Digital Asset Custody

Standard Chartered has launched institutional bitcoin and ether spot trading through its Dubai International Financial Center branch. The service places digital assets on the same electronic foreign exchange infrastructure used by institutional clients for major currency trading.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted preliminary conditional approval for World Liberty Trust Co. to operate as a national trust bank. The decision could allow the firm to take over issuance and custody functions tied to World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin, pending further requirements.

Fidelity rolls out its Digital Interest Token on Ethereum, surpassing $200M. Ondo Finance emerges as the primary holder, fueling the $7.5B tokenized U.S. Treasuries boom.