In Citi's plans, bitcoin custody isn't being positioned as a standalone crypto offering—it's being folded into a larger piece of banking infrastructure. According to The Block, Citi is expected to roll out bitcoin custody later this year as one of the features under its new Custody+ platform.
Custody+ wasn't built specifically for bitcoin. The report notes that the platform also covers real-time asset servicing, real-time settlement, liquidity tools, and AI-driven market intelligence. Placing bitcoin custody alongside these traditional institutional services suggests Citi views it as an extension of its asset servicing business rather than a separate crypto-only product line.
That's where the publicly available information ends for now. Neither The Block's report nor Citi has provided further details on Custody+'s full feature list, the exact launch timeline for bitcoin custody, who it will serve, or how it will be priced.
