Deutsche Bank announced on September 16, 2026 that it will custody Bitcoin, Ether and selected stablecoins for its clients. For you as a retail investor, nothing changes for now: the announcement mentions corporate and institutional clients only. What you can take from it is concrete all the same, because the bank names in it exactly the points against which you should measure any custody arrangement.
What Deutsche Bank announced on September 16
The announcement is headed "Deutsche Bank to launch digital asset custody solution for institutional and corporate clients" and is dated September 16, 2026. Its wording addresses "clients of Deutsche Bank's Corporate Bank and Investment Bank, including corporates, asset managers, hedge funds, depositaries, brokers and government institutions". The launch with the first clients is planned for this year, expressly subject to the regulatory procedures under way.
The key sentence for the question of who ultimately holds control is also in the announcement: the bank takes over the administration of the wallets and...
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