Baader Bank AG
Legal name Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft · Crypto-asset service provider · Home Member State 🇩🇪 Germany
Authorised under MiCA
Baader Bank AG is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 16 May 2025 and covers 1 of 10 MiCA services in 29 EEA countries.
What the authorisation covers
Baader Bank AG is authorised for 1 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for custody and administration, operating a trading platform, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management, transfer services — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.
- a Custody and administration not authorised Holding clients' crypto-assets or the private keys to them, and keeping them safe. This is what a wallet service or an exchange that keeps your coins does.
- b Operating a trading platform not authorised Running a marketplace where buyers and sellers of crypto-assets are matched — an order-book exchange in the strict sense.
- c Exchange for funds not authorised Buying crypto-assets from clients, or selling to them, against money (euro or another currency) using the provider's own capital.
- d Exchange for other crypto-assets not authorised Swapping one crypto-asset for another with the client, using the provider's own capital — for example bitcoin for a stablecoin.
- e Execution of orders 29 countries Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
- f Placing of crypto-assets not authorised Marketing newly issued crypto-assets to buyers on behalf of the issuer — the crypto equivalent of underwriting or an IPO placement.
- g Reception and transmission of orders not authorised Taking a client's order to buy or sell and passing it on to another provider that executes it — a broker that does not execute itself.
- h Advice on crypto-assets not authorised Giving personalised recommendations to a client about buying, selling or holding specific crypto-assets.
- i Portfolio management not authorised Managing a client's crypto-asset portfolio with discretion, under a mandate — deciding what to buy and sell on their behalf.
- j Transfer services not authorised Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.
Where it may operate
Through the MiCA passport, Baader Bank AG has notified 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 1 EEA states (Iceland), so a client there is outside the scope of the notification.
- 🇦🇹 AT
- 🇧🇪 BE
- 🇧🇬 BG
- 🇭🇷 HR
- 🇨🇾 CY
- 🇨🇿 CZ
- 🇩🇰 DK
- 🇪🇪 EE
- 🇫🇮 FI
- 🇫🇷 FR
- 🇩🇪 DE
- 🇬🇷 GR
- 🇭🇺 HU
- 🇮🇸 IS
- 🇮🇪 IE
- 🇮🇹 IT
- 🇱🇻 LV
- 🇱🇮 LI
- 🇱🇹 LT
- 🇱🇺 LU
- 🇲🇹 MT
- 🇳🇱 NL
- 🇳🇴 NO
- 🇵🇱 PL
- 🇵🇹 PT
- 🇷🇴 RO
- 🇸🇰 SK
- 🇸🇮 SI
- 🇪🇸 ES
- 🇸🇪 SE
Highlighted: countries notified for at least one service. Outlined: home Member State. Passporting is per service; see the list on the left for each service's count.
Identification
- Legal name
- Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft
- Trading as
- Baader Bank AG
- LEI
- 529900JFOPPEDUR61H13 · GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) (Germany)
- Registered address
- Weihenstephaner Str. 4 85716 Unterschleißheim
- Declared website
- baaderbank.de
- Authorised on
- 16 May 2025
- Register entry updated
- 16 May 2025
Questions people ask
Is Baader Bank AG regulated in the EU?
Yes. Baader Bank AG (Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 16 May 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is Baader Bank AG authorised for?
1 of the ten MiCA services: execution of orders.
In which countries can Baader Bank AG offer crypto services?
29 EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.
Who supervises Baader Bank AG?
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the competent authority in Germany, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
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Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.