Published: April 30, 2026
Spain’s largest crypto exchange, Bit2Me, made a quiet bold decision back in 2024. It stopped chasing retail traders. Instead, it started building infrastructure for banks and law enforcement. The bet is paying off.
In 2025, the company’s trading volume jumped eightfold to about €5.3 billion, or roughly $6.2 billion. Much of that growth did not come from ordinary people buying bitcoin on their phones. It came from APIs and backend systems that let financial institutions outsource crypto services instead of building them from scratch.
Banks Crypto Change of Narrative From Threat to Business Opportunity
Bit2Me’s business-to-business revenue rose to about 27% of total revenue in 2025, up from 18% just two years earlier. The exchange also reported roughly $25 million in revenue for the year. Products like crypto-backed loans expanded quickly.
A growing list of big names has backed the company. Tether, Spanish banks such as Bankinter, Unicaja and Cecabank, and telecom giant Telefónica are all investors. With that weight behind it, Bit2Me has leaned into regulated infrastructure development. That focus is helping it expand across Europe and Latin America.
The company’s CFO put it simply: the crypto industry is entering an infrastructure phase for finance, and Bit2Me is grabbing the opportunity.
Take a closer look at what Bit2Me actually sells. One of its main products is an API that lets banks integrate crypto custody and trading services directly into their own platforms. Wholesale bank Cecabank has already deployed it and is now offering the service to other regional banks.
A similar liquidity deal was closed with a Turkish subsidiary of BBVA, a major financial institution in Spain. In January 2026, Bankinter said its partnership with Bit2Me was aimed at fostering what it called “technological and knowledge-based synergies” — specifically in areas that use distributed ledger technology.
MiCA Badge Means More Europe Market
Bit2Me also became the first crypto platform in Spain to secure a Markets in Crypto-Assets license under the EU’s new MiCA rules. Getting that license was expensive and time-consuming. It involved thousands of hours of compliance work. But now it allows Bit2Me to operate across the entire European Union without needing separate approvals in each country.
That regulatory approval has already helped the exchange expand into Portugal and Italy. France and Germany are next.
Helping Police Handle Seized Bitcoin
Beyond banking, Bit2Me has built something unexpected. The company created systems to help law enforcement handle confiscated digital assets. It works with national police forces and international agencies like Interpol and Europol.
In 2025, Bit2Me processed and converted about $1.76 million worth of seized crypto into Euros on behalf of governments. The deal is similar to the one the U.S. Marshals Service has with Coinbase. For police forces that seize bitcoin during criminal investigations, turning it into cash they can actually use has always been a headache. Bit2Me solved that.
What This Means for the Future
Executives at Bit2Me say this shift reflects a bigger transformation in crypto. As regulatory clarity increases under frameworks like MiCA, firms that can meet compliance standards and deliver institutional-grade infrastructure are becoming attractive partners for traditional finance. The days of crypto being a wild west side project for banks are fading. Now, it is becoming a utility — and Bit2Me wants to be the one providing the pipes.
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