GSR has brought in SC Ventures as its first external strategic shareholder to build infrastructure for institutional digital asset markets. The companies did not disclose the size of the investment.

SC Ventures, the fintech arm of Standard Chartered, made the strategic investment in GSR as part of a wider partnership to connect traditional finance with crypto markets and expand access to tokenisation.

The investment marks the first time GSR has taken on an external strategic shareholder since the crypto capital markets firm was founded in 2013.

GSR provides market making, advisory, liquidity and asset management services to crypto-native companies and financial institutions.

Xin Song, CEO of GSR, said,

“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.”

Alex Manson, CEO of 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.”

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