Legal entity
Safealp Swiss AG
Swiss stock corporation, registered in the canton of Zug. UID CHE-130.827.157.
Commercial register (Zefix)
Zug, Switzerland
Swiss custody for digital assets.
Safealp Swiss AG holds digital assets for institutions, investment funds, family offices and private clients under Swiss law: in individual custody, offline by default, and under independent audit. Custody is the only service we provide.
CCSS Level II certified custodyTechnical review by EY. Listed on the C4 registry.
Trusted by design
Entity and supervision
A Swiss custodian, supervised and audited.
Supervision
VQF member, SRO under the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act
Affiliation no. 101345. Financial intermediary subject to Swiss AML supervision.
VQF, Financial Services Standards AssociationCertification
CCSS Level II
CryptoCurrency Security Standard, full-system certification.
Technical review
Technical review by EY
EY performed the independent technical review of Safealp’s custody controls underlying the CCSS Level II certification.
Scope
What we do, and what we do not do
A narrow mandate is a feature. Every activity we do not perform is a risk you do not have to assess.
We do
- Hold digital assets in individual custody for each client.
- Hold collateral for lenders and secured creditors in segregated collateral wallets.
- Execute transfers only on verified instruction from authorised representatives.
- Report positions and reconcile them against the blockchain on our own infrastructure.
We do not
- Trade, broker or operate a venue.No proprietary positions, no order flow.
- Lend, re-use or pledge client assets.No rehypothecation under any circumstances.
- Stake, bridge or move assets to sidechains or smart contracts.Assets stay on their native chain.
- Provide investment advice.
Legal protection
Your assets remain yours, in law and in practice
The custody agreement is built on three principles that do not change by client, size or asset.
Individual custody
Each client’s assets are held in dedicated wallets, attributable to that client at all times and never commingled with Safealp’s own assets.
Segregation under Swiss law
Client crypto-assets are held so that they can be segregated from Safealp’s estate in the event of insolvency, under Article 242a of the Swiss Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act.
Exclusive ownership
Assets in custody are the exclusive property of the client. Safealp acquires no interest in them and holds them for one client only, on that client’s instructions.
Multi-layer security architecture
Client assets are held offline, under segregated key governance and institutional procedures, within Switzerland.
- Client assets are held offline, within Switzerland01
- No single person, including Safealp staff, can move client assets02
- Key material is segregated and geographically distributed03
- Every transfer passes role separation and approval workflows04
- The blockchain is verified on Safealp’s own infrastructure in Switzerland, with no dependence on third parties05
- Key generation and operating procedures are subject to independent certification and audit06
Safealp does not disclose its custody architecture or operating procedures to any party. Assurance is provided through independent certification and audit.
Confidentiality
Discretion is part of the service
Safealp does not disclose its client relationships. Personal data is limited to what Swiss law requires. Client data and custody systems are operated from Swiss and EU infrastructure, and nothing is processed outside these jurisdictions. Communication is direct, between named persons.
Why Switzerland
A jurisdiction built for holding
Where an asset is held matters as much as how. Switzerland offers what long-term capital needs most: certainty.
Legal certainty
Switzerland gave crypto-assets a clear legal basis with the 2021 DLT legislation, including the right to segregate client assets from a custodian’s estate in insolvency.
Stability
Political neutrality, an independent judiciary and one of the world’s most stable currencies. Rules change slowly, by consultation, and rarely retroactively.
Property and privacy
Strong constitutional protection of property, no capital controls, and a data-protection regime that treats client information as the client’s own.
A supervised ecosystem
Financial intermediaries operate under the Anti-Money Laundering Act and recognised self-regulatory organisations. Zug concentrates specialised counsel, auditors and banks for digital assets.
Company
Built in Switzerland for those who intend to hold for generations.
Safealp Swiss AG is a Swiss custodian for institutions, investment funds, family offices and private clients who measure holding periods in decades, not quarters. One service, one jurisdiction, one standard: digital assets held offline, under Swiss law, with the discretion that long-term capital expects.
Contact
Speak with us
For custody and collateral inquiries from institutions, investment funds, family offices and private clients.
info@safealp.swissSafealp Swiss AG, Zug, Switzerland
Onboarding is conducted under Swiss anti-money-laundering requirements.