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Bitget

CEXbitget.com

Is Bitget MiCA-licensed?

Not yet: Application pending, no current licence

Pending

Status definitions

Licensed
Current MiCA register entry (Article 63 authorisation or an eligible Article 60 route).
Pending
Application filed or publicly committed. No current register entry yet.
Restricted
No current entry, and the firm is restricting or withdrawing services for EEA users.
Not licensed
No current MiCA authorisation, including firms whose transitional period ended.
Out of scope
Protocol model that may fall under MiCA Recital 22. Scope is fact-specific.
Unclear
We could not match a current register entry from public sources.
Application filed or publicly committed. No current register entry yet.

Checked 14 Oct 2026 against the ESMA register (snapshot 6 Oct 2026)

Bitget register record

Supervising or reporting authority
Application authority not verified
Entity jurisdiction or country context
Application country not verified
EEA MiCA authorisation
Application pending with no current register entry
Authorised
No current entry date
MiCA register route
No route granted while the application is pending
MiCA services
Not recorded in the current register
EEA passporting
Not available before a current entry
Exchange type
CEX
Last verified
Against the ESMA snapshot of 6 Oct 2026

Bitget MiCA status in detail

Bitget has an application in progress. It has no current MiCA CASP entry. Bitget’s EU entity applied to Austria’s FMA for a MiCA licence, and Bitget confirmed the application on 17 June 2026. As of 12 October 2026, Bitget’s own update still described the application as subject to the FMA’s assessment, and no Bitget entity appeared in the ESMA CASP snapshot dated 6 October 2026.

Practical effect: CASP-specific MiCA protections are not established for this service until an authorisation is granted. Other permissions can apply to a separate entity. Verify the contracting entity.

If you hold funds on Bitget

  1. Read Bitget’s latest notice for your country. It sets any account restrictions and withdrawal deadlines.
  2. Move assets to a wallet you control or to a MiCA-licensed exchange. Send a small test transfer first and check the network.
  3. Keep statements, transaction IDs and the date of each withdrawal.
  4. If a withdrawal fails, write to support and report the firm to your national regulator. The MiCA warning list shows whether a regulator has already flagged it. Read when an exchange can freeze your funds.

See the tracked MiCA-licensed exchanges, or read what changed on 1 July 2026.

Bitget’s MiCA application in Austria

Bitget EU applied to Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) for a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider. Bitget chief executive Gracy Chen confirmed the filing on 17 June 2026. Oliver Stauber, who previously worked at KuCoin EU and Bitpanda, leads Bitget EU from Vienna.

Bitget’s own notice on the MiCAR process says the application is subject to the FMA’s assessment. It also says Bitget EU will serve EU clients only once it holds the authorisation. No Bitget entity appeared in the ESMA CASP snapshot dated 6 October 2026, and we found no FMA decision on Bitget. A pending application gives no right to provide crypto-asset services in the EU.

Bitget’s earlier EU registrations and its exit from France

Before MiCA, Bitget relied on national anti-money laundering registrations. It announced a Polish VASP registration in May 2023, after an earlier registration in Lithuania. In February 2025 it announced a VASP registration with Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency. Under MiCA, such national registrations stopped giving any right to operate when the transitional period ended.

The French AMF put Bitget on its crypto-asset blacklist on 7 November 2023 and repeated the warning on 3 April 2024. On 16 January 2026 Bitget stopped new sign-ups for residents of France and Germany. It ended all services for French residents on 31 March 2026, including spot, derivatives, copy trading and Earn. The AMF removed bitget.com from the blacklist on 9 July 2026.

Can EU residents still use Bitget?

At the 1 July 2026 backstop, a test sign-up from a German IP address showed a restricted IP message, according to a report published on 2 July 2026. Bitget has not published a full list of the EU states where existing users can still trade. Until the FMA grants an authorisation and ESMA lists the entity, Bitget has no MiCA permission to serve clients in any EU state.

Exchanges with a current MiCA licence

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What changed, and when

  1. Status checked: Pending

    Re-verified against the ESMA register and the cited sources.

Common questions

When will Bitget get its MiCA licence?

its national regulator decides the application and has not published a fixed completion date. Bitget becomes an authorised CASP only after a granted licence appears in the ESMA register.

Is Bitget regulated in the EU right now?

Bitget is not currently an authorised CASP. A pending application does not grant CASP authorisation. Do not assume that MiCA's CASP-specific conduct, safeguarding or complaints rules apply to the service. Another entity or product may have separate permissions, which you must check independently.

Is there a MiCA-licensed alternative to Bitget?

Yes. 52 of the exchanges we track have current MiCA register entries. The licensed list shows each mapped entity, regulator and entry date.

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