The Vienna-based crypto platform is weighing a potential 2026 listing in Germany as more digital asset companies position for public markets. Austria-based Crypto trading platform Bitpanda is moving forward with plans for a public listing in Frankfurt, targeting a debut in the first half of 2026 with a valuation of 4 billion euros ($4.7 billion) to 5 billion euros. The IPO could take place as early as the first quarter, with the company working alongside Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the offering. No final decisions have been made and the listing timeline may change. Founded in 2014, Bitpanda is a European fintech and crypto trading platform offering digital-asset services and investment products to more than 7 million users in the region, according to the company. Read more
Bitpanda enters the UK with 600+ crypto assets, an Arsenal FC partnership and B2B white-label services, but faces stiff competition in a market stalled by slow regulation. Austria-based crypto platform Bitpanda has entered the United Kingdom, aiming to make the country one of its top three markets within the next two years. The expansion includes its retail investment app along with its corporate arm, Bitpanda Technology Solutions, which allows banks and fintech companies to offer crypto trading through white-label services. The company says its app provides access to more than 600 crypto assets for British investors. Bitpanda Co-CEO Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad told Cointelegraph the company plans to “rapidly grow our direct retail presence” while working with UK financial institutions to launch crypto offerings using its infrastructure. In pursuing that goal, Bitpanda will face established rivals including Binance UK, Coinbase, Kraken, Crypto.com and Gemini, which already hold strong market share among UK reta...
Bitpanda’s public affairs lead, Benedikt Faupel, told Cointelegraph that while MiCA brings long-awaited regulatory clarity, harmonization is still lacking. Benedikt Faupel, head of public affairs at Austrian crypto exchange Bitpanda, said Europe’s flagship crypto regulation still allows uneven implementation across the bloc. Faupel told Cointelegraph on the sidelines of the German Blockchain Week that, as far as he knows, Bitpanda is the only player with three Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) licenses. The exchange was founded in Austria in 2014 and has since established additional offices in Berlin, Bucharest, London and elsewhere. Faupel said that MiCA provides the European Union with long-awaited regulatory clarity and harmonization. Before MiCA, he said, the European crypto landscape was fragmented into multiple separate licensing regimes, with Bitpanda previously holding 17 licenses. “With MiCA, you just make it way easier,” he said. Read more