Cryptocurrency alternate Coinbase International Inc mentioned on Thursday it has partnered with BlackRock , the world’s largest asset supervisor, to supply institutional shoppers with entry to crypto buying and selling and custody companies.

The information comes when the trade has been battered in a so-called “crypto winter” as buyers dump dangerous digital belongings amid geopolitical turmoil, rising charges and worries of an impending recession.

Coinbase has been among the many worst hit, with shares down over 60% to date this 12 months.

The corporate’s institutional buying and selling platform for crypto belongings, Coinbase Prime, will present crypto buying and selling, custody, prime brokerage and reporting capabilities to institutional shoppers on BlackRock’s Aladdin, who’re additionally shoppers of Coinbase.

Aladdin gives a set of software program instruments designed to assist institutional buyers handle their portfolios.