Germany's Sparkassen launches Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana and Polygon trading
- —Customers trade crypto in the same app they use for bank accounts, with no separate exchange account
- —DekaBank handles trading, while Börse Stuttgart's custody division stores the assets
- —The rollout began on October 19 with no single completion date announced
- —Each regional savings bank decides when to enable crypto trading for its customers
Why it matters: Europe's largest banking network bringing crypto to millions of retail customers strengthens institutional adoption across the EU.
Source: Crypto Economy