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How Amber are reducing the risk exposure of crypto investors across the world
CASE STUDY
How Amber are reducing the risk exposure of crypto investors across the world
CASE STUDY
How Amber are reducing the risk exposure of crypto investors across the world
WHY COINCOVER
How to choose a third-party crypto recovery infrastructure provider.
Protect access to digital assets with crypto wallet security designed to provide recovery resilience.
Most institutions start by asking whether they should build crypto wallet recovery in-house or bring in a specialist provider.
Some offer a basic backup mechanism bolted onto a wallet. Others are built as full institutional infrastructure, tested, certified, and designed to hold up under audit.
A single point of failure, whether a lost key, an operational lapse, or a governance gap, can mean permanent loss of client assets and irreversible reputational damage.
Crypto security and recovery infrastructure
Category |
Why it matters |
What CoinCover provides |
Recovery authentication methods |
A recovery system is only as strong as its weakest failure mode. If a provider mandates one authentication route (a specific hardware device, for example) and that device is lost, damaged, or was never set up correctly, the "recovery" solution becomes another single point of failure rather than a safety net. | CoinCover supports biometric verification alongside identity checks, and hardware-based authentication where a trusted device confirms the link between a user's identity and their key shares. For institutions, this extends to governance approvals and multi-factor verification, so recovery authentication scales from individual holders through to multi-approver enterprise workflows. CoinCover Control lets you complete recovery yourself, verifying who you are through a secure, self-serve process, so you're back into your digital assets without waiting on manual intervention. |
Recovery speed |
Downtime on a locked wallet compounds fast, into halted withdrawals, missed trades, and SLA breaches. | CoinCover offers optionality, from real-time recovery through CoinCover Control for keys held online, to custom time locks for keys held offline in FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified vaults, so you choose the balance of speed and security that fits your business. ACL changes and recoveries are administered through the same cloud portal either way, and once a change is approved, access can be restored rapidly. |
Key generation |
If a private key ever exists in plaintext, even briefly, that moment becomes a single point of failure attackers can target. | Key pairs are generated and sharded inside a hardware-isolated secure enclave, each shard sealed under AES-256 envelope encryption, so the private key never exists in plaintext outside the enclave's protected memory. |
Key storage |
Attackers increasingly target signing infrastructure and key custody directly, not just smart contract code (Source: Hacken, Trail of Bits, TRM Labs, 2025). | Optionality, because your risk perspective may differ from ours. Key shards can be stored in a cloud-based Trusted Execution Environment for hot, real-time access, or in air-gapped, military-grade, FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified vaults with geo-redundant storage for cold, maximum-security access. |
Access controls |
Concentrated key material in a small number of people or devices turns staff turnover into a signing authority crisis. | Key material is held across segregated, server-side encrypted storage with multi-region redundancy, so no single location, server, or provider holds enough to compromise a wallet on its own. |
Infrastructure resilience |
A single point of failure, technical or organisational, is one of the most common or likely reasons behind behind many major custody collapses to date. | No single server, location, or provider ever holds enough to compromise a wallet. Key material is split across segregated storage, encrypted server-side, and replicated across multiple regions. |
Trust, compliance and operational fit
Category |
Why it matters |
What CoinCover provides |
Track record at scale |
Longevity and proven volume are hard to fake. | Protecting access to wallets since 2018. Trusted by 700+ financial institutions globally. We also partner with the largest network of infrastructure providers. |
Regulatory alignment |
Regulators are increasingly focusing on operational resilience, governance and recovery arrangements. | Built to support compliance with major regulatory frameworks worldwide, including UK FCA, EU MiCA, DORA, and ADGM. |
Independent certification |
Institutional counterparties increasingly treat certification as a procurement gate. (Source: TRM Labs Global Crypto Policy Review, 2025) | Holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications, plus Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. |
Governance and audit trail |
Regulators now expect firms to evidence recoverability, not just describe it. | CoinCover Control manages approvals, permissions, policies and audit visibility around recovery workflows. |
Continuity testing |
Self-managed backup often looks secure at first, then quietly erodes as staff, documentation and approval structures drift out of date. | Regular test recoveries built into the service, so continuity plans are proven, not theoretical. |
Integration with existing stack |
Bespoke connectors slow adoption and add risk. | Wallet agnostic, we support a wide range of non-custodial platforms including the biggest like Fireblocks, BitGo, Copper, Coinbase, Utila, Paxos, Ledger and others. |
Scope of coverage |
Single-segment tools don't flex as an organisation grows. | Purpose-built variants for exchanges, financial institutions, wallet providers, stablecoin issuers, and custodians and asset managers. |
How CoinCover’s crypto recovery infrastructure works
See crypto wallet security in action
Strengthen your digital asset infrastructure with CoinCover
Losing access to your own critical wallets can halt your business. CoinCover Recover for Institutions keeps you operational with secure, cloud-based recovery built with crypto wallet providers in mind.
Get back online fast:
Recover access to your wallet in 30 minutes or less (depending on tier).
Seriously secure storage:
We offer hot and cold storage solutions, so you can choose which suits your organisation best
Only authorised recoveries:
Recovery access requires biometrics and ID proof, so only authorised personnel can access your keys.
Get back online fast:
Recover access to your wallet in 30 minutes or less (depending on tier).
Seriously secure storage:
We offer hot and cold storage solutions, so you can choose which suits your organisation best
Only authorised recoveries:
Recovery access requires biometrics and ID proof, so only authorised personnel can access your keys.
The crypto market’s most widely used recovery solution for customer wallets. Designed from the ground up to be fully configurable to your own specific use-cases.
Provide peace of mind:
Give your customers complete comfort that they won’t lose access to their crypto, driving loyalty and usage.
Turnkey automated onboarding, identity validation & verification:
Proven at retail scale with enterprises handling high volumes of users.
Secure storage:
Deep, segregated storage capabilities, with geo-flexible security for enhanced data resilience.
Provide peace of mind:
Give your customers complete comfort that they won’t lose access to their crypto, driving loyalty and usage.
Turnkey automated onboarding, identity validation & verification:
Proven at retail scale with enterprises handling high volumes of users.
Secure storage:
Deep, segregated storage capabilities, with geo-flexible security for enhanced data resilience.
Real experts, ready 24/7. Our team is here to assist.
Simple, reliable backups:
Our straightforward backup process minimises disruption and cuts down on human error.
Custom rules for your wallets:
Configure the recovery process to align with your own security policies.
Much more than just recovery:
Benefit from regular testing, easy auditor verification, multi-provider backup support, and unlimited recovery drills. All included, no added charge.
Simple, reliable backups:
Our straightforward backup process minimises disruption and cuts down on human error.
Custom rules for your wallets:
Configure the recovery process to align with your own security policies.
Much more than just recovery:
Benefit from regular testing, easy auditor verification, multi-provider backup support, and unlimited recovery drills. All included, no added charge.
Threats we protect against
Strengthen your crypto recovery infrastructure with CoinCover.
Catastrophic asset loss is not a risk custodians, asset managers, exchanges or financial institutions can afford to leave untested. Talk to our team about protecting your digital assets. Talk to us at hello@coincover.com. Or fill the form.