International bank Standard Chartered may launch a trading desk for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). 🏦 If this happens, the bank will become one of the first global banking institutions to engage in crypto spot trading.

On June 21, Bloomberg reported that the crypto desk would soon begin operations. Noting that it will be managed by the bank's foreign exchange trading desk and will operate from London, UK.

Standard Chartered did not confirm or deny this report, but the bank said that their clients have demand for BTC and ETH.

The cryptocurrency community is celebrating the bank's potential move into cryptocurrency as a "significant move" and a major boost to the cryptocurrency's growing legitimacy.

Also, international bank Goldman Sachs expressed that many of its clients are showing renewed interest in crypto assets this year.