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Standard Chartered expands UAE Bitcoin and Ether spot trading

03 September 2026 UAE
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Standard Chartered DIFC’s regional offering builds on its broader digital asset strategy, spanning custody, trading, and tokenisation capabilities through its corporate and investment bank

24X Bermuda completes spot cryptocurrency trade

02 September 2026 Bermuda
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The spot trade was executed in Bitcoin, with Standard Chartered serving as the liquidity taker and Cumberland DRW as the liquidity provider

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kaiko launch combined offering

01 September 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

S&P Kaiko Digital Asset Indices will cover over 4,000 digital asset rates and indices, and existing financial products appraised to Kaiko’s evaluation metrics can leverage the rebranded offering

Blockchain.com joins TP ICAP’s cryptoasset exchange

27 August 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Blockchain.com will integrate its institutional liquidity with Fusion Digital Assets under its matched principal framework, allowing participants to gain access to further depth across bitcoin, ether, and XRP

Caladan integrates BitGo’s network for institutional settlement

26 August 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Caladan’s API liquidity counterparties can now settle trades through BitGo’s Go Network, extending institutional settlement infrastructure to desks executing through the firm

Axiology to participate in ECB’s Pontes and Appia Contact Group initial launch

20 August 2026 Lithuania
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Pontes and Appia are intended to shape a European capital markets environment where tokenised securities can move more efficiently across regulated infrastructure by reducing fragmentation

Galaxy selected by Morgan Stanley Investment Management as staking validator

19 August 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust and Morgan Stanley Solana Trust intend to each stake a portion of their holdings through three institutional validators, including Galaxy

Clear Street and STS Digital to offer institutional trading and treasury capabilities

19 August 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Clear Street is pairing its prime brokerage, clearing, and execution infrastructure with STS Digital's knowledge of principal liquidity and derivatives

MUFG launches PoC for onchain JGB repo transactions on Canton Network

17 August 2026 Japan
Reporter: Theodore Law

In collaboration with Digital Asset, Progmat, and four MUFG companies, the proof-of-concept aims to apply blockchain technology to secondary‑market repo activity by enabling automated lifecycle processes and real‑time settlement