Standard Chartered (StanChart) reported on Thursday a 3% rise in third-quarter pretax profit, beating analyst estimates, as strong wealth, global banking and markets businesses boosted revenue at the emerging markets-focused lender.

Standard Chartered expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 50 basis points at its policy meeting this month, double its earlier projection of a 25-bp reduction, following a soft August jobs report.

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Bitcoin (BTC) outperformed most major tech stocks on April 3 and April 4 as markets reeled from steep losses across the so-called “Magnificent Seven” (MAG7). Standard Chartered head of digital asset research Geoffrey Kendrick said Bitcoin’s relative resilience signals a growing role as a dual-purpose asset — part growth trade, part hedge against macro risks. In an April 4 research note shared with CryptoSlate, Kendrick highlighted that all seven tech giants were in the red, with Nvidia, Google, and Meta falling nearly 8% or more.

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Previously, we reported that commodity analysts at Standard Chartered were bullish on oil prices in the current year, thanks to strong oil fundamentals,

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Digital asset treasuries have come under renewed pressure after a sharp drop in their market net asset values, or mNAVs, raising doubts about their ability to sustain continued crypto purchases, according to Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered. Listed companies that hold digital assets on their balance sheets, known as digital asset treasuries, or DATs, have seen share prices decline in recent weeks as investors reassess the sustainability of their strategies. Kendrick said that an mNAV above 1 is essential for DATs to expand their holdings, while values below that threshold signal weaker balance sheets and potential consolidation.

Standard Chartered PLC (Stanchart) on Monday signed a $75 million social financing deal with AsiaLink Group, a milestone that could expand the local lender's lending capacity and bring forward its initial public offering (IPO) timeline to 2027. Ana Maria Alba, head of Standard Chartered Bank and broker dealers for the Philippines, said the facility aims to finance Asialink Finance Corp.'s socially inclusive lending initiatives, especially for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Standard Chartered has revised its year-end price target for Ethereum (ETH) to $4,000 — down from its previous forecast of $10,000 — citing structural weaknesses in the network’s economic model. In a research report titled “Ethereum — Midlife Crisis,” the lender’s head of digital assets research, Geoffrey Kendrick, argued that Ethereum’s shift to proof-of-stake and the rise of Layer-2 (L2) networks have resulted in an erosion of the value captured by the main blockchain.

Standard Chartered expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 50 basis points at its policy meeting this month, double its earlier projection of a 25-bp reduction, following a soft August jobs report.