SINGAPORE -- International banker Standard Chartered is fronting its credentials as an established finance player to draw institutional cryptocurrency customers now that a number of upstarts have been toppled by a digital token price crash.
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A Standard Chartered branch in Singapore. The bank's venture into crypto reflects a trend of brand-name traditional finance houses muscling into the space. © Reuters
SINGAPORE -- International banker Standard Chartered is fronting its credentials as an established finance player to draw institutional cryptocurrency customers now that a number of upstarts have been toppled by a digital token price crash.