{"id":92570,"date":"2026-11-12T06:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/11\/2026\/deutsche-bank-launched-regulated-digital-asset-custody-for-institutions-including-hedge-funds-after-bafin-approval.html"},"modified":"2026-11-12T06:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:49:12","slug":"deutsche-bank-launched-regulated-digital-asset-custody-for-institutions-including-hedge-funds-after-bafin-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/11\/2026\/deutsche-bank-launched-regulated-digital-asset-custody-for-institutions-including-hedge-funds-after-bafin-approval.html","title":{"rendered":"Deutsche Bank Launched Regulated Digital Asset Custody for Institutions Including Hedge Funds After BaFin Approval:"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HedgeCo.Net \u2014 Deutsche Bank has launched its digital asset custody service for institutional and corporate clients in Europe after receiving approval from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin. The service went live on November 11, less than two months after the bank first announced its plans.<\/p>\n

The offering is initially available to clients of Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank and Investment Bank, a group the bank says includes corporates, asset managers, hedge funds, custodians, brokers and sovereign institutions. Supported assets at launch are Bitcoin and Ether, along with selected stablecoins and e-money tokens including USDC, EURC and EURAU. Tokenized financial instruments are set to be added later.<\/p>\n

The bank manages clients’ wallets and private keys, using dedicated hardware to protect keys, offline cold storage, and approval processes that require more than one person for important actions. Alongside the launch, Deutsche Bank signed a memorandum of understanding with Deutsche Asset Management covering tokenized money market funds, crypto-asset exchange-traded commodities and stablecoins, The Block reported, and Deutsche Asset Management said it plans to launch a tokenized money market fund.<\/p>\n

“Digital assets are not a replacement for the traditional financial system but an important complement to it,” said Gerald Podobnik, co-head of Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank. The bank cited its own research showing the tokenized asset market, excluding stablecoins, grew from about $10 billion in January 2025 to $39 billion in September 2026.<\/p>\n

For crypto funds and multi-asset managers in Europe, a bank-grade custodian under a major prudential regulator lowers a practical barrier to holding digital assets. As more global banks bring custody in-house, competition with specialist crypto custodians is likely to intensify, and fund managers gain more options to satisfy institutional LPs’ operational due diligence requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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