ING Germany Launches Crypto ETPs And ETNs For Retail Clients

ING Germany, the retail banking unit of Dutch multinational ING Group, is increasing crypto funding entry by new partnerships with US asset managers Bitwise and VanEck.

The German financial institution is rolling out crypto exchange-traded merchandise (ETPs) from Bitwise and crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) from VanEck, the businesses introduced individually on Monday.

The brand new choices be part of ING-listed funding autos from 21Shares, WisdomTree and BlackRock’s iShares.

The launches come amid a difficult crypto market, with Bitcoin (BTC) buying and selling 10% down year-to-date, reflecting adoption by conventional finance regardless of market turbulence.

New choices cowl Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP and extra

Beginning in February, ING Germany shoppers can commerce Bitwise crypto ETPs with order sizes of a minimum of 1,000 euros ($1,180) with out execution charges, whereas smaller orders are topic to a $4.60 fee, based on Bitwise.

“The merchandise may also be used for financial savings plans with out execution charges,” the corporate famous, including that the partnership underscores each firms’ long-term dedication to digital property.

Whereas the promotion covers the complete Bitwise product vary on Deutsche Börse Group’s Xetra platform, the provide focuses on three key merchandise: Bitwise Core Bitcoin ETP (BTC1), Bitwise MSCI Digital Belongings Choose 20 ETP (DA20) and Bitwise Bodily Ethereum ETP (ZETH).

VanEck’s crypto ETNs listed on ING embody 10 securities linked to Bitcoin, Ether (ETH), Algorand (ALGO), Avalanche (AVAX), Chainlink (LINK), Polkadot (DOT), Polygon (POL) and Solana (SOL), in addition to two basket ETNs.

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ETPs are a broad class of securities monitoring underlying property, whereas ETNs are a particular sort of ETP structured as unsecured debt securities. Just like exchange-traded funds (ETFs), ETPs maintain property, whereas ETNs don’t, providing a return linked to an index as a substitute.

World crypto ETPs have had a tough begin to 2026, dropping $3.43 billion over the previous two weeks and posting $1 billion in outflows year-to-date, based on CoinShares. After the latest sell-off, Bitcoin ETFs rebounded on Monday, attracting $562 million in inflows, based on SoSoValue.