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Spain’s BBVA (BBVA.MC), said on Friday that its 14.9 billion euro ($17.44 billion) mostly share-based hostile bid for smaller rival Sabadell (SABE.MC), is scheduled to begin on Monday, following approval from Spain’s market regulator.

BBVA’s customers in Spain will soon be able to buy, sell, and manage bitcoin and ether transactions through the bank’s app, after the lender received the green light from the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV).

Spanish bank BBVA caught markets by surprise on Thursday after it announced a rare hostile takeover bid for domestic rival Banco Sabadell, with one investment firm describing the situation as “very strange.”