Trustee Global

Trustee Global operates two crypto applications aimed at different custody preferences: Trustee Wallet, an open-source non-custodial mobile wallet that lets users hold their own keys, and Trustee Plus, a custodial digital finance platform that pairs crypto storage and exchange with a Mastercard payment card. Both apps support Solana natively, and the non-custodial wallet includes in-app SOL staking with validator delegation.

Company Background

UAB Trustee Global is incorporated in Lithuania and authorized there as a virtual asset service provider. The company was founded in 2016 by Vadym Hrusha, who serves as CEO, and Kseniia Zhytomyrska, who has been CTO since founding. The team traces its origins to Ukrainian crypto enthusiasts who aimed to bridge digital assets with traditional payment infrastructure.

In December 2025, the platform reported reaching one million registered users, with more than 300,000 new users acquired during 2025 alone, according to the company's own blog. The app holds ratings of 4.7 on the App Store and 4.6 on Google Play. Trustee won the Payspace Magazine Awards 2024 for Best Crypto Project and the NCRYPTO Awards 2024 for Best Crypto Startup.

Trustee Wallet: Non-Custodial with SOL Staking

Trustee Wallet is the open-source, non-custodial product in the Trustee Global family. Users retain their private keys and seed phrases. The wallet supports more than 30 coins across multiple networks including SOL, ERC-20 tokens on Ethereum, TRC-20 tokens on Tron, and NEAR.

Solana staking is built directly into the wallet. Users delegate SOL to validators of their choosing from inside the app without leaving for a separate interface. When delegating, the app opens a staking account and submits the delegation at the start of the next Solana epoch, meaning rewards do not begin immediately. Multiple staking accounts can be created to spread delegation across several validators. The platform advertises a staking yield starting from 7% per year, which reflects network inflation rates, the total SOL staked, and each validator's uptime and commission. The Solana Foundation is listed among Trustee's institutional partners.

Unstaking follows Solana's standard cooldown: users initiate deactivation, and funds become claimable once the current epoch closes, a process that typically takes between a few hours and two to three days.

Trustee Plus: Custodial App with Payment Card

Trustee Plus is the custodial offering, designed for users who prefer a more integrated fiat-crypto experience. Its primary differentiator is a physical and virtual Mastercard payment card, issued in Great Britain, that lets holders spend from their crypto balance at any Mastercard-accepting merchant. The card became free of monthly charge in May 2026 and supports payments via Google Pay and Apple Pay.

Within the app, users can buy crypto directly with Visa or Mastercard bank cards, exchange between supported assets, and withdraw to fiat. Binance Pay was integrated in January 2024, expanding payment options. The platform also added an auto-top-up feature for the card in April 2026, which funds the card automatically when the balance falls below a set threshold.

Trustee Plus supports Solana (SOL) alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, NEAR, USDC, USDT, and other tokens. The app lists Kraken, Binance, MoonPay, and WhiteBIT as exchange and liquidity partners, and uses Blockchair for blockchain data.

Security and Compliance

In February 2025, Trustee engaged Hacken, a blockchain security firm, for penetration testing of both the iOS and Android versions of Trustee Plus. Both apps passed. Public reports for each are linked from the company's about page.

On the compliance side, Trustee uses KYCAID for identity verification, AMLBot and Crystal Intelligence for transaction monitoring, and Global Ledger for on-chain analytics. HackenProof handles its bug bounty program.

Regulatory Context

In September 2025, Ukraine's National Bank concluded a 17-month inspection of Trustee Plus and issued a negative decision on two of seven alleged violations: the P2P platform and euro balance transfers between users. The company successfully defended against the remaining five points. New user registrations from Ukraine were suspended from May 2024 onward. CEO Vadym Hrusha noted in a public statement that UAB Trustee Global, as the entity operating crypto services, faced no objections from the regulator; the rulings targeted fiat operations that had been handled by a Polish partner, Quicko Digital. Quicko subsequently wound down its card service for Trustee users in January 2026. EU services continued without interruption through the Lithuanian entity.

Privy Integration and Self-Custody Roadmap

In July 2026, Trustee announced a partnership with Privy, a provider of non-custodial wallet infrastructure that supports key management without requiring users to handle seed phrases directly. The integration is intended to simplify onboarding, give users full ownership of assets, and accelerate support for additional blockchains and use cases. CEO Vadym Hrusha described the partnership as a step toward products where "technological complexity remains behind the scenes while users enjoy the simplest and most seamless experience possible." New features enabled by the integration are planned for the following months.

Solana Ecosystem Fit

Trustee's Solana support covers the full user lifecycle on the network: receiving and sending SOL, buying SOL with a bank card, staking SOL to validators to earn rewards, and spending from a SOL balance via the Trustee card. The non-custodial Trustee Wallet preserves on-chain staking semantics, with users selecting validators directly rather than delegating to a pool operator. This makes the wallet compatible with Solana's native staking model, where stake accounts and epoch-based delegation are managed at the protocol level.