Standard chartered

Standard chartered

Finance

Standard Chartered offers RLUSD custody in Dubai and plans LMAX collateral link

Ripple previously gave LMAX $150 million in financing to integrate RLUSD into its institutional infrastructure.

Standard Chartered London (Shkuru Afshar/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Standard Chartered to expand institutional crypto and RWA custody to Singapore

The bank would offer the service to institutions and accredited corporate investors, subject to regulatory requirements.

Singapore. (Jayiayli/Unsplash)

Finance

OKX draws investment from StanChart, Circle, Ripple as it pushes beyond crypto exchange roots

The exchange is increasingly aiming to position itself as a global financial tech platform spanning crypto, payments and tokenized assets, following an investment and joint venture with NYSE parent ICE.

OKX founder Star Xu (OKX)

Markets

Standard Chartered predicts Arbitrum's ARB to rise 70-fold to $10, citing Robinhood Chain revenue

The bank expects tokenization to make Arbitrum a favored network for traditional finance, even though ARB holders currently have no direct claim on the fees.

Standard Chartered London (Shkuru Afshar/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer steps down, becomes adviser

Sawyer will become a strategic adviser rather than take the helm of Zodia Solutions, as previously announced.

Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Finance

Standard Chartered brings spot crypto trading to Dubai FX platform

The bank is now offering institutional crypto spot trading in the region, bringing BTC and ETH onto the same eFX rails that institutions use to trade dollars and euros.

The Standard Chartered logo on the outside of an office building (Corporate Locations/Unsplash)

Finance

Standard Chartered becomes first bank to distribute Hong Kong dollar stablecoin

The London-based multinational bank with $850 billion in assets announced it will distribute Anchorpoint's HKDAP to eligible clients and partners.

Standard Chartered London (Shkuru Afshar/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

HSBC, Standard Chartered execute first live banking transaction on Swift’s 24/7 ledger

The cross-border transaction is Swift’s first in a pilot project as it tests settlement in its push to remain relevant as stablecoins and tokenized deposits become widely used worldwide.

Swift logo on an office wall.

Finance

Crypto executives say digital native generations may never need a bank account

Steakhouse Financial co-founder Adrian Cachinero says digital-native generations may rely less on banks, while Binance says younger users are already driving crypto adoption in emerging markets.

Kids with phones (Tim Gouw/Unsplash)

Finance

Banks have stopped asking if stablecoins belong in finance, now they're considering how

Financial institutions are racing to become the secure gateways for stablecoins as digital asset volume is projected to explode by 2030.

Standard Chartered London Office. (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)


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