Standard Chartered expands further into crypto with stake in GSR at $1 billion valuation

Standard Chartered expands further into crypto with stake in GSR at $1 billion valuation is being tracked by Portal2Earn as a news signal from CoinDesk.

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s venture capital division takes a $150 million stake in crypto trading firm GSR at a valuation of more than $1 billion, according to Bloomberg.

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