[Italy's UniCredit intends to acquire Commerzbank, which may promote the development of European crypto banking] Golden Finance reported that Italian loan giant UniCredit has expressed interest in acquiring the partially state-owned Commerzbank. Executives of the two companies will hold preliminary talks on September 27 to discuss this potential transaction, which may promote cryptocurrency business in the European banking industry through the cooperation between Commerzbank and Deutsche Börse. Commerzbank currently cooperates with Crypto Finance, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse, to provide Bitcoin and Ethereum trading services to German corporate clients. Although UniCredit has not formally proposed the acquisition, its equity has increased to about 21% and has applied to increase it to 29.9%. The German government and some board members have expressed opposition to the acquisition.