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Standard Chartered Launches Bitcoin and Ether Spot Trading for UAE Institutions

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Standard Chartered launched spot trading in Bitcoin and Ether for institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates, extending its digital-asset offering from custody into trade execution. The service is integrated with its existing infrastructure and uses familiar foreign-exchange interfaces, under Dubai Financial Services Authority regulation, including an authorization framework updated in January 2026. The bank also previously added a token-collateral program with OKX and began deliverable spot trading via its UK branch.

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