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Brief
SC Ventures division actively backs crypto and tokenization infrastructure startups, positioning the bank as an institutional bridge between TradFi and digital assets. Its April 2026 framework with OKX and BlackRock lets eligible institutional clients post BUIDL tokens as trading collateral while Standard Chartered holds the tokens off-exchange.
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Primary sources
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- Standard Chartered: BUIDL collateral framework (opens in a new tab)
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- April 28, 2026 live framework for eligible OKX institutional clients; Standard Chartered custodies off-exchange BUIDL tokens, not the fund's underlying assets.
- OKX: BUIDL institutional collateral (opens in a new tab)
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- OKX corroborates the BlackRock and Standard Chartered framework and eligibility restrictions.
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Snapshot
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- Asset classes
- Equities, Treasuries
- Regulatory
- fca-sandbox, hong-kong-sfc, singapore-mas
- Jurisdiction
- UKAPAC
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