Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered is a multinational financial institution that has recently stepped up its push into digital assets and AI. In addition to securing authorization under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, or MiCA, and partnering with Circle to offer institutional-grade USDC minting and redemption services, it continues to publish market outlooks for Bitcoin, Ether, Aave, Uniswap and Morpho. The bank is also assessing AI's impact on financial-sector jobs and is bullish on U.S. and Asian equities. Its moves offer insight into how traditional banks are integrating crypto services, regulatory compliance and automation.