Standard Chartered steps up digital asset custody offering in Singapore
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Standard Chartered said on October 8 that its Singapore unit plans to offer digital asset custody for selected cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets to institutional and eligible corporate clients, subject to regulatory requirements. The proposed service would add Singapore to a custody network that already spans the UAE, Luxembourg and Hong Kong, and no launch date has been announced.
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Institutions and accredited corporate clients in Singapore are the group most directly affected tomorrow morning, because Standard Chartered’s local unit has said it plans custody for selected cryptoassets, stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets for that client set. That matters to firms that already hold or want to hold those assets through a bank rather than a separate provider, while the service remains tied to regulatory requirements.
In practice, the change is that Standard Chartered is describing a Singapore custody extension on top of an existing footprint in the UAE, Luxembourg and Hong Kong. What stays unchanged is that the service is only planned, and there is still no announced launch date.
Still unknown is when the service will begin and which specific assets or client types will ultimately be included beyond the categories already named. A published launch timetable or a formal rollout notice would settle that, but neither appears in the available coverage. (per thedefiant.io)
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