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Is Bitpanda regulated in the EU?

Bitpanda — legal name Bitpanda GmbH. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇦🇹 Austria.

Authorised under MiCA

Bitpanda is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) on 9 April 2025 and covers 7 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Bitpanda among the EU's authorised providers

Bitpanda was the 1st of 11 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Austria, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 3 months after MiCA became applicable. With 7 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 11 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. FMA supervises 11 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Bitpanda is authorised for 7 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.

  • a Custody and administration all EEA 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 all EEA 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 all EEA 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 all EEA Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
  • f Placing of crypto-assets all EEA 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 all EEA 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 all EEA Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.

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

Where it may operate

Bitpanda has notified all 30 EEA countries: under MiCA's passporting rules, a licence from one Member State lets the provider offer its services across the whole European Economic Area after a simple 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
Bitpanda GmbH
Trading as
Bitpanda
LEI
5493007WZ7IFULIL8G21 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) (Austria)
Registered address
Stella-Klein-Löw-Weg 17, 1020 Vienna, Austria
Declared website
bitpanda.com
Authorised on
9 April 2025
Register entry updated
18 April 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 Bitpanda regulated in the EU?

Yes. Bitpanda (Bitpanda GmbH) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) on 9 April 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Bitpanda authorised for?

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

In which countries can Bitpanda offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Bitpanda?

Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), the competent authority in Austria, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Austria

All providers from Austria →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.