Deutsche Bank to Launch Bitcoin, Ether Custody in Europe

The significance here is less the asset list than the actor: a systemically important European lender treating custody as a regulated, mainstream service line rather than a pilot. That matters most for European institutional allocators who have been constrained by counterparty and compliance concerns, and it adds competitive pressure on crypto-native custodians and smaller banks chasing the same clients under MiCA. What to watch is whether other large European banks follow with their own custody offerings, and whether the supporting asset set widens beyond the initial names.