Deutsche Bank custody site says bitcoin, ether and 3 stablecoins are available in Germany
Germany's largest bank says its digital asset custody is available to Corporate Bank clients in Germany. Retail customers are not part of it.
Key points
- Deutsche Bank's custody site lists five assets: bitcoin, ether, USDC, EURC and EURAU.
- The site says the service is available to Corporate Bank clients and available in Germany, with access through the bank's Autobahn platform.
- On September 16, 2026, the bank said first clients would go live in 2026, subject to the regulatory process.
What Deutsche Bank offers
Custody means holding assets safely for someone else. Deutsche Bank's digital asset custody site now says the service is "available to clients of Deutsche Bank's Corporate Bank" and "available in Germany." It lists bitcoin, ether, USDC, EURC and EURAU. USDC and EURC are dollar and euro stablecoins issued by Circle. EURAU is a euro stablecoin. Clients reach the service through Autobahn, the bank's online platform, and the site describes it as MiCA compliant. MiCA is the EU's crypto law.
What the bank promised in September
In a September 16 media release, Deutsche Bank said go-live for first clients was planned for 2026, pending the regulatory timeline. The service targets corporates, asset managers, hedge funds, custodians, brokers and sovereign institutions in Europe. Retail clients are not in scope. The bank said it would use outside technology providers for some technical parts, without naming them, and that more assets and tokenized financial instruments could follow.
Gerald Podobnik, Co-Head of the Corporate Bank, called it "new rails that can coexist with existing market infrastructures."
What we could not confirm
The bank's site does not give a launch date, a client count or the name of a license, and LC Insight found no new Deutsche Bank press release announcing the go-live. CoinGecko showed bitcoin at $73,476 and ether at $2,043.09 at 12:45 a.m. ET on November 12.
LC Insight analysis
This section is our reading of the facts above, not a statement of fact.
- We think a big European bank holding crypto for companies matters more than the asset list. Many corporates and funds only hold assets with a bank they already use.
- Stablecoins make up three of the five assets, which suggests payments and cash management are a main use, not only trading.
- Without a launch date or client count, the custody site is the only public sign the service is live, so a formal announcement is the next record to check.
What's next
- A formal Deutsche Bank launch announcement with a date and first clients
- New assets or tokenized securities added to the list
- Whether the service expands beyond Germany
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