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Is BitGo Europe GmbH regulated in the EU?

BitGo Europe GmbH. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇩🇪 Germany.

Authorised under MiCA

BitGo Europe GmbH is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 9 May 2025 and covers 6 of 10 MiCA services in 29 EEA countries.

BitGo Europe GmbH among the EU's authorised providers

BitGo Europe GmbH was the 10th of 100 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Germany, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 4 months after MiCA became applicable. With 6 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 25 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 29 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. BaFin supervises 100 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

BitGo Europe GmbH is authorised for 6 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, placing of crypto-assets, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.

  • a Custody and administration 29 countries 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.
  • c Exchange for funds 29 countries 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 29 countries 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.
  • g Reception and transmission of orders 29 countries 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.
  • j Transfer services 29 countries Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.

Not authorised: b. Operating a trading platform · f. Placing of crypto-assets · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

Through the MiCA passport, BitGo Europe GmbH has notified 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 1 EEA states (Greece), so a client there is outside the scope of the notification.

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
BitGo Europe GmbH
LEI
391200IJ3B1IP7993O16 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) (Germany)
Registered address
Mainzer Landstraße 10, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Declared website
bitgo.de
Authorised on
9 May 2025
Register entry updated
2 September 2025
Only the declared domains are covered. Fraudsters routinely copy the name of an authorised provider and operate from a look-alike domain. If the website you are on is not one of the addresses above, the authorisation does not apply to it — check the exact domain.

Questions people ask

Is BitGo Europe GmbH regulated in the EU?

Yes. BitGo Europe GmbH (BitGo Europe GmbH) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 9 May 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is BitGo Europe GmbH authorised for?

6 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, reception and transmission of orders, transfer services.

In which countries can BitGo Europe GmbH offer crypto services?

29 EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.

Who supervises BitGo Europe GmbH?

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the competent authority in Germany, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Germany

All providers from Germany →

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.