{"id":25142,"date":"2025-07-07T14:17:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bbva-opens-bitcoin-and-ethereum-access-to-retail-clients\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:17:18","slug":"bbva-opens-bitcoin-and-ethereum-access-to-retail-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bbva-opens-bitcoin-and-ethereum-access-to-retail-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"BBVA Opens Bitcoin and Ethereum Access to Retail Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The banking group BBVA has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbva.com\/en\/es\/innovation\/bbva-launches-its-bitcoin-and-ether-trading-and-custody-service-for-all-retail-customers-in-spain\/\">opened<\/a> up trading and custody services for Bitcoin and Ethereum to retail clients in Spain. The service is available through the bank&#8217;s mobile app for all adult customers.<\/p>\n<p>The launch followed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbva.com\/en\/innovation\/bbva-will-offer-bitcoin-and-ether-trading-and-custody-services-in-spain\/\">application<\/a> to the National Securities Market Commission in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The bank independently holds clients&#8217; assets without involving third-party custodians. Users conduct transactions personally. BBVA does not provide investment advice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cWe want to make it easier for our retail clients in Spain to invest in crypto assets with a simple solution on their mobile phones,\u201d said Gonzalo Rodriguez, head of retail banking at BBVA in Spain.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The service complies with the European MiCA regulation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expansion<\/h2>\n<p>Previously, BBVA launched similar services through a subsidiary in Switzerland and Turkey in 2021 and 2023, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Spain has become the third market for the bank and the first where the service is directly aimed at retail clients.<\/p>\n<p>Francisco Maroto, head of digital assets, noted that BBVA will continue to develop its business in this area.<\/p>\n<p>The bank plans to add new cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenized real-world assets (RWA) such as bonds and ETFs in the future.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2023, BBVA&#8217;s Swiss subsidiary transferred its digital currency custody services to the Ripple-owned platform Metaco Harmonize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The banking group BBVA has opened up trading and custody services for Bitcoin and Ethereum to retail clients in Spain. The service is available through the bank&#8217;s mobile app for all adult customers. The launch followed an application to the National Securities Market Commission in March 2025. The bank independently holds clients&#8217; assets without involving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1229,18,46,741],"class_list":["post-25142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-banks-and-fintech","tag-bitcoin","tag-ethereum","tag-spain"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"59","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}