DAG Institutional

Digital asset infrastructure for advisers and institutions.

Most institutional and advisory infrastructure was not built for assets that live on public ledgers. DAG Wealth provides Registered Investment Advisors and institutional allocators a regulated path to digital asset exposure through its investment advisory services, coordinated institutional custody integrations, portfolio management, reporting, and operational support.

Built for RIAs, family offices, foundations, endowments, pensions, corporate treasuries, and trust companiesCoordinated institutional custody through independent qualified custodiansSEC Registered Investment Advisory Services Provided by DAG WealthSub-advisory and direct institutional engagements
DAG Institutional

The client demand is already here. The infrastructure is not.

For RIAs, the problem shows up when clients hold meaningful crypto outside the advisory relationship. The client still wants guidance. The advisor still owns the planning conversation. But traditional platforms were built for legacy securities, not the distinct operational requirements of private keys, wallet authorization, institutional settlement venues, network rewards coordination, and digital asset tax reporting.

For institutions, the problem looks different but comes from the same source. A foundation, endowment, pension plan, trust company, or corporate treasury may have an investment committee willing to consider digital assets. What slows the conversation down is not curiosity. It is governance. Where will assets be custodied? Who has authority? What documentation will auditors review? How does the position fit the investment policy? What happens when personnel change?

DAG Wealth was built for that gap. The role is not to make digital assets feel retail-friendly. The role is to make them operationally usable inside fiduciary, advisory, and institutional structures.

Our clients are already asking. Some already hold the assets. We need a way to bring the exposure inside a professional structure without building an entire digital asset desk from scratch.

What DAG Institutional covers

Two paths, one institutional operating layer.

The common thread is the same: digital assets should not sit outside the system simply because the old system was not built for them.

Path 01

For Registered Investment Advisers

RIA

DAG Wealth operates as the SEC Registered Investment Advisor and serves as your institutional sub-adviser, deploying the specialized capabilities of our platform. Your firm retains complete ownership of the primary client relationship and the planning conversations. Under the terms of the sub-advisory agreement, we deliver institutional portfolio management, seamless custody coordination with independent qualified providers, advisor education, and consolidated reporting for the digital asset sleeve.

  • Segregated sub-accounts under your firm's master agreement
  • Advisor-branded statements and tax reporting
  • Turnkey onboarding and suitability workflows
  • Advisor education built into the engagement
Fit: Established RIAs managing approximately $100M to $5B in assets whose clients already hold digital assets outside the advisory relationship.
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Path 02

For institutions & strategy providers

INST

DAG Wealth coordinates institutional digital asset custody and investment management for organizations that need governance-ready access, and offers a path for strategy providers to deliver professional strategies for investors under the comprehensive oversight of DAG Wealth's investment advisory framework. Engagements begin by aligning your specific investment policy requirements, independent qualified custody mandates, and audit-ready reporting needs, along with the decision rights, liquidity requirements, and stakeholder documentation needed before an allocation can move forward.

  • Access to Independent qualified custody, segregated and bankruptcy-remote
  • Investment policy and committee documentation
  • Audit-ready reporting and API compatibility
  • Become a strategy provider under our established Investment Advisor compliance framework
Fit: Foundations, endowments, pension plans, family offices, trust companies, corporate trustees, corporate treasuries, and strategy providers seeking to deliver digital asset strategies inside an SEC-regulated framework.
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How DAG Institutional thinks about structure

Governance-ready, by design.

The operating principles are explicit. Custody, controls, fiduciary standards, and reporting are not optional layers added after the engagement begins; they are the starting point.

01

Independent qualified custody, not exchange storage

Digital assets are held through qualified institutional custodians. DAG Wealth does not custody assets directly and does not hold client cryptographic keys.

02

Segregated accounts

Client assets are identifiable as the client's, not pooled with other customers on the custodian's balance sheet. Bankruptcy-remote.

03

Multi-signature, address whitelisting

Withdrawal destinations pre-approved through documented processes. No single party (custodian, adviser, or client) can move assets unilaterally.

04

SEC-registered fiduciary management

Fiduciary portfolio oversight is provided directly by DAG Wealth. Every strategy is managed in strict alignment with fiduciary standards under the Investment Advisers Act, ensuring your clients' interests always come first.

05

No retail venues, no speculative mandate

Client assets are not held on retail trading venues. The portfolio mandate is set against investment policy, not market sentiment.

The architecture

The Institutional operating stack.

Six elements that make digital asset exposure usable inside fiduciary, advisory, and institutional structures.

01

SEC-registered advisory

Advisory services are executed by DAG Wealth, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor bound by a federal fiduciary standard to act in the best interest of its clients.

02

Institutional custody

Digital assets held through qualified institutional custodians. DAG Wealth does not hold client keys.

03

Portfolio construction

Allocations aligned to the partner firm's suitability framework or the institution's investment policy.

04

Professional reporting

Advisor-branded statements, policy reporting, transaction records, and audit-ready documentation.

05

Education & enablement

Onboarding support, advisor training, and operational guidance for teams new to private keys and on-chain settlement.

06

Operational layer

Custody coordination, billing support, and back-office plumbing that makes a digital asset sleeve usable inside a fiduciary structure.

Benefits

What partner firms and institutions actually get.

Keep assets inside the relationship

RIA partners can serve client digital asset demand without sending the relationship to a crypto-native competitor.

Institutional custody, not retail storage

Digital assets are held through institutional custodians selected for the engagement, not on an exchange or a desk drawer.

SEC-registered fiduciary management

Investment advisory services are provided through DAG Wealth, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor.

Reporting built for professional review

Advisor-branded statements, policy reporting, transaction records, and audit-ready documentation where applicable.

Operational support, not just access

Onboarding, custody coordination, portfolio management, billing support, and education sit inside the engagement, not as an afterthought.

A bridge to fiduciary standards

Not crypto novelty. Institutional usability inside the structures fiduciaries already trust.

“Your clients and committees do not need a crypto hobby. They need a professional operating layer for a new asset class.”

Partner RIA fit

$100M– $5B

Established RIAs whose clients already hold digital assets.

Did you know

Most advisory and institutional systems were built around securities held at traditional custodians. Digital assets introduce different questions: private key control, wallet authorization, custody documentation, transaction reporting, venue selection, staking treatment, and audit evidence.

FAQ

Common questions about DAG Institutional.

Start with a partnership review

Designed for structures that have to survive professional scrutiny.

The first conversation reviews where the demand is coming from, what is already in place, and which operating model fits: sub-advisory for RIAs, institutional custody and management for fiduciary allocators, or a broader Family Office engagement where the coordination layer is the real service.

Compliance

DAG Private Client services involve estate matters that require qualified independent counsel in the applicable jurisdiction. LLC formation, trust drafting, and estate planning services are provided in coordination with or by qualified independent legal counsel licensed in the applicable jurisdiction. DAG is not a law firm, does not provide legal or tax advice, and does not provide tax preparation services; tax matters are handled through referrals to qualified tax professionals. DAG is not a financial advisor and does not provide financial advice. Investment advisory services are available through DAG Wealth. Digital Wealth Partners LLC (CRD No. 328627) is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Form ADV and Form CRS are available upon request or at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Registration with the SEC does not imply a particular level of skill or training.

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