**[Bybit Partners with Komainu to Launch Institutional-Grade Custody and 24/7 Secure Trading Solutions]** Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced its integration with Komainu’s collateral management platform, Komainu Connect, to provide institutional clients with a unified asset custody and 24/7 secure trading service. Komainu is a regulated digital asset custody provider supported by Laser Digital and Blockstream. Through this partnership, institutional investors can trade instantly on the Bybit platform while keeping their assets with a regulated third-party custodian, thereby reducing counterparty risk. Leveraging an off-chain automated settlement mechanism, clients are not required to pre-deposit funds into the exchange, enhancing capital efficiency. Komainu Connect’s features include real-time synchronization of custodial wallets and exchange account assets, off-chain automated settlement, asset transparency and legal clarity, a global asset overview, and extensive institutional-grade asset support. Komainu Co-CEO Paul Frost Smith and Bybit Head of Corporate Business Yoyee Wang emphasized the importance of this collaboration in meeting institutional clients’ security and compliance needs.