Founded in 1978 as a trust department and established as Mainstar Trust Company in 2007, the company is a state-chartered, non-depository trust company based in Kansas. Its primary business is providing custodial services for individuals with self-directed retirement accounts (IRAs), allowing them to invest in a wide range of assets beyond typical stocks and bonds, such as real estate, private equity, precious metals, and cryptocurrency. Mainstar Trust explicitly states that it does not provide investment, legal, or tax advice, acting solely as a passive, non-discretionary custodian for assets chosen by the account holder.

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