GSR, a crypto capital markets and liquidity partner, announced a strategic investment from SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s fintech arm, marking an important step forward in the convergence of traditional banking and crypto markets.
The investment makes SC Ventures the first external strategic shareholder for GSR since its founding in 2013, underscoring a shared commitment to strengthening the role of digital assets in global finance.
The deal is part of a broader partnership to bridge traditional finance and crypto while expanding access to tokenisation. For GSR, it reinforces its role at the center of the digital asset ecosystem, providing advisory, liquidity, and asset management capabilities to crypto-native firms and leading global financial institutions.
“We are excited to welcome SC Ventures as a strategic investor and partner,” said Xin Song, CEO, GSR. “Institutional digital asset markets are maturing rapidly, and the firms best positioned to lead will be those that combine deep capital markets expertise with trusted banking infrastructure. This partnership brings those strengths together, with tokenisation as a key starting point.”
The firms plan to develop robust, compliant, and scalable market infrastructure to support the next phase of institutional adoption across digital assets, contributing to a more scalable, regulated, and globally integrated financial ecosystem.
Alex Manson, CEO, SC Ventures, said, “The next phase of the digital asset evolution will be defined by the strength of infrastructure. Our investment in GSR reinforces our focus on building institutional ecosystems that can support deeper liquidity and more resilient market activity.”
Source: GSR
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