The Standard Chartered arm is preparing to launch a $ 250 million cryptocurrency investment fund in 2026, which signed a growing institutional appetite for digital assets.
Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures plans to raise capital to open investment funds dedicated to digital assets in the financial service sector, Bloomberg reported Monday, the operating partner Gautam Jain is mentioned.
Set to launch in 2026, the fund will be supported by investors in the Middle East, with a focus on global investment opportunities, Jain told Bloomberg.
The SC Ventures plan follows a wave of corporate treasury companies that build long-term accumulation techniques, adding to expectations that more institutional flows can enter the crypto market over the next few years.
The cointelegraph reached out to SC ventures to comment on which cryptocurrencies were planning to include in the fund but did not receive an immediate response.
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Separate from $ 250 million digital asset funds, SV Ventures also plans to launch $ 100 million funds for investments in Africa, while also considers the first -loan loan funding, Jain said.
He did not specify whether those funds would be included or focused on cryptocurrencies and financial technologies.
The news came shortly after the standard chartered raising concerns over the falling net asset value (MNAV) of Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies, which measures a company’s business ratio to cryptocurrency -handling ratio.
Standard Chartered warns Many high-profile Treasury companies have recently slipped under the critical level of MNAV, indicating that it is becoming more difficult for companies to issue new shares and accumulate cryptocurrencies, Cointelegraph reported Monday.
“The recent collapse in DAT MNAV is likely to drive contrast and integration -with the market,” Standard Chartered said. “The differentiation will favor the largest in the race, cheapest funds and those with staking produce,” which shines an optimistic sign for large companies such as strategy and bitmine, which can still raise capital by releasing low debt costs.
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$ 250 million funds are the latest signal of growing corporate appetite for cryptocurrencies beyond bitcoin (Btc).
On Monday, Nasdaq announced that the Helius Medical Technologies listed the launch of a $ 500 million corporate treasury with Solana (Sol) token as the main reserve of owner.
The firm has pledged to “significantly measure” Solana’s handling in the next 12 to 24 months, which signed more capital institutional flowing into the altcoins.
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