Deutsche Bank to Launch Crypto Custody Within Weeks

Deutsche Bank's move matters less as a custody product than as a signal that a globally systemic bank now treats digital assets as core institutional infrastructure rather than an experiment. It places the bank alongside other European incumbents competing for the same corporate and institutional client base, where trust and regulatory standing, not crypto-native speed, are the differentiators. The open question is whether the 2027 Asian expansion proceeds on schedule, since that would mark a genuine cross-regional custody footprint rather than a single-market pilot.