Altruist is a custodian firm based in Los Angeles, CA that altruist is a custodian and self-clearing broker-dealer for registered investment advisors (rias), founded in 2018 by jason wenk and based in los angeles, california. its platform combines custody, account opening, commission-free and fractional-share trading, model portfolios, automated rebalancing, portfolio reporting, and billing in one system. altruist is one of the largest us custodians by number of advisors served, with close to 5,000 advisors. it has raised more than 600 million dollars, including a 152 million dollar series f in 2025 led by gic at a 1.9 billion dollar valuation. They serve clients in US. Altruist is listed on The Token Playbook's vetted provider registry at thetokenplaybook.com/registry/altruist.