Bitpanda GmbH
Vienna, Austria
Austria's Financial Market Authority (FMA) fined Bitpanda GmbH €70,000 for three breaches of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. The FMA published the decision on Aug 14, 2026, making it the regulator's first public MiCA penalty. Bitpanda failed to notify the FMA of a crypto-asset whitepaper at least 20 business days before publication.
The company also circulated a marketing communication before the associated whitepaper had been published. That same marketing piece omitted required disclosures, including a disclaimer that no authority had reviewed or approved the content, a responsibility statement from the offeror, and contact details. The FMA combined all three violations into a single enforcement decision.
Bitpanda, founded in Vienna in 2014, holds MiCA authorisation for custody, trading, and order execution of crypto-assets.
- First published MiCA enforcement action signals that European regulators are actively enforcing the new crypto-asset framework
- Embedded-finance and BaaS platforms offering crypto services should review MiCA white paper submission timelines and marketing disclosure requirements
- Even relatively small fines establish regulatory precedent that could lead to larger penalties for repeat or more serious violations
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