KBC to offer Bitcoin and Ether trading to Belgian retail customers from Feb. 16

KBC, one of Belgium’s largest banks, will allow retail customers to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ether from Feb. 16 through its online investment platform Bolero and the bank’s own custodial solution, the bank announced. KBC said the service was launched in compliance with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and will operate on the bank’s proprietary custodial architecture.

The bank said it has submitted a full crypto asset service provider (CASP) notification to the competent authority and described itself as the first Belgian bank to meet MiCA requirements. "By offering the opportunity to purchase and sell crypto within a regulated framework, we are making innovation concrete and accessible," KBC Group’s chief innovation officer Erik Luts said.

KBC Bank’s European public affairs advisor Michaël Cloots shared the news in a LinkedIn post, the outlet said. KBC initially announced plans in July 2025 to offer Bitcoin and Ether trading via Bolero pending regulatory approval expected by the end of that year. The MiCA framework entered into full force in late 2025; Belgium published its implementing law in December 2025 and made MiCA legally effective on Jan.

3, 2026, designating the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) and the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) as oversight authorities.

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Crypto, Kbc, Belgium, Bitcoin, Ether, Bolero