Germany's main savings bank network Sparkassen launches Bitcoin trading through Deka

Germany's Sparkassen savings bank network launched Bitcoin and multi-crypto trading through Deka on Oct. 19, with five participating banks offering the service via the Sparkasse app. Each trade costs €0.99 plus a DekaBank spread, and customers cannot transfer crypto to self-custody wallets as Deka holds the private keys and limits delivery to specified CASPs.