WhiteBIT wins Austrian MiCA license, gains EEA access

WB-Shield Innovations GmbH, a Vienna-based company operating as WhiteBIT EU, received a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license from Austria’s Financial Market Authority on June 19, 2026. The authorization allows the firm to offer regulated crypto-asset services across the European Economic Area.

WhiteBIT plans to launch whitebit.eu as a platform for EEA users that will operate under the MiCA framework. The company opened a registration form on its main website for users to express interest and receive rollout updates.

The MiCA authorization permits WhiteBIT EU to provide services to eligible retail and institutional clients across EEA member states, subject to passporting and national onboarding rules. Austria’s FMA carried out a substantive regulatory review before issuing the license. MiCA sets requirements on governance, transparency, client protection and market integrity and gives regulators clearer supervisory powers over crypto firms.

WhiteBIT was founded in 2018 and is part of W Group, which reports serving more than 35 million customers globally. The exchange has commercial partnerships with Visa, esports platform FACEIT, football clubs Barcelona and Juventus, and the Ukrainian national team.

Volodymyr Nosov, founder and president of W Group, commented: “WhiteBIT was originally founded as a European exchange, and Europe remains at the core of our long-term vision. With MiCA setting a global benchmark for digital asset regulation, this authorization reinforces our commitment to building a transparent, secure, and compliant crypto ecosystem for users across the region.”