Bitpanda has pursued a coordinated global strategy built on regulatory approvals, institutional-grade infrastructure and a native Web3 stack to accelerate the institutionalisation of digital assets.
Bitpanda has framed compliance as a growth lever rather than a constraint. The MiCAR licence granted in January 2025 allows the company to operate across all 27 EU member states under a single regulatory framework, simplifying product rollouts and lowering overhead for pan‑European services.
The VASP licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority in March 2025 opened a formal route into MENA, while approval from the UK regulator strengthened access to a major institutional hub.
Beyond licences, the platform aligns with PSD2, e‑money rules and GDPR and implements robust KYC/AML controls and transaction monitoring. The analysis described Bitpanda’s approach as a ‘regulatory-first’ strategy that aims to build institutional trust and reduce jurisdictional arbitrage.
The firm pairs those approvals with Bitpanda Technology Solutions (BTS) and the Vision Web3 suite to offer regulated custody, trading and tokenisation services that aim to bridge TradFi and DeFi.
BTS acts as Bitpanda’s commercial backbone: a modular, microservices-based stack that supports trading, custody and tokenisation and that the company positions as a white‑label route for banks and asset managers. The platform reportedly supports a broad asset range—over 600 cryptocurrencies plus stocks, ETFs and precious metals—while prioritising security standards such as ISO 27001:2022, multi-signature cold storage and mandatory two‑factor authentication.
Institutional-grade infrastructure and global partnerships
Strategic integrations have targeted regional scale: BTS has announced partnerships in LATAM (Banco BS2) and is expanding into APAC. A reported partnership with Deutsche Bank for custody accounts is noted for 2026 and, if completed, would tie Bitpanda infrastructure directly into a major European bank’s product stack.
Bitpanda unveiled the Vision Protocol in September 2025 as the interoperability layer of its Web3 gateway, aiming to simplify cross‑network swaps and DeFi access under a regulated envelope. The native VSN token is positioned for staking, fee discounts and governance; listings on exchanges in late 2025 increased liquidity and on‑ramp access for users and institutions.
Product moves to improve retail and institutional UX include the ‘Engage’ features in the Bitpanda DeFi Wallet—XP, missions and rewards designed to lower the onboarding friction for complex DeFi interactions. Looking ahead, Bitpanda plans to launch Vision Chain in 2026, a Layer‑2 intended to host regulated tokenised assets and to provide a compliance-ready environment for real‑world asset issuance.
Investors and counterparties are now turning their attention to the Vision Chain launch in 2026, which will serve as the ultimate test of Bitpanda’s thesis: whether regulatory clarity plus institutional infrastructure can unlock meaningful tokenisation and TradFi‑DeFi convergence.
