BlockBeats news: On January 14, Germany's second-largest bank, DZ Bank, announced that it had received approval from Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) by the end of December to operate its cryptocurrency platform, "meinKrypto." DZ Bank will use "meinKrypto" to serve its main cooperative financial institutions. The service is about to launch and will allow these institutions to offer their retail customers the opportunity to trade cryptocurrencies, initially including BTC, ETH, LTC, and ADA.
Germany's DZ Bank Receives MiCAR Approval to Operate meinKrypto Crypto Platform
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Germany's DZ Bank announced on February 14, 2026, that it had obtained approval from BaFin in December 2024 under the MiCAR framework to operate its meinKrypto platform. The service will allow DZ Bank's retail customers to trade BTC, ETH, LTC, and ADA. The approval is in line with the bank's compliance with CFT regulations. Approval of a Bitcoin ETF in the EU could further increase institutional interest in such platforms.
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