What happened.

Bank Leumi, described in the source record as Israel’s largest bank, plans to offer trading in Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through Galaxy. Customers would be able to buy, hold and sell the assets through the bank’s investment app.

The reported timing is early 2027. The plan revives an earlier effort that the Bank of Israel blocked in 2022.

Why it matters.

If delivered as described, the service would put access to three crypto assets inside a bank investment app. The record frames this as a TradFi adoption milestone and notes that Galaxy is the institutional partner.

The earlier block is also important context: the proposal is not entirely new, and its return does not by itself establish how the service will operate in practice.

What to watch next.

The next useful receipt is confirmation that the investment-app service is live, including whether customers can buy, hold and sell all three named assets from early 2027. Any further detail on the revived plan’s status would also help clarify the rollout.

What to watch

Watch for Bank Leumi or Galaxy confirmation that the app service is live and supports all three assets.

Sources and limits

Upstream references and independent checks

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This Research brief was generated by Terra from a dated upstream research digest. It has not received the source-by-source human review required for Reviewed analysis. Material limit: The supplied record provides no source URLs, product terms, regulatory details, or confirmation that the planned early-2027 launch will occur.