The Bank of Spain launches a service for the sale of Bitcoin and Ether

Spain's largest bank, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), has announced the launch of a service that allows customers to buy, sell, and transfer Bitcoin and Ether through a mobile application. This was reported by the bank's press office.

According to bank representatives, permission for these activities was obtained in the wake of the European MiCA regulation, which establishes uniform rules for the circulation of crypto assets in EU countries, coming into force.

BBVA began developing the service in 2020. Previously, the institution tested the solution through its Swiss office, and in January 2025 it launched digital coin trading for clients in Turkey.

It was previously reported that Germany's DekaBank, an investment fund managing €377 billion ($395 billion) in assets for the country's largest financial services group, Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, is launching digital asset trading services.