Israel’s largest bank officially announces it is going to start selling crypto
Bank Leumi — the largest bank in Israel — has announced that it will begin offering cryptocurrency trading to customers in early 2027.
Buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana — three mainstream coins — directly within its own Leumi Trade investment app. Even customers who use the bank’s Pepper mobile banking can do it.
This is the first Israeli bank to personally move into the crypto market and sell coins.
Behind the scenes, it’s backed by Galaxy Digital, with trading and custody handled end-to-end. The custody tech is still GK8, acquired years ago.
For a bank to touch crypto, the prerequisite is that the compliance custody issue has been solved. This partnership is essentially a signal flare for the whole industry.
Put it in a few years ago: when banks saw Bitcoin, they treated it like a contagion and kept it out. Now, the biggest bank is opening the door itself.
The logic is simple: if customers want to buy, rather than letting them go to outside exchanges, it’s better to keep the business inside your own app. Then you earn the fees and retain the customer data.
The biggest change in this market cycle isn’t how much coin prices have risen. It’s that traditional finance has shifted from being an opponent to becoming a partner. Banks, brokerage firms, funds — all are lining up to enter.
By the time it truly goes live in 2027, one-click crypto purchases in the bank app — that penetration speed is what’s most valuable for the industry.
Will you buy crypto in a bank app, or do you trust exchanges more? Let’s talk in the comments.
Click the profile picture to watch the live stream.
Every day, I’ll bring you insights into the hottest moments of banks entering the market. Not just what happened, but more importantly, the underlying logic and opportunities 👉🦖
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Bank Leumi — the largest bank in Israel — has announced that it will begin offering cryptocurrency trading to customers in early 2027.
Buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana — three mainstream coins — directly within its own Leumi Trade investment app. Even customers who use the bank’s Pepper mobile banking can do it.
This is the first Israeli bank to personally move into the crypto market and sell coins.
Behind the scenes, it’s backed by Galaxy Digital, with trading and custody handled end-to-end. The custody tech is still GK8, acquired years ago.
For a bank to touch crypto, the prerequisite is that the compliance custody issue has been solved. This partnership is essentially a signal flare for the whole industry.
Put it in a few years ago: when banks saw Bitcoin, they treated it like a contagion and kept it out. Now, the biggest bank is opening the door itself.
The logic is simple: if customers want to buy, rather than letting them go to outside exchanges, it’s better to keep the business inside your own app. Then you earn the fees and retain the customer data.
The biggest change in this market cycle isn’t how much coin prices have risen. It’s that traditional finance has shifted from being an opponent to becoming a partner. Banks, brokerage firms, funds — all are lining up to enter.
By the time it truly goes live in 2027, one-click crypto purchases in the bank app — that penetration speed is what’s most valuable for the industry.
Will you buy crypto in a bank app, or do you trust exchanges more? Let’s talk in the comments.
Click the profile picture to watch the live stream.
Every day, I’ll bring you insights into the hottest moments of banks entering the market. Not just what happened, but more importantly, the underlying logic and opportunities 👉🦖
#比特币 #Bank Entry