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REGULATION | BitPanda Fined €70000 in Austria's First Published MiCA Penalty
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Fusion42 · 17 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Austria’s Financial Market Authority fined BitPanda €70,000 for violating the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), the first published penalty under MiCA in Austria, for failure to submit required white papers and inadequate disclosures in marketing materials.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Crypto & Web3, and 6 sources have reported it.
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Enforcement under MiCA has begun in earnest and will tighten the market for crypto firms in Austria and the EU. If your company relies on MiCA compliance, you now face rising regulatory costs that threaten your business sustainability.
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