Standard Chartered, Coinbase Expand Institutional Crypto Partnership
Standard Chartered and Coinbase are broadening their partnership to build institutional-focused crypto infrastructure covering trading, custody and financing. The collaboration pairs Standard Chartered’s global banking reach and regulatory experience with Coinbase’s exchange and custody technology to serve asset managers, family offices and corporate treasuries seeking regulated on-ramps and secured custody.
The move could deepen liquidity and credit capacity for institutional clients while signalling continued mainstreaming of crypto within traditional finance. By combining bank balance-sheet capabilities with exchange-grade custody and execution, the partners aim to reduce frictions around compliance and capital and potentially unlock more institutional capital flows into digital assets; regulators are likely to monitor how the partnership balances oversight with innovation.