A digital asset treasury is the part of a company’s finance function that holds, moves and accounts for digital assets such as bitcoin or stablecoins alongside cash. The work is less about the asset and more about the controls around it: who can approve a transfer, where it is held, and how it is reported.
Four questions to settle first
1. Who holds the assets?
Self-custody, a custodian and an exchange account each carry different risks. Our guide on institutional custody sets out the question to ask.
2. Who approves a payment?
Approval rules matter more onchain, because a mistaken transfer is hard to reverse. See multisig signer turnover and bitcoin approval workflows.
3. How does it fit the cash forecast?
Digital assets move around the clock while banks do not. See cash forecasting for 24/7 assets and stablecoin payments in corporate treasury.
4. What does it cost to move?
Network fees vary. Fee budgeting for treasury covers how to plan for it.
Where to hear it discussed
Treasury and allocator questions are part of the conversation at Proof of Talk, an invitation-only executive summit on capital, digital assets and AI. The next edition is at the Louvre Abu Dhabi on 3–4 December 2026; see the Abu Dhabi page or request access.
How this guide was made
Proof of Talk's editorial team wrote it on 13 November 2026 from the facts published on our own pages and the Proof of Talk fact sheet. It is a general explanation, not accounting or legal advice. We organise the event it mentions, so it is not a neutral comparison, and it makes no claim about any other event.