023
Company NewschainlinkDeFi price feeds

Tesseract Integrates Chainlink Price Feeds to Help Secure DeFi Yield Tracking

We’re excited to announce that Tesseract— a provider of technology-enabled crypto yield products for institutions —has integrated Chainlink Price Feeds on Ethereum mainnet to their DeFi product.

08/12/2022
Company Newsbitcoinbroker

Finland's customs authority (Tulli) chooses Tesseract and Coinmotion to sell seized Bitcoins, with proceeds to be donated to Ukraine.

Here is our announcement regarding Finland's customs authority's decision to choose Tesseract and Coinmotion to sell seized bitcoins from criminal activities, as published on our official LinkedIn company page on April 29th. We have always held ourselves to the highest standard in every possible way to demonstrate that we are a world-leading institution at the […]

07/06/2022
Company Newsannouncementcollaboration

Tesseract, one of the first regulated entities in the European Union to offer crypto yield products, joins the Fireblocks Network.

Announcement Fireblocks Inc., the world’s leading crypto and digital asset platform for institutions, and Tesseract Group Oy, today announced Tesseract becoming an official member of the Fireblocks Network, further strengthening its position as a market forerunner in the digital asset management space. By joining forces, Fireblocks customers have direct and instant access to new technology-enabled […]

25/04/2022
Company Newscrypto lendingcrypto trading

Deep diving into crypto yield at PBWS 2022

Introduction Crypto yield is one of the topmost hot topics in the industry today. Some believe it is not sustainable and, therefore, a time bomb that is already ticking. Others are convinced it is the new frontier, as it is expanding the possibilities to areas never seen in history. There's a simple reason why all […]

20/04/2022
Company News

Tesseract Partners with BitMEX to Become Official Credit Provider

July 27, 2021, 4:00 PM EEST HELSINKI – Tesseract has partnered with BitMEX, the world’s most advanced peer-to-peer crypto-products trading platform, to become their official credit provider partner. The partnership will allow BitMEX clients to increase their capital efficiency by taking loans against their portfolios. BitMEX’s offering includes perpetual swaps, traditional futures, and quanto futures for tens of trading pairs, including the likes of Bitcoin (BTC/XBT), Ethereum (ETH), and Uniswap (UNI). BitMEX’s XBTUSD perpetual […]

27/07/2021
Company News

Tesseract Raises $25 Million in Series A Funding to Strengthen Institutional Digital Asset Lending Offering

Heavily oversubscribed round is led by Augmentum Fintech, with participation from other high-profile investors. Tesseract provides digital asset lending solutions to institutional clients, such as hedge funds and retail trading platforms, globally. June 21, 2021, 10:00 AM EEST HELSINKI – Tesseract, the leading institutional digital asset lending company in Europe and emerging markets, has raised […]

21/06/2021
Company News

High-growth digital asset innovator Tesseract reaches profitability in 2020

Tesseract Investment, a Finnish diversified financial services and investment management innovator in digital assets, reached profitability in 2020, buoyed by rapidly increasing investor and borrower interest across all key operational areas. Institutional interest in digital asset backed lending products was especially strong from H2 2020 onwards. Key performance indicators during 2020: Revenue grew over 7x […]

17/02/2021
Company News

Copper Partners with Tesseract to Launch a Margin Trading Lending Facility

Tesseract and its partner Copper announced on 29.10.2020 the launch of a new margin trading lending facility which provides near-instant access to capital for institutional digital asset managers. Copper clients can now borrow funds, which are then instantly transferred into their trading accounts and use it to safely trade on a range of major exchanges. […]

30/09/2020
Company News

Tesseract launches one of Northern Europe’s first Institutional Decentralized Finance research & investment teams

Seeing opportunities in decentralized finance previously unseen in traditional finance, Tesseract Investment, a front-runner on the digital asset space, launched one of Northern Europe’s first decentralized finance research teams. The team intends to capitalise on the investment opportunities that simply do not and cannot exist in traditional finance. What is DeFi? Decentralized finance, or DeFi […]

05/08/2020
Company News

Tesseract obtains regulatory approval from Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority

Tesseract Investment is proud to announce that it is one of the among the first companies in the digital asset space to obtain a virtual asset provider licence in the European Union and become an officially supervised institution. The licence is mandatory for all Finnish participants in the industry – ‘virtual currency provision’ refers to […]

31/10/2019

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