Which banks in the EU offer custody?

Custody means the provider holds the coins for you. Five score full: Revolut through Revolut Digital Assets Europe, BBVA as custodian in its own Spanish app, SG-FORGE under its French MiCA CASP authorisation, Commerzbank on its own infrastructure for German corporates, and Deutsche Bank, whose institutional custody on Taurus has a launch reported for 2026, so check it is live before you count on it. The partials mostly hold through a partner: N26 and Raiffeisen NÖ-Wien use Bitpanda, Bunq uses Kraken, Santander · Openbank uses Crypto Finance (Deutschland), and Wirex, LHV and BCB Group hold balances as part of trading and payments rather than as a separate custody product. Monerium and Rebind fail by design, since EURe and Rebind savings sit in a wallet you control and neither company can touch them.

The banks that pass

BankScoreTypeHealthP2PVerdict
Wirex14/16NeobankUnknownStrictYes. Crypto moves freely in and out, but the card cannot buy crypto elsewhere and the old app lost its crypto features in the EEA on 30 June 2026.
Revolut13/16NeobankWatchMixedYes for individuals, with the deepest crypto stack of any app-bank. No for crypto businesses.
Bunq12/16NeobankWatchMixedYes for retail through the Kraken-powered bunq Crypto tab, and for licensed CASPs on a fiat-only business account. Coins cannot leave the app.
BCB Group10/16Business bankingWatchnoneYes for crypto businesses and institutions, no for individuals. BCB is a payments and settlement provider, not a bank.
LHV9/16Business bankingSolidRelaxedYes. Crypto trading is built into the Estonian app, and the UK arm banks Coinbase and Bitstamp, but coins cannot leave the bank.
BBVA9/16TraditionalSolidMixedYes. BBVA sells and holds bitcoin and ether inside its own app in Spain, Switzerland and Türkiye, but the Spanish service is a closed loop and moving coins out costs 4%.
SG-FORGE7/16TraditionalSolidnoneYes for institutions and crypto firms, no for individuals. SG-FORGE is a stablecoin issuer and custodian, not a retail bank.
Santander · Openbank7/16TraditionalSolidStrictYes for buying crypto inside the bank, with a closed loop that is slow and costly to leave, and exchange transfers that vary by country.
N266/16NeobankWatchMixedPartly. You can buy and sell crypto inside the app through Bitpanda, but nothing moves in or out, and N26 publishes no rule either way on transfers to outside exchanges.
Deutsche Bank6/16TraditionalWatchnoneYes for crypto businesses and institutions, not yet for individuals.
Raiffeisen NÖ-Wien4/16TraditionalWatchMixedYes for buying crypto inside the banking app, but it is a closed loop and only for Austrian residents.
Commerzbank4/16TraditionalWatchnoneYes for large German corporate clients, no for individuals.

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Bank by bank

Wirex 14 of 16 · custody: partial
Allowed: Crypto deposits from any external wallet or exchange address on a network Wirex supports
Revolut 13 of 16 · custody: yes
Allowed: Buying, selling and holding crypto inside the app, provided by Revolut Ltd in the UK (FCA cryptoasset registration, FRN 900562) and by Revolut Digital Assets Europe Ltd in the EEA (CySEC MiCA licence CASP001/25)
Watch out: Business accounts for crypto exchanges, brokers, dealers, on and off ramp providers, crypto ATMs, ICO issuers, mining, trading and investment firms, crypto asset managers and unregulated custodial wallets
Bunq 12 of 16 · custody: partial
Allowed: Buy, sell and swap more than 300 coins inside the bunq app from EUR 1, with Kraken handling trading and custody
Watch out: Coins bought through bunq Crypto cannot be withdrawn to an external wallet, and no inbound crypto deposits are offered
BCB Group 10 of 16 · custody: partial
Yes for crypto businesses and institutions, no for individuals. BCB is a payments and settlement provider, not a bank.
LHV 9 of 16 · custody: partial
Allowed: Buying, selling and holding 15 crypto assets inside the LHV mobile and internet bank, 24 hours a day
Watch out: Transferring crypto from LHV to an external wallet or exchange, and sending crypto into LHV. You must sell inside the bank to move value out
BBVA 9 of 16 · custody: yes
Allowed: Buying, selling and holding bitcoin and ether in the BBVA app in Spain, open to any adult retail customer, with BBVA as custodian
SG-FORGE 7 of 16 · custody: yes
Allowed: Custody and administration of crypto-assets, transfer services and order execution under a French MiCA CASP authorisation
Watch out: US persons cannot hold EURCV or USDCV and the issuer may refuse to redeem tokens held by anyone who is not a Permitted Transferee
Santander · Openbank 7 of 16 · custody: yes
Allowed: Buying, selling and holding Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Polygon, Cardano, Solana and Polkadot inside the Openbank app in Spain and Germany
Watch out: Withdrawals are full position only, by email or phone request, to Openbank-approved custodians in the EU, at 4 percent of the euro value
N26 6 of 16 · custody: partial
Allowed: Buying, selling and swapping crypto inside the N26 app, with Bitpanda executing the orders and holding the coins
Watch out: No transfer of crypto to an external wallet, and no way to receive crypto from outside. The terms say the service does not support any crypto-asset transfer service
Deutsche Bank 6 of 16 · custody: partial
Allowed: Institutional crypto custody in development, built on Taurus (global partnership since September 2023) and Bitpanda Technology Solutions, with a launch reported for 2026
Watch out: No retail crypto trading, custody or wallet in any Deutsche Bank or Postbank account
Raiffeisen NÖ-Wien 4 of 16 · custody: partial
Watch out: No withdrawals to an external wallet. The bank's FAQ says an asset transfer is not possible, so coins bought in the app stay inside Bitpanda
Commerzbank 4 of 16 · custody: yes
Allowed: Bitcoin and Ether custody at Commerzbank for existing corporate clients domiciled in Germany
Watch out: No crypto product for retail customers. Individuals cannot buy, hold or sell coins at Commerzbank

Questions people ask

Which EU bank holds my bitcoin itself instead of passing it to a partner?

BBVA holds bitcoin and ether as custodian in Spain, and Commerzbank keeps client coins on its own infrastructure, segregated per client, though that is for German corporates with 500,000 euros or more. SG-FORGE custodies for institutions. Revolut holds through its own EEA entity. At N26 and Raiffeisen NÖ-Wien the coins sit with Bitpanda, at Bunq with Kraken, and at Santander · Openbank with Crypto Finance (Deutschland), a Deutsche Börse company.

Is crypto held by an EU bank covered by a deposit guarantee?

Not where the banks say anything about it. Revolut states there is no Deposit Guarantee Scheme, FSCS or Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund cover for crypto balances, and Wirex says there is no deposit protection on fiat or crypto. N26 adds that the customer never sees the private keys and Bitpanda holds the coins. The other banks on this page publish no statement either way in our data, so assume no cover.

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