Standard Chartered binds to Bitcoin’s wave to facilitate cryptocurrency investment

The Standard Chartered multinational bank and the Falconx firm have announced a strategic alliance to offer services aimed at institutional investors in the cryptoactive market. Collaboration seeks to facilitate access to digital currencies through traditional financial infrastructure, combining banking and foreign exchange services of the British entity, with the technological experience of Falconx.

This collaboration represents the first time Falconx – Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Specialized in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies – is associated with a traditional multinational bank. Matt Long, general director of the company for Asia-Pacific and Middle East, declared: “Our clients can now make liquidations in Fiat currency more efficiently, which translates into faster processes, a better use of capital and a general reduction in operational risk.” It should be noted that Falconx, in addition to having the support of traditional investors such as GIC, Wellington Management and Tiger Global, also has that of cryptocurrency space giants, such as Coinbase Ventures, Accel and Avon Ventures.

On the other hand, from Standard Chartered they clarified that The movement responds to the increase in demand from its institutional clientssince each time they look for more exposure to cryptoactive ones. Luke Boland, representative of the company in Asia, stressed that collaboration will begin in Singapore and gradually extend to other key markets in the continent, Middle East and the United States.

The truth is that Standard Chartered has been entering the ecosystem for some time. In April 2025, it was associated with OKX to launch a program that allows institutional clients to use cryptocurrencies as a collateral in trading operations, under the regulatory supervision of Dubai, addressing operational and counterpart risks; It also has other projects aligned with digital assets, among which Zodia Custody and Liberara stand out, both initiatives that offer custody of funds and tokenization. In addition, the bank usually publishes projections on the market: in February, for example, it predicted that Bitcoin could reach USD 500 thousand this year.

This type of alliances reflects the progressive integration between the traditional financial system and the cryptoactive industry, sectors that for a long time were separated. After a stage marked by collapses such as FTX and the closure of banks linked to the sector, The panorama has begun to change with signals of political support and regulatory advances. Companies such as Circle, Coinbase or Paxos are looking for licenses to operate as banks, while actors such as Bitgo and Anchorage Digital already actively participate as custodians in financial products linked to Bitcoin. At the same time, great entities such as Bank of America and US Bancorp are exploring their own initiatives, from the issuance of Stablecoins to custody services.