State Street, the second-oldest bank in the U.S. with $3.1 trillion in assets under management, has signed up to use a new bank-grade trading platform for digital assets set to go live mid-year. Announced Thursday, State Street’s Currenex trading technology arm is working with London-based Pure Digital, infrastructure provider to the foreign exchange trading world, to create an institution-focused digital currency trading platform. The two companies said they plan to further explore the digital currency trading space. “Currenex is thrilled to leverage our experience and expertise in the FX and digital asset trading ... (full story)