Standard Chartered launched direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for affluent clients in the United Arab Emirates after receiving regulatory approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). Eligible Professional Investor clients can now buy and sell BTC and ETH directly from their existing bank accounts, with the bank handling custody and settlement through a closed-loop model built with Zodia Markets, backed by SC Ventures. The bank described this as a global first and plans to expand it to other markets without providing a timeline. Until now, Standard Chartered only offered cryptocurrency trading services to institutional clients, including in the United Kingdom since July 2025.
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