Standard Chartered to expand institutional crypto and RWA custody to Singapore

# Standard Chartered to expand institutional crypto and RWA custody to Singapore

> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: Independent report on an attributed planned custody expansion
> Source: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/08/standard-chartered-singapore-dives-into-crypto-stablecoins-and-tokenized-assets-custody)
> Published: 2026-10-08
> Captured: 2026-10-08T12:31:45.721Z

## Source summary

CoinDesk reports that Standard Chartered plans Singapore custody services for selected cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and tokenised real-world assets, subject to applicable regulation. The intended clients are institutional and accredited corporate investors, not retail users. The bank did not disclose a supported-asset list or launch date. This is a planned custody expansion, not confirmation that a new payment service is already live.

## Why it matters

Custody can support institutional handling of settlement assets, but payment availability and actual usage require separate evidence.

## Key numbers

No independently checkable key number was extracted from this report.

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
- Entities: Standard Chartered
- Web3 payments
- Cross-border payments

## Evidence and credibility note

Source body read; source claims, event stage and limits remain attributed.

Date evidence: Automatically verified from JSON-LD datePublished: 2026-10-08T09:32:13.358Z

## First-party corroboration

No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked.

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original CoinDesk report](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/08/standard-chartered-singapore-dives-into-crypto-stablecoins-and-tokenized-assets-custody)

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