Source milanofinanza.it
Today 07:35 - MF-NW
ROME (MF-NW)--Intesa Sanpaolo surprisingly enters the world of cryptocurrencies. On the evening of Monday, January 13, a screenshot of an internal email from the bank was circulated on various social media in which Niccolò Bardoscia, Head of Digital Assets Trading & Investments at Intesa Sanpaolo, announced that in the morning the bank led by Carlo Messina had successfully concluded the first trade on Bitcoin, for a value of one million dollars for 11 Bitcoin. "With the hope that this is only the beginning," Bardoscia wrote in the email. The news was confirmed to Milano Finanza by sources at Intesa Sanpaolo. The event is of global significance because it is the first time that an Italian bank has purchased Bitcoin. It is most likely also a sign of a new attitude towards cryptocurrencies by Italian regulatory authorities. After all, MiCAR, the European regulation on crypto-assets, came into force a few days ago. And on January 20, Donald Trump will enter the White House, having promised to make the United States the world capital of cryptocurrencies. It would have been strange if everyone in Italy had stood by and watched. Also taking into account the excellent personal relations between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Elon Musk, who has always supported the crypto sector. And to think that a few months ago the government intended to increase taxes on capital gains from cryptocurrencies from 26 to 42%. Then the outcry from a combative group of parliamentarians blocked the operation, postponing the increase in the rate to 2026, in any case no longer to 42% but to 33%. But things change quickly and it cannot be ruled out that in the end it will remain at 26%, the same rate that is applied to capital gains on shares. Certainly the official entry into the crypto world of the first Italian bank will push even the most wary and conservative savers to take a look at this world. According to the Fabi Report, 1.35 million Italians own cryptocurrencies worth 2.2 billion euros.The data refers to mid-November of last year. Interestingly, the purchase should have been made around 11 am, when Bitcoin was trading at $92,800. At 10:40 pm, it had already risen to $94,025.
