Joe McGrath

Standard Chartered targets Singapore custody

Standard Chartered is expanding its digital asset custody strategy in Asia, announcing plans to offer custody services for selected cryptoassets, stablecoins and tokenised real-world...

IMF calls for quicker rules on tokenised markets

The International Monetary Fund has warned that tokenisation’s rapid growth risks hitting a ceiling unless regulators and market‑infrastructure providers accelerate work on the legal...

HMT names six banks to run DIGIT pilot

The UK government has appointed Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Morgan Stanley, NatWest and RBC Capital Markets as Joint Lead Managers for its first digitally native...

Fidelity sees demand grow for tokenised collateral

Fidelity International says investors are increasingly using tokenised assets as collateral.It comes as regulatory clarity and growing institutional adoption accelerate the shift towards on-chain...

BNY expands digital asset custody in Europe

BNY has expanded its Digital Asset Custody platform in Europe, becoming one of the first global systemically important banks to offer regulated digital asset...

Why collaboration will be key to digital asset adoption

Bringing digital assets further into the financial mainstream will require payment providers, insurers, brokers and regulators to understand how their respective roles fit together...

FCA: Innovation at heart of capital markets reform

The Financial Conduct Authority has said innovation is now a structural pillar of the UK’s capital‑markets reform agenda, with tokenisation, digital infrastructure and new...

Fipto and Spiko bring fund yield to stablecoin balances

Fipto, a stablecoin-powered B2B payments and treasury platform, has partnered with Spiko to let corporate clients invest idle balances in regulated UCITS funds. Clients can...