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Cecabank launches crypto asset custody service
11 June 2026 Spain
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Cecabank, a Spanish wholesale and B2B bank, is launching its crypto asset custody service for financial institutions, providing technological infrastructure and extending its TradFi custody and post-trading services model to the digital asset market.
Buy and sell operations will be handled by Bit2Me, a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) licensed under Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation, and a digital asset exchange.
Renta 4 Banco, a Spanish investment and wealth management bank, is Cecabank’s launch client, receiving development support for its crypto asset offering.
The offering is said to combine Bit2Me’s technological capacity with Cecabank’s knowledge of securities services and regulatory compliance.
Cecabank says its product is intended to reduce operational complexity by utilising already validated and functional infrastructure, under equivalent TradFi securities standards.
The service integrates cryptocurrency trading operations, real-time access to market data, advanced execution capabilities, and secure custody infrastructure, with the end-to-end service covering the entire value chain.
Firms will be able to offer their end clients the trading of a range of digital assets, including prominent, European-regulated stablecoins.
Speaking on the initiative, Aurora Cuadros, corporate director of securities services at Cecabank, says: “With the model we have developed, based on an ecosystem with top-tier providers on a global scale, we are accompanying our clients — such as Renta 4 Banco — in this process, offering them an end-to-end solution so they can make cryptocurrency trading services available to their end clients with the maximum guarantees.”
Gabriel Ayala, director of Banking Solutions at Bit2Me, adds: “Activating the service with Cecabank and Renta 4 Banco is another step in consolidating the model we have been building: institutional-grade crypto infrastructure, integrated into traditional banking workflows and under the MiCA framework.”
Cecabank has also initiated the European passporting process, under MiCA, to extend this offering into Ireland, Portugal, and Luxembourg.
Buy and sell operations will be handled by Bit2Me, a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) licensed under Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation, and a digital asset exchange.
Renta 4 Banco, a Spanish investment and wealth management bank, is Cecabank’s launch client, receiving development support for its crypto asset offering.
The offering is said to combine Bit2Me’s technological capacity with Cecabank’s knowledge of securities services and regulatory compliance.
Cecabank says its product is intended to reduce operational complexity by utilising already validated and functional infrastructure, under equivalent TradFi securities standards.
The service integrates cryptocurrency trading operations, real-time access to market data, advanced execution capabilities, and secure custody infrastructure, with the end-to-end service covering the entire value chain.
Firms will be able to offer their end clients the trading of a range of digital assets, including prominent, European-regulated stablecoins.
Speaking on the initiative, Aurora Cuadros, corporate director of securities services at Cecabank, says: “With the model we have developed, based on an ecosystem with top-tier providers on a global scale, we are accompanying our clients — such as Renta 4 Banco — in this process, offering them an end-to-end solution so they can make cryptocurrency trading services available to their end clients with the maximum guarantees.”
Gabriel Ayala, director of Banking Solutions at Bit2Me, adds: “Activating the service with Cecabank and Renta 4 Banco is another step in consolidating the model we have been building: institutional-grade crypto infrastructure, integrated into traditional banking workflows and under the MiCA framework.”
Cecabank has also initiated the European passporting process, under MiCA, to extend this offering into Ireland, Portugal, and Luxembourg.
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