Incumbent banks and regulated venues will keep buying or building crypto custody and tokenization rails, moving digital-asset market structure inside the regulated perimeter. Value shifts toward balance-sheet-backed custodians and away from standalone crypto-native intermediaries as tokenized securities trading spreads.
forming · confidence 35 · Emerging (watchlist) · tracking since October 22, 2026 · updated October 22, 2026
Standard Chartered agreed to absorb custodian Zodia Custody, and three companies told the SEC they plan to trade tokenized stocks.
Supporting · October 22, 2026
Bitcoin funds draw $1.08 billion in three days, short of the pace behind past rallies
Standard Chartered agreed to absorb custodian Zodia Custody, and three companies told the SEC they plan to trade tokenized stocks.
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