IG Europe partners with Bitpanda for EU spot crypto
IG Europe will use Bitpanda’s infrastructure to offer spot crypto trading across the EU; no public rollout date was provided.
IG Europe has struck a partnership with Vienna-based Bitpanda to offer spot crypto trading across the European Union. Bitpanda will supply infrastructure for liquidity, trading connectivity and market data while IG retains client-facing distribution and oversight. The companies have not given a launch date for the European rollout.
IG Europe is regulated by BaFin in Germany. The arrangement allows IG to provide crypto services across the bloc without building its own trading and custody systems. IG launched spot crypto in the United Kingdom in 2025.
Regulatory changes under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, known as MiCA, set stricter requirements on capital, governance, risk management and custody for firms operating in the EU. IG noted that using an established exchange provides a faster route to market than building in-house infrastructure.
IG Group, a London-listed FTSE 100 trading platform with about 1.3 million clients worldwide, reported £331.2 million in revenue for the first quarter. Spot crypto generated roughly $3.2 million, less than 1% of group revenue. The company acquired Australian crypto exchange Independent Reserve and launched spot crypto to clients in Australia in March, and obtained a MiCA license in Germany in 2025. In October, IG sold the futures exchange Small Exchange to Kraken under a separate collaboration.
Bitpanda is developing Vision Chain, an Ethereum layer-2 designed to let European banks and fintechs issue and trade tokenized stocks, bonds and funds in compliance with MiCA and MiFID II. The Vienna-based firm has added thousands of equities and exchange-traded funds as it expands beyond crypto and launched operations in the UK earlier this year. The company is reportedly considering a public listing.
“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,” Esteve Jane, managing director of IG Europe, commented.
The agreement lets IG scale crypto services across the EU while relying on an existing exchange for technical and market support. The companies have not provided a specific launch date for the European rollout.
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