Original report published November 11, 2026, at 22:28:11 UTC+08:00. Odaily reported, citing Bitcoin.com News, that Deutsche Bank’s authorization for digital asset custody had extended from Germany across the European Economic Area through a regulatory passporting arrangement.
The service is for institutional clients, not retail customers. It supports Bitcoin, Ether, and three stablecoin or e-money tokens: USDC, EURC and EURAU. Clients can access it through Deutsche Bank’s Autobahn gateway or Corporate Bank portal and choose between connected accounts and offline storage. The custody platform uses dedicated cryptographic hardware, segregation of client assets, client-specific transaction permissions and layered authentication.
Operated by Deutsche Bank’s Frankfurt entity, the service is aimed at clients including companies, hedge funds, asset managers, brokers, custodians and sovereign institutions. Deutsche Bank said its medium-term goal is a regulated ecosystem spanning digital asset custody, tokenization and settlement. The report gives no client count or usage figures, so the broader authorization does not, on its own, establish an increase in adoption.