🇮🇹 Italy’s largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, just more than doubled its crypto portfolio to $235M in Q1 2026!
📈 They heavily stacked Bitcoin ETFs, entered Ethereum via BlackRock, and made a massive $26M bet on XRP via Grayscale.
🔥 In a surprise strategy shift, the banking giant opened its first BTC call options but almost entirely dumped its Solana (SOL) holdings.
💼 On the equities side, they loaded up on Coinbase (COIN) and BitGo shares while completely cutting ties with Bitmine.
🇪🇺 The Big Picture: Europe's banks are going all-in, with BBVA offering 24/7 retail trading and a 12-bank mega-consortium launching a Euro stablecoin later this year!

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