Is Bybit MiCA-licensed?
Status checked on 2 August 2026 against the official ESMA register
Yes, Bybit has a current MiCA register entry supervised by FMA Austria in Austria, dated May 2025. The facts table states the legal route when verified. Austria’s FMA authorised Bybit EU in May 2025 for spot trading, custody and exchange. Bybit does not offer its high-leverage perpetual futures to EEA retail customers under MiCA. High-leverage perpetual futures need a separate MiFID II licence.
Practical effect: The named EEA entity is supervised for the services in its current MiCA register entry. Conduct and disclosure rules apply. Safeguarding and custody liability depend on the service and the entity that holds the assets or funds. You can escalate complaints to FMA Austria.
Read what a CASP licence covers, or compare tracked licensed exchanges on register facts.
At a glance
- Supervising or reporting authority
- FMA Austria
- Registered EEA entity
- Bybit EU GmbH
- Home state in register
- Austria
- MiCA register route
- Current entry with no separate route classification
- Register entry date
- May 2025
- EEA passporting
- Eligible under Article 65. Notified host states not verified
- Exchange type
- CEX
- MiCA services
- 5/10
MiCA service scope in the register · 5 of 10
The MiCA register records specific crypto-asset services. Bybit's recorded scope includes:
- Custody
- Exchange crypto/fiat
- Exchange crypto/crypto
- Placing
- Transfer services
Common questions
Who regulates Bybit in the EU?
Bybit has a current MiCA register entry with no separate legal-route classification in our curated entry in Austria, dated May 2025. FMA Austria supervises the entry. The registered entity is Bybit EU GmbH. The ESMA register is the source of truth for the current entity and service scope.
Can Bybit serve customers across the whole EEA?
Bybit is eligible to use MiCA's host-state notification route for the services in its home entry. We have not verified which host states or services were notified, so the home entry is not evidence of live coverage in every EEA country.
Does MiCA protect my funds on Bybit?
MiCA applies conduct and disclosure rules to the registered EEA entity for the recorded service. Safeguarding duties depend on which service and entity hold client crypto-assets or funds. Article 75 covers custody liability for attributable loss and caps that liability. MiCA does not provide a deposit guarantee, and crypto-assets can lose value.
How do I verify Bybit's licence myself?
Search the official ESMA CASP register for Bybit EU GmbH. National regulators update the records each week. Use the official register as the authoritative source.
