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Is Bybit regulated in the EU?

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

Authorised under MiCA

Bybit is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) on 28 May 2025 and covers 5 of 10 MiCA services in 29 EEA countries.

Bybit among the EU's authorised providers

Bybit was the 2nd of 11 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Austria, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 5 months after MiCA became applicable. With 5 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 62 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 29 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. FMA supervises 11 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Bybit is authorised for 5 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, 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.
  • f Placing of crypto-assets 29 countries Marketing newly issued crypto-assets to buyers on behalf of the issuer — the crypto equivalent of underwriting or an IPO placement.
  • 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 · g. Reception and transmission of orders · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

Through the MiCA passport, Bybit has notified 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 1 EEA states (Malta), 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
Bybit EU GmbH
Trading as
Bybit
LEI
5299005V5GBSN2A4C303 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) (Austria)
Registered address
Donau-City-Straße 7, 1220 Vienna, Austria
Declared website
bybit.eu
Authorised on
28 May 2025
Register entry updated
28 May 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 Bybit regulated in the EU?

Yes. Bybit (Bybit EU GmbH) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) on 28 May 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Bybit authorised for?

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

In which countries can Bybit offer crypto services?

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

Who supervises Bybit?

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.