Germany · Crypto
BitGo Europe GmbH
BitGo Europe GmbH, formerly BitGo Deutschland GmbH, is a Frankfurt-based company wholly owned by BitGo Holdings, Inc., which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. BaFin authorises it as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA and has granted it permissions under the German Banking Act and the Payment Services Supervision Act. It offers crypto-asset custody, transfer, trading and staking services to institutions, and a crypto-as-a-service platform for banks and fintechs across the EEA. BaFin granted the MiCA authorisation in May 2025 and extended it to trading services in September 2025.
Licences and registrations
Held by BitGo Europe GmbH (LEI 391200IJ3B1IP7993O16). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
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| ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providersFederal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) | Crypto-asset service providerCrypto-Asset Service Provider | 391200IJ3B1IP7993O16 | Germany | Active | 2025-05-09 | — |
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- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% BitGo Holdings, Inc.
Firm type
Crypto custody
Trades as BitGo
- Ownership
- BitGo Holdings, Inc. (Delaware, USA), listed on the New York Stock Exchange as BTGO, owns 100% of the firm.
- Direct parent
- BitGo Holdings, Inc. ↗, United States 100%
- Head office
- Mainzer Landstraße 10, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Company register
- Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main HRB 125175
- Former name
- BitGo Deutschland GmbH
Online
- Websites & references
- bitgo.com ↗
bitgo.de ↗ domain filed with the regulator; it serves the same content as bitgo.com
developers.bitgo.com ↗ developer documentation (group)
investors.bitgo.com ↗ investor relations of parent BitGo Holdings, Inc. - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- bitgo.com/legal/impressum
- bitgo.de/entities/bitgoeuropegmbh/
- bitgo.com/en-eu/legal/
- bitgo.com/en-eu/legal/bitgo-europe-gmbh-csa/
- bitgo.com/en-eu/company/licenses/
- amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/daspcasp/bitgo-europe-gmbh
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitgo-secures-mica-license-from-bafin-to-expand-digital-asset-services-acro
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitgo-expands-european-offering-to-include-regulated-trading-services-30255
- businesswire.com/news/home/20260302308273/en/BitGo-Europe-GmbH-Launches-Crypto-as-a-Service-Across-the-EEA
- bitgo.com/resources/blog/bitgo-europe-gmbh-expands-crypto-as-a-service-across-the-eea/
- businesswire.com/news/home/20260617549314/en/BitGo-Europe-GmbH-Provides-Regulated-Path-Forward-for-Crypto-
- businesswire.com/news/home/20260618883526/en/Bielik.io-Partners-with-BitGo-Europe-GmbH-to-Support-Regulate
- investors.bitgo.com/news/news-details/2026/BitGo-Holdings-Announces-Pricing-of-Initial-Public-Offering/defaul
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
BaFin authorises the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA for custody, exchange, order execution, reception and transmission of orders and transfer services. BaFin has also granted it permissions for qualified crypto custody business under the German Banking Act (KWG) and credit transfer business under the Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG). Its partner businesses offer crypto services under the firm's MiCA authorisation.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | MiCA authorisation (Art. 59 MiCA): custody and administration, exchange of crypto-assets for funds and for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, reception and transmission of orders, transfer services | P019718018 | In its own name | Active | bitgo.com ↗ |
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Qualified crypto custody business (Qualifiziertes Kryptoverwahrgeschäft, section 1(1a) sentence 2 no. 6 KWG) | — | In its own name | Active | bitgo.com ↗ |
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Credit transfer business without granting credit (Überweisungsgeschäft ohne Kreditgewährung, section 1(1) sentence 2 no. 3(c) ZAG) | — | In its own name | Active | bitgo.com ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm's custody agreement says it keeps clients' crypto-assets apart from its own assets and from other clients' assets, with an internal ledger where a client chooses omnibus wallets. It does not say how clients' euro funds are safeguarded.
- Crypto-asset custody
- MixedThe firm holds all keys to custodial wallets. In its non-custodial hot wallets it holds one of three keys and the client holds the other two. According to BitGo, insurance covers custodial wallets up to USD 250 million, subject to terms.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- SEPA Access not stated bitgo.com ↗
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It offers custodial and self-custody (multi-key hot) wallets, staking, OTC and electronic crypto trading, NFT custody and SEPA on- and off-ramps, plus a crypto-as-a-service API that lets banks and fintechs offer crypto services to their own customers.
According to its imprint, the firm may provide its services in all EEA states under the MiCA notification procedure. The French AMF lists it as authorised to serve France under the free provision of services.
- Sells to
- Financial institutions · Enterprises · Platforms and marketplaces · Consumers
- Serves customers in 30 countries
- Germany · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Greece · Hungary · Ireland · Italy · Latvia · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Iceland · Liechtenstein · Norway
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Harald Patt Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)
- Executive
- Dirk Barth Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
The firm announced a partnership with Bielik.io, a Warsaw-based crypto trading platform, to provide custody and trading infrastructure under its MiCA authorisation.
businesswire.com ↗ -
Other
The firm launched its crypto-as-a-service offering for banks and fintechs across the EEA under its MiCA authorisation.
businesswire.com ↗ -
Other
Its parent, BitGo Holdings, Inc., priced its initial public offering at USD 18 per share and listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
investors.bitgo.com ↗ -
Licence
BaFin extended the firm's MiCA authorisation to cover crypto-asset trading services.
prnewswire.com ↗ -
Licence
BaFin granted the firm authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA.
prnewswire.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · ESMA-CASP
- 391200IJ3B1IP7993O16
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Published by the register
- Elucidate firm ID
- 25800e6444b7
Profile
- Type
- CryptoCrypto-asset service providers, virtual-asset trading platforms and stablecoin issuers. Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- Crypto-Asset Service Provider
- Activities
- Crypto-assets
- Licensed in
- Germany · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2025-05-09
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Bitgo Holdings, Inc. · United States254900UPX35JR22RH064 ↗
The Bitgo Holdings, Inc. group has 2 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: none holds a BIC.
Including BitGo Trust Company, Inc..
See the Bitgo Holdings, Inc. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Mainzer Landstraße 10, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
- Country
- Germany
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Incomplete: no town published
- The register publishes no town as a separate field. A CBPR+ postal address needs at least a town name (TwnNm) and a country (Ctry).
- CBPR+ does not accept the character ß in names and addresses. Transliterate before sending.
The LEI record in GLEIF holds a structured legal address.
CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.
The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. LEIs are matched through GLEIF, and a BIC is linked only through a shared LEI.
An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.
Register entries are not matched against the OFAC or EU sanctions lists. Where the legal entity also holds a BIC, the matches for that BIC are on its page. Always screen against the official lists.
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Register for this page
- ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers—European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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