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Clearstream plans to offer Bitcoin and Ether custody and settlement services to its 2,500 institutional clients starting April. Clearstream, the central securities depository arm of Deutsche Börse Group, will launch cryptocurrency custody and settlement services for institutional clients starting April,…

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DekaBank has launched cryptocurrency trading, custody, and management services exclusively for institutional clients. Retail investors are explicitly excluded, and the Sparkassen group, to which DekaBank belongs, is still deliberating its approach to private customers in crypto trading, according to Bloomberg.…

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Swiss blockchain infrastructure provider Taurus has announced a new confidential token standard for institutions. Taurus, a Swiss digital asset infrastructure provider backed by Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, has introduced an open-source confidential token standard for debt and equity tokenization…

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Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel says the European Union needs state-controlled digital currency as a safeguard against private sector dominance in global finance. Joachim Nagel, head of Germany’s central bank, isn’t changing his mind on crypto, pushing for a digital euro…

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Bitpanda has received a MiCA licence from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, allowing it to operate under a unified regulatory framework across all 27 EU member states. The MiCA licence introduces a single regulatory regime for the crypto industry in…

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Boerse Stuttgart Digital has become the first German firm to secure a license as a crypto-asset service provider under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulations. The license, awarded by Germany’s financial regulator BaFin, allows the company to provide crypto…

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Bullish Group, a leader in digital asset trading infrastructure, announced that its German subsidiary, Bullish DE Custody GmbH, has obtained essential licenses from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority The approvals, granted on Dec. 20, cover crypto asset custody, proprietary trading,…

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Former German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has advocated for including cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in the European Central Bank and Bundesbank reserves to strengthen financial resilience and keep pace with global trends. According to the German media outlet Handelsblatt, Lindner pointed…

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Blockchain payments firm Partior has added Deutsche Bank as an investor in its Series B round, raising the total funding to $80 million. Deutsche Bank has joined Singapore-based blockchain fintech startup Partior as a strategic investor, participating in the company’s…

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German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom has become the first telecommunication company to operate a validator within the NEAR Protocol. Deutsche Telekom AG, the world’s fifth-largest telecommunications company by revenue, is joining the NEAR ecosystem’s Enterprise Node Operators program to support…


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Germany’s Deutsche Bundesbank has joined Project Guardian, a collaborative initiative by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, to advance asset tokenization. Deutsche Bundesbank, the central bank of Germany, has joined Singapore‘s Project Guardian, an initiative between policymakers and the financial industry…

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Deutsche Telekom’s MMS and Bankhaus Metzler are piloting Bitcoin mining to tap surplus renewable energy and stabilize Germany’s grid. Deutsche Telekom subsidiary MMS and Bankhaus Metzler, Germany‘s second oldest bank, have launched a pilot project to explore the use of…

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The European Central Bank and several EU governments are reportedly at odds over the regulatory framework for the digital euro. A conflict is escalating between Europe‘s powerful nations and the European Central Bank regarding the regulation of the digital euro,…

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Northern Data AG is exploring the sale of its Peak Mining unit to refocus on artificial intelligence solutions. Northern Data, a German-listed crypto and artificial intelligence infrastructure company backed by stablecoin issuer Tether, announced on Monday that it is exploring…

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Samson Mow, the CEO of Bitcoin technology firm Jan3, publicly advocated for Germany to adopt Bitcoin as part of its national strategic reserves. In a recent appearance at the German Bundestag, Mow discussed Bitcoin strategies for nation-states, expressing his belief…

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Ripple-backed crypto firm Keyrock is teaming up with Deutsche Bank to leverage the bank’s institutional infrastructure to support multi-currency accounts and FX services. Keyrock, an international crypto market maker and liquidity provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Deutsche Bank,…