Here’s what happened in crypto today

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Today in crypto, Danish banking giant Danske Bank said it is opening access to Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded products (ETPs) for certain clients after years of caution on crypto, citing rising customer demand and clearer EU rules, the tokenized commodities market — almost entirely represented by gold — blows past $6 billion, and the Bank of England launches a new industry initiative to explore how tokenized assets could be settled in British pounds.

Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark and a major retail bank in Northern Europe with over five million customers, is allowing clients to buy Bitcoin and Ether ETPs from BlackRock and WisdomTree via its eBanking and Mobile Banking platforms for the first time. 

The new offering, announced Wednesday, is open to self-directed investors only — customers who trade on the bank’s platform without receiving investment advice — and is explicitly framed as a response to “increasing customer demand” and “improved regulation” in the wake of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regime.

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