Spain’s foremost cryptocurrency exchange, Bit2Me, has launched a dedicated subsidiary designed to aid financial institutions, police forces, and judicial authorities in tracking, confiscating, safekeeping, and liquidating digital assets.
Known legally as CryptoShield S.L., the new division called Bit2Shield will support investigators during raids and confiscations by extracting wallet data, locating digital currencies, and generating cryptographically signed forensic reports for courtroom presentation, according to an official announcement shared by Bit2Me with CoinDesk.
Furthermore, Bit2Shield will conduct fraud investigations, verify fund origins, and provide educational training for law enforcement officials, judges, and banking professionals.
This initiative formalizes activities that Bit2Me was already performing on behalf of government authorities. During 2025, the organization handled 1.5 million euros (approx. $1.74 million) in confiscated cryptocurrencies for organizations such as Europol, Interpol, and Spanish law enforcement agencies. The company relied on blockchain intelligence provider Chainalysis to trace the funds prior to liquidating them into euros for the state.
Bit2Shield will coordinate the placement of confiscated assets into multi-signature cold storage wallets and manage their eventual liquidation when mandated by authorities, with the resulting euros transferred directly to governmental bank accounts.
This fresh enterprise broadens Bit2Me’s commercial scope past retail-focused exchange services, expanding further into foundational infrastructure for institutional banks and public entities.
Bit2Me—whose financial backers feature Bankinter, Unicaja, Cecabank, Telefónica and Tether—emphasized that Bit2Shield does not operate as a regulated crypto asset service provider under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, as its primary focus remains strictly centered on forensics, investigations, and educational training.
Any subsequent conversion of cryptocurrencies into fiat euros will instead be managed through Bitcoinforme S.L., which is Bit2Me’s corporate entity officially licensed by Spanish securities regulators under MiCA guidelines.
Adrián Maroño, formerly affiliated with the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Spanish Civil Guard, has been appointed to direct Bit2Shield’s investigative operations.
Originally published at https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/09/02/bit2me-sets-up-specialized-unit-to-help-law-enforcement-track-down-crypto-assets.
