ING Germany Bets on Crypto ETPs: Wallets Optional for Retail

ING Germany, that sturdy exemplar of retail finance, has deigned to permit the ordinary investor to dabble in the crypto bazaar through his securities accounts, in alliance with 21Shares, VanEck and a coterie of others. No wallets, no private keys required-one can almost hear the sigh of relief from the compliance department as risk is politely dressed up in a newsletter.

  • ING Deutschland has launched crypto ETP trading for retail investors through its securities accounts platform.
  • Clients can purchase physically backed ETPs tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and crypto index products without the bother of wallets or private keys.
  • ING partners with issuers like 21Shares, VanEck, Bitwise, iShares and WisdomTree, using regulated venues such as Xetra to align with MiCA-era rules.

The press release makes a virtue of simplicity: ordinary customers may now buy and sell cryptocurrency ETPs via their existing securities accounts, a development that sounds suspiciously like sanity in a market prone to theatrical volatility.

The service enables clients to invest in ETPs that track indices for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and XRP (XRP), all without the usual encumbrances of wallets or private keys-an arrangement that would surprise a monk at his vow of poverty.

ING Deutschland has made available Bitcoin ETPs, as well as Ethereum, Solana (including staking-enabled variants), and crypto index ETPs to its customer base, a portfolio diversification so formal it could pass for a committee meeting.

ING establishes new crypto related partnerships

The bank has established partnerships with 21Shares, VanEck, Bitwise, iShares (BlackRock), and WisdomTree to offer the cryptocurrency ETN products, according to the announcement.

ING Deutschland, also known as ING-DiBa, ranks among Germany’s largest financial institutions by retail brokerage operations, which is to say it has decided to add one more page to the ledger of modern folly-crypto edition.

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2026-02-03 15:51