Myriad: Bitcoin's next move? Click to make your prediction. Why the second attempt looks different Up until this summer, Israeli banks auto-delayed crypto-linked deposits and could refuse fiat from crypto sources outright, and licensed firms could only trade a short list of coins with no clear custody-capital rules.
Galaxy also holds a New York DFS BitLicense, the state's crypto business license, and a money-transmission license from May 2026, giving Leumi a regulated counterparty.
You'll trade from the same app where you already manage stocks and bonds. The bank serves roughly 2.5 million retail customers.
"The future of finance will run on open, programmable rails, and we believe the banks that move first will define the era that follows," said Lior Lamesh, CEO of Galaxy Israel. "Leumi is the first bank in Israel to bring digital assets to its customers, and it chose Galaxy, to make it possible."
Leumi and Galaxy expect the service inside Leumi Trade in early 2027, pending Bank of Israel sign-off. The same gate that stopped the 2022 plan.
