Standard Chartered, a leading cross-border international banking group, and OKX, a leading digital assets exchange and global on-chain technology company, announced their partnership into the European Economic Area (EEA).
The Standard Chartered-OKX partnership was initially announced in the UAE in April 2025, with the launch of their world-leading collateral mirroring programme.
To enhance risk management and reduce counterparty exposure, OKX enables institutional clients to securely custody assets off-exchange with Standard Chartered acting as an independent, regulated custodian.
This partnership will allow Standard Chartered and OKX to cover the full value chain from execution to custody. Adding the European Economic Area will give the possibility to trade and secure their digital assets using the best of the two worlds on a global scale.
“The expansion of our custody to the EEA represents a significant milestone in our collaboration with OKX,” said Margaret Harwood-Jones, Global Head of Financing and Securities Services at Standard Chartered. “By leveraging our established custody infrastructure and OKX’s regulatory framework, we are committed to ensuring the highest standards of security and compliance for our institutional clients in Europe.”
“The combination of our MiCA license and the expansion of our custody partnership into the EEA reflects OKX’s commitment to building a trusted and fully regulated marketplace in Europe,” said Iskandar Vanblarcum, Vice President of Institutional Sales & Business Development at OKX. “With MiCA providing clear regulatory standards, we’re giving institutional clients the confidence to deploy capital securely, while leveraging innovative solutions like collateral mirroring to trade more efficiently in a safeguarded environment.”