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title: "Gemini Trust Company, LLC · (FinCEN) · United States | Elucidate"
description: "Gemini Trust Company, LLC is registered with FinCEN for anti-money-laundering supervision as a in the United States. LEI 254900GBN2V33HKLXO71. Register status, licences, activities and ownership."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/gemini-trust-company-llc-3351168d38ee
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United States · Crypto

# Gemini Trust Company, LLC

Trading as Gemini Exchange, LLC

Gemini Trust Company, LLC is a New York limited purpose trust company. The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) chartered it under the New York Banking Law in October 2015. Gemini Space Station, Inc., which is listed on Nasdaq, owns it indirectly and in full, and the founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss control the group. The firm runs the Gemini digital asset exchange and Gemini Custody, and it issues the Gemini Dollar (GUSD) stablecoin. Since May 2025 most US retail accounts have been held by its affiliate Gemini Moonbase, LLC, while the firm keeps New York and Idaho customers and institutional custody clients.

Register status

Registered for AML supervision in the United States

FinCEN

AML registration only

[2 licences and registrations ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/gemini-trust-company-llc-3351168d38ee#licences)

BIC **No BIC** LEI **[254900GBN2V33HKLXO71](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900GBN2V33HKLXO71)** [Licence no. **Not published by the register**](https://elucidate.co/directory/gemini-trust-company-llc-3351168d38ee#licences)

## Licences and registrations

Held by Gemini Trust Company, LLC (LEI 254900GBN2V33HKLXO71). 2 entries on 2 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.

| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [MSB Registrant Search](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/fincen-msb) FinCEN | —Money Transmitter / Remittance | Not published by the register | [United States](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us) | Active | 2025-12-22 | — | - Money remittance - Prepaid access | [Search the register ↗](https://www.fincen.gov/msb-registrant-search) |
| [Money Services Business Registry](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/fintrac-msb) FINTRAC | Foreign MSB (FMSB)Crypto-Asset Service Provider | M20046728 | [Canada](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ca) | Active | 2020-06-19 | Renews 2027-02-07 | - Crypto-assets | [Search the register ↗](https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/msb-esm/msb-eng) |

Trading names on the register: Gemini Exchange, LLC (FINCEN-MSB), GEMINI (FINTRAC-MSB)

-   Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
-   Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.

## Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.

Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.

## Overview

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/gemini-trust-company-llc-3351168d38ee#overview-sources)

Customers

Not published

Employees

Not published

Ownership

Group subsidiary

Firm type

Crypto exchange or broker

Trades as Gemini

- **Standing:** Starting on 21 May 2025, most US Gemini customers were moved from the firm to an affiliate, Gemini Moonbase, LLC, which holds state money transmitter licences. The firm still serves customers in New York and Idaho, US institutional accounts that need a qualified custodian, and Gemini Custody clients.
- **Ownership:** Gemini Space Station, Inc. owns the firm indirectly and in full, and according to CoinDesk, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss hold 94.5% of the parent's voting power.
- **Ultimate owner:** Gemini Space Station, Inc., United States
- **Head office:** 315 Park Avenue South, 16th Floor, 10010 New York, United States (registered office: 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, United States)
- **Founders:** Cameron Winklevoss · Tyler Winklevoss

### Online

- **Websites & references:** [gemini.com ↗](https://www.gemini.com/) [support.gemini.com ↗](https://support.gemini.com/) help centre [status.gemini.com ↗](https://status.gemini.com/) status page [docs.gemini.com ↗](https://docs.gemini.com/rest-api/) developer docs [investors.gemini.com ↗](https://investors.gemini.com/) investor relations site of parent Gemini Space Station, Inc. [Wikipedia ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_\(company\)) group article
- **Official social accounts:** None found
- **Apps:** [App Store ↗](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gemini-buy-sell-crypto/id1408914447) · [Google Play ↗](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gemini.android.app)

Sources · 19 pages consulted

1.  [support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/36190266508315-Moonbase-account-entity-changes-FAQ](https://support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/36190266508315-Moonbase-account-entity-changes-FAQ)
2.  [gemini.com/legal/gemini-trust-user-agreement](https://www.gemini.com/legal/gemini-trust-user-agreement)
3.  [gemini.com/trust-center](https://www.gemini.com/trust-center)
4.  [support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/205823016-Are-my-funds-insured](https://support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/205823016-Are-my-funds-insured)
5.  [gemini.com/dollar](https://www.gemini.com/dollar)
6.  [dfs.ny.gov/reports\_and\_publications/press\_releases/pr1510051](https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr1510051)
7.  [dfs.ny.gov/reports\_and\_publications/press\_releases/pr202402282](https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202402282)
8.  [cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9031-25](https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9031-25)
9.  [cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9236-26](https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9236-26)
10.  [sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26465](https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26465)
11.  [ag.ny.gov/press-release/2024/attorney-general-james-recovers-50-million-crypto-firm-gemini-defraude](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2024/attorney-general-james-recovers-50-million-crypto-firm-gemini-defrauded)
12.  [sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055592/000205559226000040/gemi-20260430.htm](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055592/000205559226000040/gemi-20260430.htm)
13.  [sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055592/000205559226000065/exhibit322q22026.htm](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055592/000205559226000065/exhibit322q22026.htm)
14.  [investors.gemini.com/corporate-governance/management-team](https://investors.gemini.com/corporate-governance/management-team)
15.  [lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/254900GBN2V33HKLXO71](https://lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/254900GBN2V33HKLXO71)
16.  [coindesk.com/business/2026/02/17/gemini-stock-plunges-after-it-parts-ways-with-coo-cfo-and-chief-legal](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/17/gemini-stock-plunges-after-it-parts-ways-with-coo-cfo-and-chief-legal-officer-months-after-ipo)
17.  [coindesk.com/business/2026/09/20/gemini-s-stock-is-down-80-from-its-ipo-that-s-reviving-takeover-specu](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/09/20/gemini-s-stock-is-down-80-from-its-ipo-that-s-reviving-takeover-speculation)
18.  [bankingdive.com/news/gemini-cfo-coo-clo-exit-abruptly-crypto-winter-winklevoss-ipo-chen-meade-beard-stoja](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/gemini-cfo-coo-clo-exit-abruptly-crypto-winter-winklevoss-ipo-chen-meade-beard-stojanovic-freedman/812404/)
19.  [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini\_(company)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_\(company\))

## Authorisation

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/gemini-trust-company-llc-3351168d38ee#overview-sources)

- **Operates under:** Its own licences

The NYDFS charters the firm as a limited purpose trust company with fiduciary powers and authorises it to conduct virtual currency business. It is also registered with FinCEN as a money services business and holds state money transmitter licences, including in Tennessee.

| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| New York State Department of Financial Services United States | Limited purpose trust company charter under the New York Banking Law (virtual currency business) | — | In its own name | Active | [dfs.ny.gov ↗](https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr1510051) |
| US state regulators (NMLS) United States | Money transmitter licences (including Tennessee; number of states not confirmed) | 1518126 | In its own name | Active | [gemini.com ↗](https://www.gemini.com/trust-center) |
| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) United States | Money services business registration (money transmitter, prepaid access) | — | In its own name | Active | — |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Canada | Foreign money services business registration (crypto-asset services) | M20046728 | In its own name | Active | — |

Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.

## Partners and safeguarding

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/gemini-trust-company-llc-3351168d38ee#overview-sources)

- **Safeguarding:** Deposits at a partner bankAccording to the firm, customers' US dollars may be held at Western Alliance Bank, Cross River Bank, Customers Bank and State Street Bank, and may be eligible for FDIC pass-through insurance. [support.gemini.com ↗](https://support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/205823016-Are-my-funds-insured)
- **Crypto-asset custody:** Held by the firmThe firm holds customers' crypto-assets itself, keeping most of them in offline cold storage, and its insurance covers theft from its online hot wallet. BPM LLP attests the GUSD reserves each month. [support.gemini.com ↗](https://support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/205823016-Are-my-funds-insured)
- **Deposit-holding bank:** Western Alliance Bank United States [support.gemini.com ↗](https://support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/205823016-Are-my-funds-insured)
- **Deposit-holding bank:** Cross River Bank United States [support.gemini.com ↗](https://support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/205823016-Are-my-funds-insured)
- **Deposit-holding bank:** Customers Bank United States [support.gemini.com ↗](https://support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/205823016-Are-my-funds-insured)
- **Deposit-holding bank:** State Street Bank and Trust Company United States [gemini.com ↗](https://www.gemini.com/dollar)
- **Deposit-holding bank:** Goldman Sachs United States [gemini.com ↗](https://www.gemini.com/dollar)

Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.

## Products and markets

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/gemini-trust-company-llc-3351168d38ee#overview-sources)

-   Crypto trading
-   Crypto custody
-   Stablecoin
-   Crypto on- and off-ramp

The firm runs the Gemini exchange and custody for digital assets and issues the GUSD dollar stablecoin. Its retail customers are now mainly in New York and Idaho, and its institutional custody clients are in the US.

The firm serves US customers under its New York trust charter and state licences, and FINTRAC also lists it as a foreign money services business in Canada.

- **Sells to:** Consumers · Enterprises · Financial institutions
- **Serves customers in:** United States

## Leadership

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/gemini-trust-company-llc-3351168d38ee#overview-sources)

- **Chief executive:** Tyler Winklevoss Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (Gemini Space Station, Inc.) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [investors.gemini.com ↗](https://investors.gemini.com/corporate-governance/management-team)
- **Founder:** Cameron Winklevoss Co-Founder and President (Gemini Space Station, Inc.) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [sec.gov ↗](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055592/000205559226000040/gemi-20260430.htm)
- **Chief financial officer:** Danijela Stojanovic Interim Chief Financial Officer (Gemini Space Station, Inc.) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [sec.gov ↗](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055592/000205559226000065/exhibit322q22026.htm)
- **Executive:** Kate Freedman Interim General Counsel (Gemini Space Station, Inc.) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [investors.gemini.com ↗](https://investors.gemini.com/corporate-governance/management-team)
- **Executive:** Maria Filipakis Member of the board of managers of Gemini Trust Company, LLC Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [sec.gov ↗](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055592/000205559226000040/gemi-20260430.htm)

## Recent events 5 enforcement or investigation items

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/gemini-trust-company-llc-3351168d38ee#overview-sources)

1.  May 2026

    Enforcement

    The CFTC joined the firm in asking the court to vacate the January 2025 consent order, saying the complaint should not have been filed.

    [cftc.gov ↗](https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9236-26)

2.  Feb 2026

    Leadership

    The parent company parted ways with its COO, CFO and chief legal officer and named an interim CFO and an interim general counsel.

    [coindesk.com ↗](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/17/gemini-stock-plunges-after-it-parts-ways-with-coo-cfo-and-chief-legal-officer-months-after-ipo)

3.  Jan 2026

    Enforcement

    The SEC and the firm filed a joint stipulation dismissing, with prejudice, the SEC's 2023 case over the Gemini Earn programme.

    [sec.gov ↗](https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26465)

4.  Sep 2025

    Other

    The parent company, Gemini Space Station, Inc., began trading on Nasdaq on 12 September 2025.

    [bankingdive.com ↗](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/gemini-cfo-coo-clo-exit-abruptly-crypto-winter-winklevoss-ipo-chen-meade-beard-stojanovic-freedman/812404/)

5.  May 2025

    Other

    The group began moving most US customers from the firm to its affiliate Gemini Moonbase, LLC, a licensed money transmitter.

    [support.gemini.com ↗](https://support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/36190266508315-Moonbase-account-entity-changes-FAQ)

6.  Jan 2025

    Enforcement

    A CFTC consent order required the firm to pay USD 5 million over statements made in 2017 about a bitcoin futures contract.

    [cftc.gov ↗](https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9031-25)

7.  Jun 2024

    Enforcement

    The firm settled the New York Attorney General's Earn lawsuit, returning about USD 50 million in digital assets and accepting a New York lending ban.

    [ag.ny.gov ↗](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2024/attorney-general-james-recovers-50-million-crypto-firm-gemini-defrauded)

8.  Feb 2024

    Enforcement

    The NYDFS fined the firm USD 37 million for compliance failures, and the firm committed to returning at least USD 1.1 billion to Earn customers.

    [dfs.ny.gov ↗](https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202402282)

Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.

## Identifiers

- **Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB:** M20046728
- **BIC:** Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- **LEI:** [254900GBN2V33HKLXO71 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900GBN2V33HKLXO71)
- **How the LEI was matched:** Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- **Elucidate firm ID:** 3351168d38ee
- **Merged register entry:** 0a8fc6c075f3 · FINTRAC-MSB

## Profile

- **Type:** Crypto · Money service business
- **Regulation:** AML registration only
- **Main licence class:** Money Transmitter / Remittance
- **Activities:** - Money remittance - Prepaid access
- **Licensed in:** [United States](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us) · North America
- **First registered:** 2025-12-22

Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.

## Ownership and group

GLEIF relationship records

GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.

## Addresses

- **Address on the register:** 315 Park Avenue South, 16th Floor, New York, 10010
- **Country:** United States

## ISO 20022 identification

As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)

This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.

- **Identified by:** Name and postal address, with its LEI
- **Postal address:** Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in one address line

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <LEI>254900GBN2V33HKLXO71</LEI>
  <Nm>Gemini Trust Company, LLC</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <PstCd>10010</PstCd>
    <TwnNm>New York</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>US</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>315 Park Avenue South, 16th Floor</AdrLine>
  </PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>
```

CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.

The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.

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-   **MSB Registrant Search**—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) · [source ↗](https://www.fincen.gov/msb-registrant-search) as at 24 September 2026
-   **Money Services Business Registry**—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · [source ↗](https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/msb-esm/msb-eng) as at 25 September 2026
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