Bitcoin holds below $85,000 as SEC custody proposal boosts institutional outlook

US · 2026-10-03

1. Step 1 · The triggerthe SEC proposes allowing advisers and funds to self-custody digital assets when qualified custodians are unavailable, opening a 60-day comment period
2. Step 2 · Knock-oninstitutional advisers and fund managers previously blocked by custody-rule risk begin evaluating direct Bitcoin allocation programs
3. Step 3 · Knock-ondemand for compliance infrastructure, audit services, and insurance products tied to self-custody rises among registered advisers
4. Step 4 · Knock-onUS SMEs serving the fund-administration and advisory-compliance vertical see inbound contract inquiries and pricing power on crypto-specific offerings
5. Step 5 · Reaches youthe SME's revenue mix shifts toward higher-margin regulatory-tech services, but only if the final rule survives comment-period challenge

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