{"id":25326,"date":"2025-07-15T12:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/standard-chartered-initiates-bitcoin-and-ethereum-trading\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:02:26","slug":"standard-chartered-initiates-bitcoin-and-ethereum-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/standard-chartered-initiates-bitcoin-and-ethereum-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered Initiates Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Chartered Bank has permitted institutional clients to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum, as stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sc.com\/en\/press-release\/standard-chartered-launches-digital-assets-trading-for-institutional-clients\/\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The major British financial conglomerate has become the first among systemically important organisations to launch regulated cryptocurrency trading with physical delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate clients of Standard Chartered, investment funds, and asset managers can trade in XBT\/USD and XET\/USD pairs through the standard <span data-descr=\"Foreign Exchange, the bank's division that handles operations in the currency market\" class=\"old_tooltip\">FX<\/span> interface in the bank&#8217;s UK division. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Demand for regulated digital asset solutions is growing, and we are ready to offer clients the necessary tools,&#8221; stated Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Third-party storage and Standard Chartered&#8217;s own custodial service, Zodia Custody, launched in 2020, are available for settlements. <\/p>\n<p>The bank also plans to add non-deliverable forwards (NDF) soon.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Institutions Opt for Bitcoin, Retail Favors Memecoins<\/h2>\n<p>Experts at Wintermute have highlighted significant differences in the investment strategies of retail and institutional participants amid the bull market, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/362493\/institutions-opt-for-majors-while-retail-traders-eye-memecoins-differing-on-trading-strategies-in-2025s-h1-bull-run-wintermute\">The Block<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Large players are increasing their investments in Bitcoin and Ethereum, with about 70% of their portfolios allocated to these high-capitalisation cryptocurrencies. For retail investors, this figure has dropped to 37%.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This is not a temporary trend but a sign of market maturity. Institutions view crypto assets as macro assets, while retail continues to seek high-yield but risky opportunities,&#8221; noted Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Relatively new memecoins like BONK, WIF, and POPCAT are particularly popular among retail investors. &#8220;Old-timers&#8221; DOGE, SHIB, and PEPE remain leaders in the GMCI MEME index. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, several applications for launching spot <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/experts-see-high-chances-for-approval-of-etfs-based-on-ltc-sol-xrp-and-doge\">Dogecoin-ETF<\/a> are under review by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Wintermute analysts, a positive decision from the regulator could further boost retail demand for meme tokens.<\/p>\n<p>Back in May, Standard Chartered<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/falconx-and-standard-chartered-to-launch-institutional-banking-services\"> partnered<\/a> with crypto broker FalconX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Chartered Bank has permitted institutional clients to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum, as stated in a press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1229,18,46,810],"class_list":["post-25326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-banks-and-fintech","tag-bitcoin","tag-ethereum","tag-united-kingdom"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"80","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}