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OKX found a major partner, Standard Charter, which will safeguard the collateral of major clients.

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Standard Chartered analysts say Ethereum is going through a “midlife crisis,” with ETH struggling to hold around $2,000. Ethereum (ETH) has seemingly stuck in limbo as it’s giving away its value for free to layer-2 networks while struggling to keep…

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Standard Chartered has changed its 2025 year-end price target for Ethereum from $10,000 to $4,000, citing structural challenges within the Ethereum ecosystem. The bank’s analysts attribute this adjustment to the impact of Layer 2 solutions, particularly Coinbase’s Base network, which…

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Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands, and HKT have formed a joint venture to apply for a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin license. Standard Chartered‘s Hong Kong branch, crypto venture firm Animoca Brands, and HKT have teamed up to launch a joint venture…

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Standard Chartered has launched a new entity in Luxembourg to provide crypto custody services across the European Union under MiCA regulation. British multinational financial giant Standard Chartered has launched a new entity in Luxembourg to offer crypto custody services to…

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Standard Chartered, Virtu Financial, and ABN AMRO Clearing have been announced as strategic partners of Global Futures and Options Ltd. (GFO-X), a U.K.-based crypto derivatives platform. On Dec. 9, GFO-X announced that the three firms, alongside market maker IMC, are…

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Standard Chartered and Ant International completed SGD-denominated liquidity transfers using Ant’s Whale platform. British multinational bank Standard Chartered alongside Ant International has completed SGD-denominated liquidity transfers using Ant International’s blockchain-based Whale platform, The Asian Banker has learned. According to a…

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Crypto custodian, Zodia Custody, aims to raise $50 million from investors to fuel its plans to branch out into new regions and expand its product range. According to a Bloomberg report on Nov. 4, Standard Chartered’s crypto custodian subsidiary Zodia…

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Crypto exchange OKX has selected Standard Chartered as its third-party crypto custodian, allowing institutional clients to meet growing demands for segregated custody solutions. OKX is joining forces with banking giant Standard Chartered to enhance its crypto custody services for institutional…

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Abdul Rafay Gadit made a move that is still seldom done in the banking world: He jumped from traditional finance, or TradFi, to decentralized finance, or DeFi. TradFi is highly regulated and emphasizes protecting consumers. Yet, it can be slow,…


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Zodia Custody has partnered with non-custodial liquid staking protocol Marinade to enable Solana staking through Zodia Gateway. Standard Chartered-backed crypto custodian Zodia Custody has integrated with Marinade, a stake automation platform on the Solana blockchain, to offer its institutional clients…

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Standard Chartered-backed crypto custodian Zodia Custody has collaborated with trading firm Algoz to mitigate counterparty risks that caused market turbulence in 2022. Zodia Custody, a crypto custodian backed by Standard Chartered, has announced a partnership agreement with Algoz, a quantitative…

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Standard Chartered’s virtual bank Mox Bank has become the first virtual bank to offer spot crypto exchange-traded funds for retail investors in Hong Kong. Hong Kong-based digital bank Mox Bank has started offering trading services with spot crypto ETFs as…

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Crypto custodian Zodia Custody has teamed up with crypto exchange Deribit, enabling institutional clients to access market derivatives liquidity while retaining their assets in segregated cold wallets. Zodia Custody, a crypto custody provider backed by Standard Chartered, has unveiled a…

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Hong Kong’s financial regulator has unveiled a list of its stablecoin issuer sandbox participants, including Standard Chartered and Animoca Brands. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has announced the list of participants of the stablecoin sandbox, who can already start…

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Institutional crypto trading firm Zodia Markets has officially confirmed the acquisition of Alan Howard-backed Elwood’s OTC branch. Crypto trading firm Zodia Markets has confirmed its acquisition of Elwood Technologies’ over-the-counter (OTC) crypto branch, known as Elwood Capital, backed by Alan…