Standard Chartered signs definitive agreements to acquire Zodia Custody

Standard Chartered has signed definitive agreements to acquire Zodia Custody, the institutional crypto custody venture it helped incubate, with the deal still subject to regulatory approval. The move consolidates a major global bank's control over crypto custody infrastructure rather than exiting it. Traders would read this as continued institutional commitment to digital-asset plumbing, a modestly constructive signal for crypto market confidence even though no specific token is directly affected.