Europe’s banks are going all in on crypto

Europe’s banks are going all in on crypto

Search/NewsVideoPricesResearchConsensus 2026Data & IndicesSponsoredSearch/enOpinionShareShare this articleCopy linkX iconX (Twitter)LinkedInFacebookEmailEurope’s banks are going all in on cryptoBrahimi explores the impact of European banks' integration of digital assets into their existing brokerage and payments infrastructure in the wake of MiCA.By Lamine Brahimi |Edited by Betsy Farber Apr 25, 2026, 1:30 p.m. Make preferred on Something important happened in Belgium earlier this year. KBC, the country's largest bank-insurance group, switched on regulated Bitcoin and Ether trading for retail investors through Bolero, its self-directed brokerage platform. What matters is not only that a major European bank enabled access to digital assets. It is how that access was introduced: within an existing regulated platform, inside an established client journey, and as part of the broader financia

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