Standard Chartered and Coinbase
$1.1B
have agreed to expand their partnership to develop services for businesses and institutional investors using digital assets.
The plan includes exploring trading support, asset custody, staking, lending, and other tools to help institutions manage digital assets safely and efficiently.
Standard Chartered brings its experience as an international bank with deep knowledge of cross-border finance and risk management. Coinbase contributes its established infrastructure for institutional digital-asset trading and management.
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This new phase expands on their earlier cooperation in Singapore, where Standard Chartered provides real-time Singapore dollar transfers for Coinbase customers.
Brett Tejpaul, Co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional, noted that the partnership marks an important step toward improving digital-asset services for institutional clients.
He explained that by combining Standard Chartered’s banking experience with Coinbase’s knowledge of digital assets, both organizations are building a safe and practical system for institutions to use and manage these assets confidently.
Additionally, Margaret Harwood-Jones, Global Head of Financing and Securities Services at Standard Chartered, explained that the bank’s goal is to help clients navigate the growth of digital asset markets safely.
She said that working more closely with Coinbase would strengthen the bank’s ability to deliver secure, compliant services to institutional investors.
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