With security as the anchor and compliance as the sail: Cactus Custody helps crypto payments take off

As the global digital economy is booming, cryptocurrency payments are rapidly becoming mainstream and becoming a key force in reshaping the international business and financial landscape. In the past, cryptocurrency payments were simply value transfers, but now they have become the core driving force for cross-border business and new business models. Banks, payment service providers and technology companies have increased their investment in this field, hoping to provide more efficient and low-cost solutions for international trade with the help of crypto payments.
However, the popularization of crypto payments is not easy. To operate this emerging payment system under the premise of ensuring security, compliance and efficiency, a reliable underlying infrastructure is essential. At this time, "secure custody" has become a key force supporting crypto payments.
The transition of crypto payments: from lengthy to instant
The traditional cross-border payment process is cumbersome and costly, and cross-border e-commerce and supply chain companies are often troubled by clearing cycles and capital occupation. Cryptocurrency payments can be settled in near real time through on-chain networks and smart contracts. Merchants do not need to wait for bank working days, which can significantly improve the efficiency of capital circulation and reduce transaction costs.
However, there are still many challenges behind technological innovation. If enterprises build their own encrypted payment infrastructure, they must face problems such as private key custody, risk prevention and control, and compliance pressure. Therefore, secure custody services have become a necessity for enterprises. It provides comprehensive technical, risk control and compliance support to ensure the safe implementation of encrypted payments.
The core value of secure custody: trust and compliance
The essence of secure custody is to provide protection for digital assets and private keys, and inject the cornerstone of security and compliance into the encrypted payment ecosystem. Modern custody solutions minimize internal and external risks through threshold signatures (TSS), hardware security modules (HSM) and multi-layer risk control strategies. Real-time monitoring, whitelist and other mechanisms further ensure security.
As the global regulatory environment becomes increasingly stringent, compliance has become the basis for enterprises to expand their business. Custody solutions combine technology and compliance capabilities to help companies adapt to regulatory requirements in different regions, strictly comply with relevant laws and regulations on anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing, and ensure that crypto payments are moving forward steadily on a compliant track.
Cactus Custody's panoramic solution: empowering crypto payments
Cactus Custody focuses on providing a panoramic security and compliance infrastructure for crypto payments, allowing companies to move forward steadily in a rapidly changing market.
1. All-round security architecture
Using the world's leading HSM and TSS technologies, Cactus Custody deeply isolates private keys, and disperses permissions through multi-level approval and signatures to reduce the risk of single point failures. Real-time warnings, whitelists, and abnormal transaction detection add another line of defense to risk control, so that asset flows are always within a safe field of vision.
2. Compliance support
In response to different market regulatory requirements, Cactus Custody has a built-in compliance review module, which quickly adapts to AML/KYC processes and flexibly connects to third-party regulatory technology tools. Enterprises can efficiently complete risk assessment and report submission, and automatically handle suspicious transactions without spending a lot of energy in cumbersome compliance processes.
3. Multi-chain asset management and flexible expansion
Facing diversified payment scenarios, Cactus Custody seamlessly supports public chains, stablecoins, alliance chains and customized tokens, providing enterprises with flexible asset management capabilities. No matter how many chains and currencies the business needs to cover, enterprises can easily expand without being trapped by the limitations of infrastructure.
4. API and ecological integration
Rich APIs and compliant OTC services allow enterprises to easily access secure custody and payment infrastructure. "Plug and Play" greatly reduces development and operation costs. The supporting OTC services support large transactions and liquidity management, ensuring the efficiency and security of high-value transactions. Enterprises can focus on business innovation and market expansion to meet the needs of diversified customers.
Practical Case: Cooperation with Hong Kong RedotPay
As a pioneer in the field of cryptocurrency payments, RedotPay focuses on providing efficient settlement solutions and promoting financial inclusion. At present, RedotPay has more than 2.5 million certified users in more than 150 countries around the world, and this number continues to grow rapidly, demonstrating strong business development and international influence.
Through cooperation with Cactus Custody, RedotPay seamlessly connects payment services with underlying security custody, bringing an excellent experience of instant settlement. With rigorous risk management and compliance support, Cactus Custody helps RedotPay expand its international business, reduce technical and compliance costs, enhance customer trust, and comprehensively improve service quality.
Diversified scenarios expansion of cross-border e-commerce and traditional finance
The combination of encrypted payment and secure custody helps cross-border e-commerce sellers to achieve rapid capital repatriation and improve the liquidity of supply chain funds. Traditional financial institutions can also take this opportunity to explore new boundaries of encrypted payment in a complex regulatory environment and promote business transformation.
Future Outlook: Co-evolution of payment and custody
With the continuous development of the Internet of Things and Web3, the application scenarios and needs of encrypted payment will continue to expand. The trend of smart contracts and RWA tokenization is gradually emerging, and the underlying payment infrastructure has higher and higher requirements for security, compliance, and scalability. Secure custody solutions need to be continuously upgraded to cope with new asset forms and technological innovations to ensure that encrypted payments operate efficiently and securely.
Conclusion: Win the future in change
Crypto payments are becoming an important growth point for global business, and secure custody is a solid backing for this change. Cactus Custody provides a solid foundation for enterprises with its professional technology and compliance capabilities, allowing crypto payments to operate efficiently and securely on a global scale. Through cooperation with the largest crypto payment company in Asia, Cactus Custody not only helps companies expand their markets rapidly, but also ensures their long-term dominant position in fierce competition and strict supervision. In the future, only perfect infrastructure and trusted partners can lead the birth of a new pattern in the digital payment revolution.
This article comes from a contribution and does not represent the views of BlockBeats
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Bitcoin mining business revenue for the full year was $675.5 million, with $172.4 million in the fourth quarter.
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• Mining Operations and Costs:
A total of 6,594.6 bitcoins were mined throughout the year, averaging 18.07 bitcoins per day; of which 1,718.3 bitcoins were mined in the fourth quarter, averaging 18.68 bitcoins per day.
The average mining cost for the full year (excluding miner depreciation) was $79,707 per bitcoin, and for the fourth quarter, it was $84,552;
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As of the end of December 2025, the company has cumulatively produced 7,528.4 bitcoins since entering the bitcoin mining business.
• Strategic Progress:
The company has completed the termination of the American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program and transitioned to a direct listing on the NYSE to enhance information transparency and align with its strategic direction, with a long-term goal of expanding its investor base.
CEO Paul Yu stated: "2025 marked the company's first full year as a bitcoin mining enterprise, characterized by rapid execution and structural reshaping. We completed a comprehensive adjustment of our asset system and established a globally distributed mining network. Additionally, the company introduced a new management team, further strengthening our capabilities and competitive advantage in the digital asset and energy infrastructure space. The completion of the NYSE direct listing and USD pricing also signifies our transformation into a global AI infrastructure company."
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The company's Chief Financial Officer, Michael Zhang, stated: "By 2025, the company is expected to achieve significant revenue growth through its scaled mining operations. Despite recording a net loss of $452.8 million from ongoing operations, mainly due to one-time transformation costs and market-driven fair value adjustments, the company, from a financial perspective, will reduce its leverage, optimize its Bitcoin reserve strategy and liquidity management, introduce new capital to strengthen its financial position, and seize investment opportunities in high-potential areas such as AI infrastructure while navigating market volatility."
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