AMINA Bank taps Cantor for potential public listing

Cantor Fitzgerald is advising Swiss digital asset lender AMINA Bank on a possible public listing as the Wall Street firm expands its role in crypto capital markets.

AMINA Bank considers a public listing

According to reports, Cantor Fitzgerald is advising AMINA Bank, formerly known as SEBA Bank, as the Swiss crypto lender assesses a potential entry into public markets.

Discussions remain at an early stage, and neither company has disclosed a target valuation, timetable or possible listing venue. A completed transaction would make AMINA one of the few publicly traded banks focused primarily on digital asset services.

The bank operates under a licence from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, or FINMA. Its services include cryptocurrency custody, trading, lending and staking for institutional and private clients.

AMINA reported a 69% increase in revenue during 2024. That performance positioned it as Switzerland’s fastest-growing crypto bank at the time, although updated financial figures for 2025 and 2026 were not provided.

A listing would expose the bank to greater financial disclosure and corporate governance requirements. It could also give public-market investors direct exposure to a regulated crypto banking business rather than a cryptocurrency exchange, miner or treasury company.

Cantor expands its crypto capital markets business

The advisory role builds on Cantor’s wider attempt to connect traditional capital markets with blockchain-based financial infrastructure.

As previously reported by crypto.news, Cantor partnered with tokenization company Securitize on July 15 to support blockchain-based initial public offerings and follow-on share sales.

Cantor will provide equity capital markets and trading services under that agreement. Securitize will supply the technology needed to issue, distribute and service securities onchain, while its SEC-registered broker-dealer, Securitize Markets, will participate in offerings and settlements.

That structure differs from platforms that create blockchain-based versions of shares already trading on public exchanges. The partnership aims to use blockchain infrastructure during the original issuance process while keeping offerings within existing securities rules.

Advising AMINA fits that strategy, although no indication has emerged that the bank would use Securitize’s infrastructure for its potential listing.

AMINA builds its European regulatory reach

AMINA’s regulatory position could form an important part of its case to public investors.

Alongside its Swiss banking licence, the group secured authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework through its Austrian subsidiary. AMINA described itself as the first international crypto banking group to obtain a MiCA licence.

The approval allows the subsidiary to offer regulated crypto services across European Economic Area markets through MiCA’s passporting system, subject to applicable local requirements.

AMINA expanded its asset support in May 2026 by becoming the first regulated bank to provide custody and trading services for Canton Coin. Canton Network focuses on blockchain infrastructure for regulated financial institutions.

For US investors, access to AMINA shares would depend on where the bank lists and whether American brokerages support the security. A US listing would also bring additional Securities and Exchange Commission registration and disclosure requirements, but the parties have not identified the United States as a venue.

Cantor pursues a separate $3 billion Bitcoin deal

Cantor is also reportedly negotiating with Blockstream co-founder Adam Back over a transaction that could place more than $3 billion in Bitcoin into a publicly traded vehicle.

Under the proposed deal, Blockstream would contribute as many as 30,000 BTC to Cantor Equity Partners 1, a special purpose acquisition company that raised $200 million in January. Blockstream would receive shares in return, while the vehicle would be renamed BSTR Holdings.

The agreement could reportedly be signed as early as this week, although its terms remain subject to change.

Cantor has not disclosed when AMINA might decide whether to proceed with its listing. The bank’s chosen exchange, valuation and offering structure will determine whether the plan develops into a conventional IPO, another public-market transaction or an onchain issuance tied to Cantor’s tokenization strategy.