# Standard Chartered Signs Deal to Absorb Zodia Custody as Kalshi and BitGo Open Bitcoin-Backed Margin Loans

The bank will fold Zodia's regulated custody business into its securities services unit and spin its infrastructure business out under SC Ventures. Grayscale, separately, is extending in-kind creations and redemptions to ten of its products.

- Published: 2026-10-22T05:48:52.369Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-10-22/standard-chartered-signs-deal-to-absorb-zodia-custody-as-kal
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
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- Sources: [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/standard-chartered-to-buy-zodia-custodian), [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/kalshi-pushes-deeper-bitcoin-derivatives), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [SC Ventures](https://scventures.io/standard-chartered-to-acquire-zodia-custodys-custody-business/), [Paperjam](https://en.paperjam.lu/article/stanchart-to-absorb-luxembourg-regulated-zodia-custody-arm)

Standard Chartered has signed an agreement to acquire Zodia Custody, the digital-asset custodian it incubated through its venture arm. The deal follows a non-binding proposal announced in May. According to SC Ventures, Zodia's regulated cus…

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