Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has opened coverage of Sky, the DeFi protocol formerly known as MakerDAO, with a long-dated bullish view on its governance token. Geoffrey Kendrick, the bank’s global head of digital assets research, put an end-2028 target of $0.325 on SKY—about five times… Read More
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Julian Sawyer is handing over day-to-day leadership at Zodia Custody and moving into a strategic advisory role. The change was set out in a 10 September note to staff and later confirmed by the digital assets focused firm. He framed the shift as a natural… Read More
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Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has expanded its digital-asset services in the United Arab Emirates, introducing institutional spot trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum through its Dubai International Financial Centre unit. The bank said the offering makes it the first global systemically important bank to provide this… Read More
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Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has completed the issuance of $200 million in three-year floating-rate digitally native notes, becoming the Global Systemically Important Bank and a UK-based issuer that has now placed such instruments on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure. The notes, created natively on distributed… Read More
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Two international banks have completed the inaugural live interbank transaction involving tokenized deposits on a blockchain-enabled platform developed by Swift. The milestone, announced on August 19, 2026, underscores growing progress toward seamless, round-the-clock cross-border payments using regulated bank-issued digital money. Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) and… Read More
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its first post-transition update to the interim Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) register. This latest refresh incorporates 37 newly authorized crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), bringing the overall count of MiCA-compliant entities across the European Union to 280…. Read More
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LMAX Group and Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) have executed the first live trades under a digital asset prime brokerage model. The pilot transactions involved spot Bitcoin (XBT/USD) and Ether (XET/USD) pairs, settled on a T+1 basis through Standard Chartered’s UK branch. This marks the bank’s… Read More
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China has reportedly taken a significant step toward further expanding the international reach of its central bank digital currency by signing direct participation agreements with 26 financial institutions for cross-border digital yuan transactions. The latest agreements, finalized in Shanghai, grant the institutions access to the… Read More
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Standard Chartered Bank (LON: STAN) has recently initiated coverage on Uniswap‘s governance token UNI, projecting an ambitious price target of $100 by the end of 2030. This forecast, released in mid-June 2026, represents one of the more optimistic outlooks from a major financial institution regarding… Read More
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Zodia Solutions, a newly formed institutional digital asset infrastructure platform, has announced Julian Sawyer as Chief Executive Officer following Standard Chartered’s agreement to acquire the regulated custody business of Zodia Custody.” According to a public statement, Sawyer, who is currently the CEO of Zodia Custody,… Read More
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Standard Chartered Bank (LON: STAN) has projected that the total value of tokenized assets on blockchain networks could reach an impressive $4 trillion by the close of 2028. This forecast, shared by Geoffrey Kendrick, the bank’s Global Head of Digital Assets Research, underscores the accelerating… Read More
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Elliptic noted that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued its inaugural pair of stablecoin issuer licenses. The approvals, announced on April 10, 2026, came just eight months after the territory’s Stablecoins Ordinance officially launched on August 1, 2025. The two recipients—global banking leaders… Read More
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Standard Chartered’s (LON: STAN) Transaction Banking division has released a report called “Bankable Insights” for 2026, painting a picture of the sector’s next turning point. The bank argues that the convergence of artificial intelligence and digital assets is set to reshape how companies run their… Read More
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LSEG, the global enabler of financial markets infrastructure and data solutions, has unveiled transformative initiatives designed to reshape how banks and institutions access, deploy, and monetize advanced analytics and AI-ready content. The developments underscore LSEG’s commitment to building secure, governed ecosystems that drive efficiency, responsible… Read More
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Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has joined forces with Barings to introduce a new sub-fund focused on investment-grade collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). This initiative, referred to as the Signature Select Quality Credit Income strategy, operates under Standard Chartered’s Variable Capital Company (VCC) framework. The launch marks… Read More
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Hana Securities announced it gained exposure to a Digitally Native Note (DNN) through a Total Return Swap (TRS) structure, marking their entry into the digital bond market. The investment aligns with their strategy to participate in tech-driven capital-market innovation. Standard Chartered acted as the TRS… Read More
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Capital A Berhad and Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia have signed a letter of intent to explore the development and testing of a ringgit-denominated stablecoin, joining a growing list of firms looking to build regulated digital-asset rails for payments and settlements. The project would be pursued… Read More
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Standard Chartered‘s innovation arm, SC Ventures, is gearing up to launch a substantial $250 million investment vehicle dedicated to digital assets within financial services. According to reports from Bloomberg, the initiative aims to attract commitments from investors, particularly those in the Middle East, with the… Read More
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Supported by Swift’s infrastructure, Ant International, a global Fintech provider, and Standard Chartered Bank have launched live production trials for a bank-to-wallet payment solution using the ISO 20022 financial messaging standards. Through Alipay+, the global wallet gateway service under Ant International, the first transactions were completed… Read More
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Libeara, a tokenization platform incubated by SC Ventures by Standard Chartered is pleased to announced that it has received an in-principle approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for its Capital Markets Services (CMS) license. This in-principle approval represents “a significant regulatory milestone… Read More
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