Standard Chartered, a leading cross-border international banking group, and GFO-X, operator of the UK's first FCA-regulated and centrally cleared digital asset derivatives trading venue, today announced a partnership to provide collateral management and custodian services for digital assets to support the development of GFO-X Abu Dhabi CCP Limited.
Under the partnership, Standard Chartered and GFO-X will work together to enable institutional clients to utilise cryptocurrencies, tokenised money market funds, and other forms of digital assets as collateral for trading in a fully centrally cleared and credit intermediated model. By using a leading cross-border international bank such as Standard Chartered as the custodian for their collateral, this initiative significantly enhances security and capital efficiency for institutional clients.
In September 2025, Global Futures and Options Abu Dhabi Exchange Limited and GFO-X Abu Dhabi CCP Limited together, GFO-X AD announced that it had received In-Principle Approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority FSRA of ADGM to operate as a Recognised Investment Exchange RIE and a Recognised Clearing House RCH for digital assets and related derivatives. This approval has recently been extended to include securities and ETFs.
