In line with its commitment to offer clients safe, trusted and efficient digital assets solutions and following the successful launch of its digital assets custody service, Standard Chartered has launched a fully integrated digital assets trading service for institutional clients. The offering includes spot trading for Bitcoin (XBT/USD) and Ether (XET/USD) through its UK branch and will soon be introducing non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) trading.

This makes Standard Chartered the first global systemically important bank to offer deliverable spot Cryptoasset trading for institutional clients including corporates, investors and asset…