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Is Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH regulated in the EU?

Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇩🇪 Germany.

Authorised under MiCA

Bitpanda Asset Management 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 24 January 2025 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 29 EEA countries.

Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH among the EU's authorised providers

Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH was the 2nd of 100 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Germany, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 1 month after MiCA became applicable. With 4 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 107 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

Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH is authorised for 4 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, execution of orders, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders, 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.
  • 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 · e. Execution of orders · f. Placing of crypto-assets · g. Reception and transmission of orders · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

Through the MiCA passport, Bitpanda Asset Management 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
Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH
LEI
9845005X9B7N610K0093 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) (Germany)
Registered address
Dircksenstraße 4 - 10179 Berlin
Declared website
bitpanda.com
Authorised on
24 January 2025
Register entry updated
6 February 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 Asset Management GmbH regulated in the EU?

Yes. Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH (Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 24 January 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH authorised for?

4 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, transfer services.

In which countries can Bitpanda Asset Management 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 Bitpanda Asset Management 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.