{"id":673822,"date":"2026-10-21T12:53:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/standard-chartered-signs-definitive-deal-to-acquire-zodia-custody\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:53:03","slug":"standard-chartered-signs-definitive-deal-to-acquire-zodia-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/standard-chartered-signs-definitive-deal-to-acquire-zodia-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered signs definitive deal to acquire Zodia Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/2026\/10\/01M5F1FSSR50BKQNJE8H5390BV\/hi-the-biggest-crypto-investments-as-in-funding-rounds-in-21-1.jpg\" alt=\"Standard Chartered signs definitive deal to acquire Zodia Custody\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The signing follows shareholders\u2019 acceptance of Standard Chartered\u2019s non-binding offer in May, with regulatory approvals still pending.<\/p>\n<p>Standard Chartered signed definitive agreements to acquire Zodia Custody\u2019s regulated operating entities, subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The signing <a href=\"https:\/\/ct.com\/news\/standard-chartered-zodia-custodys-core-business-spin-out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">advances a transaction announced in May<\/a>, when Zodia\u2019s shareholders accepted the bank\u2019s non-binding offer.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the deal, Standard Chartered would acquire 100% of Zodia Custody UK Limited, the parent company of Zodia\u2019s regulated operating entities in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates, the bank said in a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/zodia-custody.com\/standard-chartered-signs-definitive-agreements-to-acquire-zodia-custody\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/standard-chartered-acquire-zodia-custody-uk\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The signing follows shareholders\u2019 acceptance of Standard Chartered\u2019s non-binding offer in May, with regulatory approvals still pending. Standard Chartered signed definitive agreements to acquire Zodia Custody\u2019s regulated operating entities, subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions. The signing advances a transaction announced in May, when Zodia\u2019s shareholders accepted the bank\u2019s non-binding offer. As part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":673823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-673822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}