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Standard Chartered Bank Analyst: US Treasury Expands Long-Term Bond Buyback, BTC May Hit $100,000 by Year-End
According to Cointelegraph, Standard Chartered Bank analyst Geoff Kendrick pointed out in the latest client report that the U.S. Treasury announced the scale of 10- to 30-year Treasury bond buybacks will be at least doubled from $2 billion per operation to $4 billion, with an execution period from September 9 to November 4. This policy drove long-term U.S. Treasury yields down significantly, effectively alleviating selling pressure in the bond market. Kendrick stated that such government liquidity interventions have historically been bullish for Bitcoin, and coupled with its fixed supply attribute, BTC is expected to hit $100,000 before the end of the year. Technically, he views $65,500 as a key support level; once effectively broken above, it can confirm that the bottom of this cycle has appeared.
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Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Real-Time Cross-Border Transaction via SWIFT Blockchain Ledger
Odaily News: Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first real-time cross-border transaction executed via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) blockchain ledger. The transaction exchanged payment messages through the SWIFT ledger, with the corresponding debts recorded respectively on HSBC's Tokenised Deposit Service and Standard Chartered's tokenised deposit infrastructure.The SWIFT ledger matches and nets off the debts of both parties before final settlement, with the ultimate settlement still completed through existing payment systems. The ledger is designed to connect tokenised deposits issued across different banking infrastructures, supporting round-the-clock cross-border payments while retaining existing settlement, compliance, and risk control mechanisms. (Cointelegraph)
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Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Cross-Border Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC completed the first real-time cross-border transaction on the Swift blockchain ledger, demonstrating the interoperability of the two banks' tokenized deposit systems.
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Standard Chartered Bullish on Bitcoin Hitting $100,000 by Year-End: U.S. Treasury Expanding Bond Buybacks Could Be Key Catalyst
Odaily News – Geoff Kendrick, Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered Bank, stated that Bitcoin (BTC) could rise to $100,000 by the end of 2026 as the U.S. Treasury expands liquidity support for the long-term bond market.In a recent client report, Kendrick noted that Bitcoin's current key technical resistance level is $65,500. If the price breaks through this level, it could signal that the cyclical low for this market cycle has already formed. He suggested investors begin positioning for a Bitcoin rally to $100,000 by year-end. Kendrick stated that beyond the four-year cycle pattern for Bitcoin, which suggests the market may be nearing a bottom, the U.S. Treasury's recent announcement to expand long-term bond buybacks is also a significant catalyst.The U.S. Treasury plans to raise the cap on buyback operations for 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year Treasury bonds from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation. The expanded program is scheduled to be implemented from September 9 to November 4. Following the announcement, yields on long-term U.S. Treasuries notably declined, easing the pressure that the significant sell-off in the bond market had placed on financial markets.Kendrick believes the Treasury's expanded bond buybacks represent a "favorable environment for Bitcoin," as Bitcoin has previously benefited multiple times from government liquidity interventions, while its fixed supply mechanism gives it properties that hedge against currency debasement. In the market, Bitcoin rose over 6% on Wednesday, briefly approaching $69,000, marking its highest level since early June. Kendrick has previously been repeatedly bullish on Bitcoin's long-term trajectory, arguing that as global fiscal pressures increase and monetary policy trends toward easing, Bitcoin may enter a new long-term upward cycle. (Cointelegraph)
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Standard Chartered Says Bitcoin Could Reach $100,000 by Year-End
渣打银行分析师 Geoff Kendrick 表示，在美国财政部扩大长期债券回购计划背景下，比特币有望在 2026 年底涨至 10 万美元。
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Standard Chartered Geoff Kendrick: 2030 UNI $100 Price Target May Still Be Low
According to Cointelegraph, Standard Chartered Bank's Geoff Kendrick stated that his previous price target for UNI to reach $100 by 2030 may still be too low, as token burns driven by Robinhood Chain have pushed UNI's burn rate to potentially unsustainable highs.
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Robinhood Chain TVL Nears $1 Billion, Uniswap Drives Liquidity
Standard Chartered reports that Robinhood Chain is rapidly accumulating liquidity through Uniswap integration, with TVL approaching $1 billion, while driving UNI token annualized burn to $90 million.
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Robinhood Chain Approaches $1B TVL, with Uniswap Providing Nearly All Liquidity
Odaily News Robinhood's blockchain project, Robinhood Chain, has seen its total value locked (TVL) approach $1 billion. According to Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick, nearly all of its liquidity is provided by Uniswap V2, V3, and V4, making it the fastest-growing blockchain by this metric. Protocol fees generated by Robinhood Chain through Uniswap have now become the largest source of UNI burns. Since the Robinhood-related fee switch was activated on July 27, the annualized UNI burn rate has reached approximately $90 million. At roughly $3.50 per token, this equates to burning 25 million UNI annually, representing slightly more than 4% of the circulating supply. Robinhood Chain launched on July 1, with a focus on bringing real-world assets on-chain, and reached 194,000 daily active users within its first week. The partnership allows Robinhood to directly leverage mature DeFi infrastructure to provide liquidity for blockchain expansion. Robinhood is expanding its business into cryptocurrency, prediction markets, and tokenization. The company reported record second-quarter revenue and earnings, though cryptocurrency trading volumes and related revenue both declined. (Cointelegraph)
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Standard Chartered Bank's Anchorpoint Officially Launches Phase 1 Issuance of HKD Stablecoin HKDAP
According to The Block, Anchorpoint, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank, officially launched the first phase issuance of the HKD stablecoin HKDAP on Wednesday, opening test access to institutional distributors and professional investors. Anchorpoint, established as a joint venture by Standard Chartered Bank, HKT, and Animoca Brands, received a stablecoin issuer license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in April this year, becoming one of the first licensed institutions.
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Standard Chartered: RWA Tokenization Could Reach $4 Trillion, LINK May Rise to $200 by End of 2030
Odaily News: Standard Chartered Bank's Head of Global Digital Assets Research, Geoff Kendrick, stated that as the tokenization of Real World Assets (RWA) accelerates, the price of Chainlink (LINK) tokens could rise to $200 by the end of 2030, representing an increase of over 25 times from its current level of approximately $8.In his latest report, Kendrick predicts that the scale of tokenized RWA will reach $4 trillion by the end of 2028. As more traditional assets are brought on-chain, the demand for secure and reliable off-chain data is expected to increase significantly, which could further boost Chainlink's fee revenue and drive up LINK's valuation.The report also projects that by the end of 2030, the scale of tokenized assets and crypto-native assets deployed in decentralized finance (DeFi) will grow approximately 37-fold to reach $2.7 trillion. Kendrick believes these assets require trusted data, cross-network interoperability, privacy-preserving compliance mechanisms, and integration with the existing financial system—infrastructure that Chainlink currently has the capability to provide.Demand for RWA tokenization has continued to grow recently. Data shows that trading volume of tokenized RWAs on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) hit an all-time high of $14.1 billion in July, up 19.5% month-over-month, driven primarily by public market assets such as tokenized stocks.Currently, Chainlink remains one of the largest decentralized oracle service providers in the crypto industry, with a Total Value Secured (TVS) of approximately $34.4 billion—significantly higher than second-ranked Chronicle's $7.36 billion.However, Kendrick also noted that the prediction of LINK reaching $200 still faces risks, including institutional tokenization projects progressing slower than expected, intensified competition from specialized oracle service providers, and potential technical issues. (Cointelegraph)
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The on-chain tokenized asset market is expected to reach $4 trillion by the end of 2028, while Standard Chartered projects Chainlink will hit $200 by the end of 2030
Odaily News: Standard Chartered initiated coverage on Monday of blockchain oracle project Chainlink, projecting LINK to reach $200 by the end of 2030 — roughly 25 times its current price of around $8. The bank's phased targets are $13 by the end of this year, followed by $41, $82, and $133. Standard Chartered estimates that the on-chain tokenized asset market will reach $4 trillion by the end of 2028, with DeFi-deployed assets hitting $2.7 trillion by 2030 — a 37-fold increase from current levels. The bank expects Chainlink fees to grow approximately 25-fold over the same period, assuming token prices track fee growth. Chainlink secures over $110 billion in total value, covering approximately 70% of the value that global DeFi relies on from oracles, with a share exceeding 80% on Ethereum; Aave V3 accounts for 44% of that. Swift, DTCC, Euroclear, JPMorgan, Mastercard, UBS, Fidelity, and S&P Global are all listed as institutions using its services. Chainlink still lags behind LayerZero in cross-chain interoperability. Following the $292 million attack in April, over $7 billion in token value has migrated to Chainlink CCIP, with second-quarter transaction volume reaching $4.9 billion — up 353% year-over-year. Risks include slowing institutional tokenization, pilots not converting to production processes, and technical failures impacting confidence. (Decrypt)
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Standard Chartered Bank initiates coverage on LINK, assigns $200 price target by end of 2030
Standard Chartered initiated coverage on the Chainlink token LINK, assigning a price target of $200 by the end of 2030, representing significant upside potential compared to the current level of approximately $8. The bank believes that the development of asset tokenization will continue to increase demand for trusted on-chain data, and Chainlink is expected to play a key role in traditional finance and decentralized finance infrastructure.
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Nomura's Digital Asset Arm Laser Digital Invests in ZIGChain to Drive On-Chain Private Credit in the Middle East
Odaily News – Laser Digital, the digital assets division of Japanese financial group Nomura, has announced a strategic investment in ZIGChain, a Layer 1 blockchain project based in the UAE. The two parties will collaborate to advance the on-chain adoption of the private credit market in the Middle East and Gulf region, including Sharia-compliant asset products.Neither party disclosed the specific investment amount, but market sources indicate the investment is in the high single-digit millions range. ZIGChain has already partnered with Standard Chartered and crypto-friendly fund services provider Apex Group, focusing on on-chain asset management and private credit infrastructure development. (CoinDesk)
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Circle Announces Arc Founding Validator Lineup, Public Mainnet to Launch on September 16
Circle announced the founding validator lineup for its open blockchain network Arc and confirmed that the public mainnet will launch on September 16, 2026. Currently, Arc has onboarded over 100 ecosystem and institutional builders on the private mainnet.
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Standard Chartered Hong Kong: Will Announce Issuance of HKD Stablecoin HKDAP Within August and Sign Distributors
According to HK01, Nicole Huen, CEO of Standard Chartered Hong Kong, Greater China and North Asia, previewed that an announcement regarding the official launch of the HKD stablecoin HKDAP will be made within August, and distributors will also be signed. Its subsidiary AnchorX, as the stablecoin issuer, will not directly interface with end-users, but will instead distribute through designated approved distributors to its relevant enterprise and institutional client groups for application, including SMEs, traders, service providers, fund companies, and even individual users, for cross-border settlement, while other application scenarios also include tokenized assets.
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BIS Project Agorá Completes $1 Million Tokenized Cross-Border Payment Test
Odaily News The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) stated that Project Agorá has completed a real-value test of tokenized wholesale cross-border payments, with 28 financial institutions and central banks settling approximately 800,000 Swiss francs (around $1 million) across 17 transaction scenarios. The test utilized tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits, with settlement currencies including the Swiss franc, euro, pound sterling, Japanese yen, Korean won, and US dollar, and an average settlement time of approximately 80 seconds. Participants included the Bank of England, Banque de France, Bank of Japan, Bank of Korea, and Swiss National Bank, as well as commercial banks such as JPMorgan, Citi, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, UBS, Standard Chartered, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Project Agorá is an initiative launched by the BIS in 2024, aimed at exploring how tokenized commercial bank deposits and central bank reserves can improve wholesale cross-border payments. The BIS stated that the July test was an important milestone, and testing will continue as Project Agorá progresses.
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BIS-Led Project Agorá Completes Million-Dollar Cross-Border Tokenized Payment Test
According to CoinDesk, Project Agorá, led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), recently completed a cross-border payment test with real funds. Participants included 28 commercial banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, UBS, Deutsche Bank, and Standard Chartered, as well as five central banks. The test processed approximately $1 million (about 800,000 Swiss francs) in real transactions, covering six currencies: the US dollar, euro, pound sterling, Japanese yen, Swiss franc, and South Korean won. The test utilized tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits, settling funds on a shared ledger with an average settlement time of about 80 seconds. Unlike traditional cross-border payments that require intermediation by multiple correspondent banks, the platform achieved shared single ownership records and supports synchronized settlement of bilateral foreign exchange, effectively reducing principal risk. The BIS stated that the platform can operate in parallel with existing payment systems, rather than replacing them.
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Anchorpoint Financial is about to announce the launch of the Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP
: Anchorpoint Financial Technology, led by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), is one of the two stablecoin issuer license holders first approved by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in April this year. Standard Chartered and Anchorpoint Financial are expected to issue a joint announcement as soon as the end of this month, within the next two weeks, announcing the launch of the Hong Kong dollar-pegged stablecoin HKDAP. Previously, the HKMA issued the first batch of stablecoin issuer licenses to Anchorpoint Financial and HSBC in April this year.
Strategy Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index: Fidelity Leads at 71%, BNY and Goldman Sachs Rank Second and Third
Strategy's newly launched Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index shows Fidelity leading at 71%, followed by BNY at 46% in second place, and Goldman Sachs at 45% in third. JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup each stand at 43%. The index evaluates the adoption of Bitcoin-related services across trading, custody, digital asset products, financing, and corporate participation among 25 major global institutions, with an overall adoption rate of 32%.The remaining institutions scored between 13% and 38%, with Wells Fargo at 38%, Banco Santander and Société Générale both at 35%, Charles Schwab and TD Bank both at 32%, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Crédit Agricole, and UBS each at 30%, Bank of America, Barclays, and Standard Chartered each at 28%, State Street at 27%, Mizuho and Deutsche Bank both at 22%, MUFG at 18%, Lloyd’s at 17%, and SMBC and Royal Bank of Canada both at 13% (Bitcoin.com News).
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Standard Chartered: Maintains Bitcoin Price Forecast of $100,000 by End of 2026
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reported that Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, stated that the market has misinterpreted Michael Saylor's adjustments to Strategy Inc.'s bitcoin strategy, and the recent selling pressure stems from confusion over this strategy rather than a change in bitcoin's long-term outlook. Strategy Inc. is shifting bitcoin from being a reserve accumulation asset to serving as collateral to support its STRC preferred stock. Kendrick maintains the bitcoin price forecast of $100,000 by the end of 2026. As of press time, BTC was trading at $64,322.89, and Strategy's stock MSTR closed at $94.64 on Friday. The outstanding notional value of STRC is approximately $10 billion, which Kendrick believes makes the preferred stock heavily overcollateralized due to its bitcoin backing. (Bitcoin.com News).
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