Austria fines Bitpanda in first published MiCA penalty
August 17, 2026
The EUR 70,000 fine is procedural, but publishing it gives every licensed crypto firm in Europe its first MiCA enforcement reference point.
The EUR 70,000 fine is procedural, but publishing it gives every licensed crypto firm in Europe its first MiCA enforcement reference point.
Bitpanda launched Vision Chain, an Ethereum L2 on Optimism for EU banks to issue tokenized assets under MiCA and MiFID II, ahead of its Frankfurt IPO.