Dekabank is expanding your offer to include crypto services. The German asset manager will soon offer crypto trade and custody services for institutional customers. This step takes place after a license is given by the Bafin financial supervision. Dekabank manages assets of 377 billion euros.
Dekabank relies on institutional crypto services
Dekabank wants to provide reliable crypto dealership services for institutional investors. Customers include companies, investment companies and hedge funds. The focus is on security and regulatory conformity. The bank, based in Frankfurt, has a crypto -storey license of the BaFin and is subject to the supervision of the European Central Bank (ECB).
After two years of development, institutional customers can soon trade and keep them at Dekabank Krypto. As early as 2023, the bank announced a cooperation with the Swiss crypto company Metaco. This gives millions of German access to Bitcoin (BTC) and various old coins.
According to board member Martin K. Müller prepared this step:
“We have the necessary experience, the necessary licenses and a tested, ready -to -use infrastructure to support Sparkassen and our institutional customers.”
The bank’s cryptodic services are not available to private customers. Dekabank deliberately focuses on institutional investors who have great capital. In this way, she reacts to the growing demand for regulated crypto services in this segment.
Despite the growing demand for Bitcoin and Co. One E-trading survey shows that 70 % of the respondents do not yet plan crypto investments.
However, there are positive signals: 16 % of institutional investors want to invest in cryptocurrencies for the first time in 2025 – an increase compared to the previous year. 13 % of the respondents are already actively invested in the cryptom market.
Soon also crypto services for private customers
Although Dekabank only serves institutional customers for the time being, there will soon be solutions for private investors. Several German cooperative banks are planning the start of Crypto service for private customers.
DZ Bank takes on a leading role here and works with the Stuttgart stock exchange and the IT service provider Atruvia.
Dekabank is not the only large bank that is expanding its crypto offer. The Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) is already working with the Bitpanda crypto exchange. This enables business customers to buy and sell simple bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
In Germany, Sparkassen, Banks and Landesbanken work closely together in the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe network. As a central asset manager of this group, Dekabank already offers a variety of financial products such as investment funds and asset management.