CROWDFUNDINSIDER · 2026-10-04 17:21 UTC

Standard Chartered Puts DeFi Research at the Center of Institutional Digital Asset Access

Standard Chartered is integrating DeFi research into its core digital-asset infrastructure, positioning analysis as essential to institutional access rather than peripheral commentary. The bank projects DeFi total value locked growing from $15B in 2020 to $114B in 2025, with tokenized real-world assets expected to reach systemic scale by 2028. Standard Chartered is building a multi-layered access stack including custody, trading desks, stablecoin services, and tokenization platforms to capture institutional flows across on-chain markets.

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