Bitpanda has now secured two MiCAR licenses in Europe, both in Germany and Malta. In 2023, Bitpanda was the first foreign cryptocurrency exchange to obtain a license in Norway.
It was Monday, January 27 that Bitpanda announced they had secured their first MiCAR license from the German regulatory authority BaFin. Today, Panda reports that they have also received a MiCAR license in Malta.
“With these licenses, Bitpanda underlines its leading position in Europe,” Bitpanda writes in statements on Linkedin. The company continues to lay the foundation for secure and regulated services across the continent. Clear and enforced regulations will keep investors safer and enable them to engage with their finances with confidence.
This license in Germany has immediate validity, unlike the “in-principle licenses” that other crypto platforms have been promulgated. Bitpanda already has a strong regulatory presence in Europe, with licenses in several countries such as Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Sweden and Norway. The company continues to strengthen its position as one of the most regulated brokers in Europe.
Bitpanda was founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer (see photo).
The Austrian fintech unicorn Bitpanda became in October 2023 registered with the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority as the first foreign crypto exchange licensed in Norway. To the best of Kaupr's knowledge, Bitpanda has not used this license for any local presence or activity in Norway. With MiCA, where a licence registered in a country will be valid throughout the EU, this could change
Bitpanda has also recently launched a roadmap for Web3, as a good number of other international crypto exchanges are in the process of doing.
According to a LinkedIn post from CEO Eric Demuth earlier in January, Bitpanda wants to help Web3 and DeFi reach their full potential. “I am convinced that more and more of the world will take place on-chain — from payments and investments to smart contracts, settlements and much more,” Demuth writes.
In the post, Demuth also presents a plan for what's to come in 2025:
Bitpanda has now secured two MiCAR licenses in Europe, both in Germany and Malta. In 2023, Bitpanda was the first foreign cryptocurrency exchange to obtain a license in Norway.
It was Monday, January 27 that Bitpanda announced they had secured their first MiCAR license from the German regulatory authority BaFin. Today, Panda reports that they have also received a MiCAR license in Malta.
“With these licenses, Bitpanda underlines its leading position in Europe,” Bitpanda writes in statements on Linkedin. The company continues to lay the foundation for secure and regulated services across the continent. Clear and enforced regulations will keep investors safer and enable them to engage with their finances with confidence.
This license in Germany has immediate validity, unlike the “in-principle licenses” that other crypto platforms have been promulgated. Bitpanda already has a strong regulatory presence in Europe, with licenses in several countries such as Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Sweden and Norway. The company continues to strengthen its position as one of the most regulated brokers in Europe.
Bitpanda was founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer (see photo).
The Austrian fintech unicorn Bitpanda became in October 2023 registered with the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority as the first foreign crypto exchange licensed in Norway. To the best of Kaupr's knowledge, Bitpanda has not used this license for any local presence or activity in Norway. With MiCA, where a licence registered in a country will be valid throughout the EU, this could change
Bitpanda has also recently launched a roadmap for Web3, as a good number of other international crypto exchanges are in the process of doing.
According to a LinkedIn post from CEO Eric Demuth earlier in January, Bitpanda wants to help Web3 and DeFi reach their full potential. “I am convinced that more and more of the world will take place on-chain — from payments and investments to smart contracts, settlements and much more,” Demuth writes.
In the post, Demuth also presents a plan for what's to come in 2025: