Bitpanda
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Licensing: Genuine licence held (the EU/EEA (MiCA) and UAE)
Audit & reserves: Not yet researched
Bitpanda holds a genuine crypto-specific licence covering the EU/EEA (MiCA) and UAE. It first appears in our register on 2021-10-04 and is currently tracked across 32 jurisdictions through 7 legal entities. It also holds an AML-only registration (not a licence) in UK.
Countries covered (32)
- 🇦🇹Austria
- 🇧🇪Belgium
- 🇧🇬Bulgaria
- 🇭🇷Croatia
- 🇨🇾Cyprus
- 🇨🇿Czechia
- 🇩🇰Denmark
- 🇪🇪Estonia
- 🇫🇮Finland
- 🇫🇷France
- 🇩🇪Germany
- 🇬🇷Greece
- 🇭🇺Hungary
- 🇮🇸Iceland
- 🇮🇪Ireland
- 🇮🇹Italy
- 🇱🇻Latvia
- 🇱🇮Liechtenstein
- 🇱🇹Lithuania
- 🇱🇺Luxembourg
- 🇲🇹Malta
- 🇳🇱Netherlands
- 🇳🇴Norway
- 🇵🇱Poland
- 🇵🇹Portugal
- 🇷🇴Romania
- 🇸🇰Slovakia
- 🇸🇮Slovenia
- 🇪🇸Spain
- 🇸🇪Sweden
- 🇦🇪UAE (Dubai & Abu Dhabi)
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom
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BITPANDA BROKER UK LTD
- Jurisdiction
- UK
- Regime
- UK MLR registration
- Status
- Registered
- Reference
- 925234
- Since
- 2021-10-11
Bitpanda Custody Ltd
- Jurisdiction
- UK
- Regime
- UK MLR registration
- Status
- Registered
- Reference
- 928556
- Since
- 2021-10-04
Bitpanda Custody MENA FZCO
- Jurisdiction
- UAE
- Regime
- Dubai VARA VASP licence
- Status
- Licensed
- Reference
- VL/25/04/006
- Since
- 2025-04-25
- Activities
- Custody Services [including custodial staking]
Bitpanda Broker MENA FZCO
- Jurisdiction
- UAE
- Regime
- Dubai VARA VASP licence
- Status
- Licensed
- Reference
- VL/25/03/001
- Since
- 2025-03-19
- Activities
- Broker-Dealer Services
What others report
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- App Store 26,060 reviews View on App Store ↗ Retrieved 2026-09-02
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Is Bitpanda the best crypto exchange for you?
There's no such thing as the best crypto exchange in absolute terms — only the best fit for a given person's situation. The right choice for a business that needs a clean, auditable compliance trail is rarely the right choice for an individual just holding a small amount long-term, and both are different again from someone trading derivatives professionally. We don't recommend Bitpanda, or anyone else — we give you what's independently verifiable so you can make that call yourself.
Here's what we've actually verified about Bitpanda, specifically:
- Holds a genuine crypto-specific licence in the EU/EEA (MiCA) and UAE, plus AML-only registration in UK.
- Tracked across 32 jurisdictions through 7 legal entities, appearing in our register since 2021-10-04.
- We haven't yet researched Bitpanda's audit or proof-of-reserves history — that's an unresearched gap, not a red flag.
- Third-party ratings we track: 4.71/5 on App Store (26,060 reviews) — not verified by us, see What others report below.
None of this tells you whether Bitpanda is right for you — that depends on what you're trying to do, which jurisdiction you're in, your own risk tolerance, and practical details this register doesn't track (fees, product range, day-to-day UX). What it does give you is what's actually checkable, so you're deciding from facts rather than the exchange's own marketing.
Sources: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), retrieved 2026-08-31 — original file · UK FCA Register, retrieved 2026-09-01 — original file · Dubai VARA Public Register, retrieved 2026-09-03 — original file .