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WhiteBIT EU holds a MiCA license as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Austria.
- Legal name
- WB-Shields Innovations GmbH
- Home country
- Austria
- Regulator
- Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA)
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- June 18, 2026
- Other EEA countries notified
- 28
- Website
- whitebit.eu
- LEI
- 254900ERDZ4CZ5IF7P56
- Register entry last changed
- June 18, 2026
- Checked on
WB-Shields Innovations GmbH, which trades as WhiteBIT EU, is listed in ESMA’s interim MiCA register as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized in Austria by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), with an authorization date of June 18, 2026.
Under MiCA it may provide custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients, exchange of crypto-assets for funds, exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets and transfer services for clients. It has notified the register that it intends to offer these services in 28 other EEA countries under the MiCA passport.
ESMA publishes the interim MiCA register weekly. This entry reflects the version updated on September 24, 2026; the firm’s own record was last changed on June 18, 2026.
- MiCA services
- Custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients
Exchange of crypto-assets for funds
Exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets
Placing of crypto-assets
Transfer services for clients - Custody
- Yes
- Crypto-to-fiat exchange
- Yes
- Crypto-to-crypto exchange
- Yes
- Transfer services
- Yes
- Countries notified for cross-border services
- Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Sources
Page URL ESMA interim MiCA register: crypto-asset service providers (CASPS.csv) https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2024-12/CASPS.csv ESMA: Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica
Questions
Does WhiteBIT EU have a MiCA license?
Yes. ESMA’s interim MiCA register lists WB-Shields Innovations GmbH as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Austria since June 18, 2026.
Which crypto services can WhiteBIT EU provide under MiCA?
Its authorization covers custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients, exchange of crypto-assets for funds, exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets and transfer services for clients.
Can WhiteBIT EU serve clients in other EU countries?
It has notified the register that it intends to offer its services in 28 other EEA countries under the MiCA passport.
Who supervises WhiteBIT EU under MiCA?
The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), its home regulator in Austria. Its LEI is 254900ERDZ4CZ5IF7P56.
Source: the European Securities and Markets Authority’s interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers (CASPS.csv), which ESMA updates weekly. Each firm’s page shows the date its entry was checked.
