{"id":738982,"date":"2026-02-03T06:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/738982\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T06:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:50:14","slug":"germans-can-now-buy-bitcoin-ether-solana-products-directly-from-their-ing-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/738982\/","title":{"rendered":"Germans can now buy bitcoin, ether, solana products directly from their ING accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ING Deutschland, Germany&#8217;s largest retail bank, now lets customers buy crypto products tracking bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/price\/bitcoin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BTC$78,594.87<\/a>, ether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/price\/ethereum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ETH$2,321.58<\/a>, and solana <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/price\/solana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SOL$103.90<\/a> right from their bank-linked securities accounts.<\/p>\n<p>These products are real crypto-backed exchange-traded products issued by heavyweights like 21Shares, Bitwise and VanEck, the bank&#8217;s website says, adding that these alternative investment vehicles mirror coin moves and trade on legit exchanges via the bank&#8217;s Direct Depot setup. The Depot is a securities account offered by ING-DiBa, allowing users to trade stocks, ETFs, and funds and designed for online, self-directed investors.<\/p>\n<p>The website describes these crypto ETFs as easy on-ramp that plug right into your everyday banking while bypassing hassles of using wallets or keys.<\/p>\n<p>The new offering underscores the growing demand for digital assets, with everyday investors shrugging off bitcoin&#8217;s wild price swings for long-term bets. Deutsche Bank&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbresearch.com\/PROD\/RI-PROD\/PDFVIEWER.calias?pdfViewerPdfUrl=PROD0000000000614396&amp;rwnode=REPORT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">research shows<\/a> Germany&#8217;s retail crypto adoption hit 9% in 2025\u2014trailing the U.S.&#8217;s 12%<\/p>\n<p>Martijn Rozemuller, CEO of VanEck Europe, said the cooperation with ING Deutschland offers a low-threshold access access to crypto investments. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many investors want a solution that fits into existing depot structures and at the same time convinces with transparent costs. That&#8217;s exactly what this partnership stands for\u2014it brings crypto exposure to where investors already invest: in their securities account,&#8221; he said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaneck.com\/globalassets\/home\/media\/managedassets\/etf-europe\/news-and-media\/press-room\/vaneck_pm_krypto-kooperation_ing_2026-02-02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">translated version<\/a> of the press release. <\/p>\n<p>Note that these crypto products get the same tax breaks in Germany as owning bitcoin outright: hold over a year and gains doge capital gains tax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ING Deutschland, Germany&#8217;s largest retail bank, now lets customers buy crypto products tracking bitcoin BTC$78,594.87, ether ETH$2,321.58, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2257,2260,2000,299,1824,2262],"class_list":["post-738982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-bitcoin","tag-ethereum","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-germany","tag-solana"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116005373383139180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}