Deutsche Bank is weeks away from launching a crypto custody service for institutional clients in Germany, and it plans to extend the same service to Asia in 2027. The German go-live still depends on finishing the applicable regulatory timeline.

The bank set out the product itself on 16 September: a digital asset custody solution for institutional and corporate clients in Europe, due to launch this year subject to regulatory checks. It has since been authorised by Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, under the EU’s MiCA rules and appears on the European Securities and Markets Authority’s interim register of crypto-asset service providers. The register carries a 12 October 2026 authorisation date, though the exact figure is difficult to…