TLDR:
- Cecabank’s MiCA-regulated crypto custody platform is now live for key Spanish financial firms today.
- Renta 4 Banco is an early firm to use Cecabank’s new regulated crypto platform for client access.
- Bit2Me supports the platform with trading, liquidity, market access, and execution for client banks.
- Cecabank is seeking MiCA passporting in Ireland, Portugal, and Luxembourg to expand its reach in the wider EU market.
Cecabank has launched a MiCA-regulated crypto custody platform for financial institutions in Spain, moving its digital asset project into live production. The platform brings Renta 4 Banco on as an early client and links traditional banking workflows with crypto trading infrastructure.
Cecabank will provide custody, banking, and technology services, while Bit2Me will manage trading, liquidity, and market access. The launch follows regulatory approval for custody, transfers, and reception and transmission of orders.
MiCA-regulated crypto custody reaches Spanish institutions
The MiCA-regulated crypto custody service is designed for banks, brokers, and wealth managers. Cecabank said the platform extends its traditional custody and post-trading model into digital assets. That gives institutions a route to offer crypto services without having to build every component internally.
Renta 4 Banco is the launch client for the service. The Spanish investment and wealth management bank is using the platform as it develops its own crypto trading offering for customers. Cecabank said the model gives clients an end-to-end framework for trading and custody.
The infrastructure was built through a partnership with Bit2Me, first announced in May 2024. Cecabank contributes securities services experience, compliance processes, and secure custody infrastructure. Bit2Me adds exchange technology, market access, liquidity, and execution services.
The setup covers the main parts of the crypto service chain. It includes real-time market data, advanced execution, secure custody, and operational support.
Cecabank said the goal is to reduce complexity for financial firms entering the digital asset space.
Arrancamos nuestro servicio de custodia de criptoactivos para entidades financieras, acompañando a @Renta4 en el desarrollo de su oferta de compraventa de #ActivosDigitales.
Un paso más para acercar la banca tradicional y el ecosistema cripto bajo los más altos estándares de… pic.twitter.com/s9NnNIPzAT
— Cecabank (@Cecabank_es) June 10, 2026
Cecabank expands crypto asset services across Europe
Cecabank said its authorization allows it to provide custody, transfers, and order reception and transmission services.
The license places the MiCA-regulated crypto custody platform inside Europe’s new crypto regulatory structure. Moreover, the bank is registered with the Bank of Spain as a crypto-asset service provider.
The group has started the European passporting process under MiCA.
Cecabank wants to extend its crypto asset services into Ireland, Portugal, and Luxembourg. That move could make the platform available to more financial institutions outside Spain.
At launch, Cecabank plans to support major cryptocurrencies and stablecoins that fit European regulatory standards. The stablecoin component is important for banks watching settlement, liquidity, and payment use cases.
MiCA has created a clearer path for regulated stablecoin activity in the region.
Aurora Cuadros, corporate director of securities services at Cecabank, said the bank is taking a natural step from traditional custody into digital assets.
She said the MiCA-regulated crypto custody model helps institutions such as Renta 4 Banco offer crypto trading with stronger operational guarantees.
Bit2Me said the launch supports integrating institutional crypto infrastructure into banking workflows. Gabriel Ayala, director of banking solutions at Bit2Me, said the service demonstrates how regulated crypto access can fit within traditional financial systems.
The rollout adds to Spain’s growing bank-led crypto market. For instance, BBVA has explored Bitcoin and Ethereum trading and custody through infrastructure managed directly by the bank.
