DZ Bank Receives MiCAR Authorization for Retail Bitcoin and Crypto Trading Platform
DZ Bank has obtained authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), allowing the bank to proceed with plans to offer retail Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading services through Germany’s cooperative banking network.
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) granted the MiCAR license in December 2025.
The authorization permits DZ Bank, which serves as the central institution for Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken, to support the rollout of a digital asset trading platform for retail customers.
The platform, called meinKrypto, is intended to enable individual cooperative banks to provide Bitcoin and crypto trading services within their existing banking systems.
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