Coinbase and Standard Chartered have announced an expanded partnership to jointly explore the development of a full range of digital asset services solutions for institutional clients, including trading, custody, staking and lending. The upgrade builds on the two companies' existing business relationship in Singapore, where Standard Chartered currently provides Coinbase customers with real-time Singapore dollar transfers. With JPMorgan Chase introducing the JPM Coin deposit token to Coinbase's L...
Binance has partnered with BBVA, Spain's third-largest bank, for custody services, an arrangement that allows Binance users to deposit assets in US Treasury bonds held by BBVA and use them as margin for transactions. The partnership aims to decouple trading activity from underlying funds to reduce counterparty risk. In the event of an unexpected situation at Binance, user funds will continue to be safely stored in BBVA-controlled government bonds.