Overview
- WB-Shield Innovations GmbH, trading as WhiteBIT EU, announced it received authorization from Austria’s Financial Market Authority under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation.
- The firm says the authorization will let it offer regulated crypto-asset services across the European Economic Area, with an explicit exclusion of Malta, subject to local onboarding and passporting rules.
- WhiteBIT is preparing a regulated hub called whitebit.eu that it says will operate under MiCA and allow European retail and institutional customers to use compliant trading and custody services.
- MiCA is the EU’s harmonized rulebook for crypto firms that sets standards on governance, client safeguards, transparency, and market integrity and enables cross-border licensing within the EEA.
- The announcement is company-sourced reporting and not independently verified; WhiteBIT framed the move as part of broader growth tied to its W Group affiliation, claimed global reach, and existing commercial partnerships.