Coinbase Prime vs Fideum

How Coinbase Prime vs Fideum compare on our ratings, custodian specs, funding, pros and cons.

Fideum2.3/5

Feature	Coinbase Prime Visit	Fideum Visit
Ratings
Our score	4.1/5	2.3/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Security	4.0	2.5
Compliance	4.0	1.5
Asset support	4.0	2.0
Features	4.5	3.5
Support	4.0	2.5
Specs
KYC required	Not disclosed	Yes
Clients	Not disclosed	Institutions, Funds, Corporates
Regulated	Yes	Not disclosed
SOC 2 report	Yes	Not disclosed
Insurance	Up to $320M commercial crime policy (insurer syndicate), shared by all Coinbase customers	Not disclosed
Staking	Yes	Yes
API access	Yes	Yes
Licenses & charters	NYDFS limited purpose trust charter (US), NYDFS BitLicense (US), CSSF MiCA CASP authorization (Luxembourg)	Not disclosed
Cold storage	Yes	Not disclosed
Qualified custodian	Yes	No
Company
Founded	2012	—
Headquarters	United States	United Kingdom
Investors	Not disclosed	Valereum PLC
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Custody at a NYDFS-chartered trust company that acts as a fiduciary under New York Banking Law SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 reports cover private key management controls Coinbase generally keeps no more than 2% of custodied assets in hot wallets REST, FIX and WebSocket APIs with TWAP and VWAP order types	Custody software, trading APIs, staking and payment orchestration under one contract and API June 2026 Terms spell out roles: Fideum licenses software and the client safeguards signing material Website cites MPC custody, HSM-backed keys and offline cold wallets paired with warm wallets KYC, KYB, AML screening and Travel Rule tools sit on the same platform
Cons	The $320 million crime policy is shared by every Coinbase customer $50 million NYDFS penalty in 2023 over anti-money laundering and KYC failures The May 2025 data theft incident led to $311.2 million in cash payments The OCC charter for Coinbase National Trust Company was a conditional approval in April 2026	Website and Terms name no regulator, license type or registration number Terms state Fideum is not a custodian of record, and the custodians it integrates are unnamed Insurance and SOC controls are mentioned without a carrier, limit, report or auditor No published list of supported assets or networks
Best for	Hedge funds that want custody and execution in one account, ETF sponsors and asset managers that need a New York trust company as custodian, Trading desks that route orders over FIX	Fintechs and brokerages adding custody, trading and staking through one API, Banks and credit unions that already contract a licensed custodian and want key-management software, Payment firms settling in stablecoins and fiat across Fideum's 11 listed currencies

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