{"id":46708,"date":"2025-09-10T07:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=46708"},"modified":"2025-09-10T07:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:16:32","slug":"ripple-to-offer-bitcoin-ethereum-custody-services-to-spains-bbva-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=46708","title":{"rendered":"Ripple To Offer Bitcoin, Ethereum Custody Services To Spain\u2019s BBVA Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/ripple.com\/ripple-press\/ripple-expands-footprint-into-spain-through-new-agreement-with-bbva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announcement<\/a> made earlier today, US-based blockchain company Ripple said that it had inked an agreement with leading Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) to provide the financial institution with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) custody services.<\/p>\n<h2>Ripple To Provide Bitcoin, Ethereum Custody Services To BBVA<\/h2>\n<p>Ripple, the blockchain firm behind the XRP token, today said it had partnered with BBVA to provide its digital asset custody solution to the bank. To recall, in July 2025, BBVA announced the launch of its Bitcoin and ETH trading and custody services for all retail customers in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>According to today\u2019s announcement, Ripple will offer Ripple Custody \u2013 its institutional-grade digital asset self-custody technology \u2013 to BBVA to help it benefit from a scalable and secure custody service for tokenized assets, including digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>Cassie Craddock, Managing Director of Europe at Ripple, said that with the implementation of the European Union\u2019s (EU) Market\u2019s in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA) across the continent, it has become easier for the region\u2019s banks to offer digital asset services to their <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bbvas-crypto-call-wealthy-investors-encouraged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">customers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, Europe\u2019s MiCA is the EU\u2019s comprehensive legal framework designed to regulate digital assets, stablecoins, and other related service providers across all member states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-578050 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-12.54.56-PM.png?resize=2024%2C1128\" alt=\"MiCA\" width=\"2024\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-12.54.56-PM.png?w=2024 2024w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-12.54.56-PM.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-12.54.56-PM.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-12.54.56-PM.png?w=980 980w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-12.54.56-PM.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-12.54.56-PM.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-12.54.56-PM.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/p>\n<p>Ripple Custody will enable BBVA to meet rapidly increasing customer demand for access to digital assets such as BTC and ETH. At the same time, it will also ensure that the bank fulfills the strict regulatory, security, and operational requirements. Francisco Maroto, Head of Digital Assets at BBVA said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ripple\u2019s custody solution allows us to leverage proven and trusted technology that meets the highest security and operational standards, allowing BBVA to directly provide an end-to-end custody service to its customers. Through this agreement we can deliver on our goal of supporting our customers to explore digital assets, backed by the strength and security of a bank like BBVA.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is worth highlighting that the agreement between BBVA and Ripple is just the latest chapter in the relationship between the two entities. Ripple already provides crypto custody solutions to Turkey-based Garanti BBVA and BBVA Switzerland.<\/p>\n<h2>Crypto Custody Solutions In Focus<\/h2>\n<p>Over the past month, several developments have occurred in the industry pertaining to crypto custody solutions. For instance, recently Ripple <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/ripple-ctrl-alt-for-middle-east-custody-push\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">joined forces<\/a> with UAE-based Ctrl Alt to expand its crypto custody services.<\/p>\n<p>A favorable stance toward digital assets in the US is a key factor encouraging banks to offer crypto custody solutions to their clients. For example, US Bancorp recently <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/us-bancorp-resumes-bitcoin-custody-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">resumed<\/a> its Bitcoin custody services after a hiatus of three years.<\/p>\n<p>In similar news, the \u201cbig three\u201d banking regulators in the US \u2013 namely the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC \u2013 recently jointly <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/crypto-custody-guidance-from-us-banking-regulators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">issued<\/a> guidance on how banks should approach the custody of digital assets. At press time, Bitcoin trades at $111,040, down 1.2% in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-578045 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_b8d6d0.png?resize=980%2C642\" alt=\"bitcoin\" width=\"980\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_b8d6d0.png?w=2648 2648w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_b8d6d0.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_b8d6d0.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_b8d6d0.png?w=980 980w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_b8d6d0.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_b8d6d0.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_b8d6d0.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_b8d6d0.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an announcement made earlier today, US-based blockchain company Ripple said that it had inked an agreement with leading Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) to provide the financial institution with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) custody services. Ripple To Provide Bitcoin, Ethereum Custody Services To BBVA Ripple, the blockchain firm behind the XRP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-46708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}