IG Europe has partnered with Bitpanda to offer crypto trading to European investors, using the Austrian exchange’s liquidity and technology infrastructure.
IG Group, which launched spot crypto in the UK last year, is bringing the service to European investors through Bitpanda’s infrastructure. IG Europe has partnered with Bitpanda to offer crypto for European investors, using the Austrian exchange’s infrastructure for liquidity, trading connectivity and market data.
IG’s push to bring spot crypto trading to its European client base comes after launching the service in the United Kingdom in 2025. The new expansion has no confirmed timeline.
“This partnership broadens our product offering across Europe, giving experienced investors access to a wider range of asset classes with the quality and security they demand,” said Esteve Jane, managing director of IG Europe, which is regulated by BaFin in Germany. The Bitpanda deal allows IG to offer crypto services to clients across the bloc without building the infrastructure itself.
It also comes as MiCA hasfor offering crypto services, with stringent requirements around capital, governance, risk management and custody, making partnerships like this a faster route to market.331.2 million British pounds in revenue for the first quarter of the year, with spot crypto contributing just $3.2 million, less than 1% of the figure. Australian crypto exchange Independent Reserve, enabling the launch of spot crypto to IG’s clients in Australia in March.
In 2025, it also obtained its Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation license in Germany. , an Ethereum layer-2 designed to let European banks and fintechs issue and trade tokenized stocks, bonds and funds under MiCA and MiFID II compliance.for thousands of equities and exchange-traded funds as part of a move toward becoming a full-stack financial platform, and launched in the UK earlier this year. The Vienna-based exchange is eyeing a potential public listing this year.
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