Bank Leumi, Israel's largest bank, has partnered with Galaxy Digital to offer digital asset trading to its customers and to users of Pepper, its mobile-banking arm. Customers will be able to trade Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL) through a dedicated section of the Leumi Trade app. The service is expected to launch in early 2027. Leumi and Galaxy said the rollout would make Leumi the first Israeli bank to offer digital asset trading to customers. Leumi will use GalaxyOne Institutional for trading and Galaxy's custody platform (formerly GK8) for its digital asset infrastructure. Markets on the announcement: BTC near $62,990 and ETH near $1,880.
Bank Leumi / Galaxy Digital announcement via Cointelegraph