By Isaac • November 11, 2026 11:21 am •
Deutsche Bank has moved its digital-asset custody business from a plan on paper to a live service for paying institutional and corporate clients.
Germany’s largest lender is putting regulated custody for Bitcoin, Ether and selected stablecoins inside its existing institutional infrastructure.
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Reuters reported through Euronext that the service went live Wednesday after Deutsche Bank first announced the project in September. The initial customer base is made up of institutional and corporate clients in Europe, not the bank’s retail depositors.
The service is designed to safeguard and transfer digital assets while the bank manages the wallets and private-key infrastructure. That distinction is important: custody is the regulated plumbing that lets large firms hold crypto without building their
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