The crypto custody market reached a new consolidation milestone Wednesday when Bloomberg reported that Standard Chartered is planning to integrate Zodia Custody’s business into its corporate and investment bank division as early as this month, folding its majority-owned crypto custody subsidiary into an internal division that already offers similar services.
Summary
- The restructuring plan would merge overlapping custody functions that currently run in parallel between Standard Chartered’s internal CIB digital asset unit and the bank-backed Zodia Custody subsidiary it co-founded in 2020 with Northern Trust; an announcement could come as early as April 2026
- Zodia Custody would…
