Standard Chartered to provide crypto-custody services to Hong Kong’s AXG
Custodian will provide institutional-grade safekeeping of crypto assets through its existing custody infrastructure and risk management capabilities.
Custodian will provide institutional-grade safekeeping of crypto assets through its existing custody infrastructure and risk management capabilities.
Clients may access the funds through verified and permissioned wallet infrastructure on supported blockchains.
The two firms collaborate with Bluprynt and Hacken on the project, bringing together multiple components to address ‘key supervisory challenges’.
Digital asset servicing provider underpins new ETP with digital wallet management.
Mandate spans fund administration, digital asset servicing and on-chain infrastructure.
Watchdog’s latest TRV Risk Monitor report links fail spikes to heightened trading activity in the wake of rapidly-changing US trade policies.
‘It is all moving extraordinarily quickly,’ notes one respondent, as more than half of firms point to existing investments in tokenisation and digital asset infrastructure.
The firm’s securities services unit acted as transfer agent and fund dealing services provider, operating the wallet setup and holding the private key in a controlled intra‑group pilot of tokenised fund shares.
The AED 1 billion issuance uses Euroclear’s D-FMI distributed-ledger platform, with Standard Chartered acting as joint lead manager and joint digital structurer, marking a regional milestone for digitally native debt capital markets.
The financial messaging provider has tested the settlement and servicing of tokenised bonds using existing custody and post-trade infrastructure alongside blockchain platforms.