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Abrdn fires up digital assets push with Archax

The push builds on Abrdn's investment in digital securities exchange Archax

Abrdn boss Stephen Bird said its focus on digital assets is 'not about bitcoin or crypto'

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Abrdn has kick-started an internal project looking at how it can provide investors exposure to digital assets, some six months after the FTSE 100-listed group purchased a stake in a London-based digital securities exchange Archax.

“We have a programme of work about digitisation of assets, which fits into the democratisation of investment...