Vienna, Austria, July tenth, 2025, Chainwire
At present’s press convention marks the formal introduction of Bybit EU to Austrian and European media. With its EU headquarters now operational in Vienna and a full MiCAR license issued by Austria’s Monetary Market Authority (FMA), Bybit EU enters the European market with a transparent mission: To ship quick, safe, and intuitive crypto companies constructed on a basis of regulatory readability, transparency, and native engagement.
“Six years in the past, we began with zero customers and a daring imaginative and prescient. At present, we serve over 72 million customers worldwide, and our mission continues. With Bybit EU, we’re combining innovation with regulation, constructing a safe and user-centric crypto ecosystem proper right here within the coronary heart of Europe”, says Ben Zhou, Co-Founder and CEO of Bybit.
Bybit EU is now totally operational and controlled below the Markets in Crypto-Belongings Regulation (MiCAR), making it one of many first globally lively crypto exchanges to acquire full authorization to serve all 29 international locations throughout the European Financial Space. The license was granted earlier this yr by Austria’s Monetary Market Authority (FMA), broadly regarded for its balanced {and professional} strategy to digital finance regulation. With this license, Bybit EU turns into a regulated, passported entity outfitted to function throughout borders with authorized certainty and uniform compliance.
Vienna as a Strategic Base for European Development
The institution of Bybit EU is greater than a licensing milestone – it represents a structural dedication to constructing for the long run inside Europe’s monetary and regulatory ecosystem.
“Vienna was intentionally chosen as the placement for the corporate’s European headquarters resulting from its central geographic place, sturdy authorized and monetary infrastructure, and entry to a extremely educated, multilingual workforce. Austria’s progressive stance on innovation in finance, together with its evolving sandbox mannequin for digital belongings, has positioned it as a perfect launchpad for pan-European crypto companies”, says Mazurka Zeng, CEO & Managing Director of Bybit EU, highlighting the strategic choice to base operations in Austria.
Bybit EU can also be investing instantly within the native economic system. The corporate is at the moment increasing its operations with the purpose of hiring over 100 professionals in Vienna. In parallel, it’s actively constructing partnerships with Austrian universities and tutorial establishments so as to help analysis, schooling, and innovation in blockchain and monetary expertise. These initiatives replicate Bybit’s dedication to being not only a world platform with European customers, however a very European firm with native roots and native relevance.
In step with its community-first philosophy, Bybit can also be introducing an open-office idea in its Vienna headquarters — creating an area the place builders, builders, entrepreneurs, and companions from throughout the crypto ecosystem are welcome to attach, alternate concepts, and collaborate. The workplace is meant not solely as a office, however as a vibrant hub for dialogue, data sharing, and cross-industry innovation in a regulated atmosphere.
A Regulated Ecosystem
Bybit EU’s platform is designed to supply greater than buying and selling. It goals to create a real-world crypto ecosystem that meets the evolving wants of customers within the European Union, whereas the corporate’s infrastructure displays the best requirements of consumer safety, together with ISO/IEC 27001 certification, multi-party computation (MPC) pockets expertise, and a strict inner compliance framework aligned with MiCAR and Austrian regulatory necessities.
Finally, Bybit views MiCAR as a catalyst for accountable development. The corporate sees regulation as a aggressive benefit in an {industry} that’s more and more outlined by transparency and belief. Bybit EU’s presence in Vienna is a sign of its long-term intent to contribute to a mature, well-governed crypto ecosystem—one that’s totally built-in with European values, safeguards, and ambitions.
“MiCAR is greater than a regulatory framework — it’s a turning level for our {industry}. It brings readability, accountability, and above all, belief. At Bybit EU, we see compliance not as a burden, however as a driver of long-term worth. Our presence in Vienna displays our dedication to constructing a clear, resilient, and actually European crypto ecosystem that’s grounded in authorized certainty and aligned with the values and expectations of the European Union”, says Georg Harer, Managing Director and Head of Authorized & Compliance at Bybit EU.
From left to proper: Dmitrij Uskov (COO & Managing Director, Bybit EU), Ben Zhou (Co-Founder & CEO, Bybit), Mazurka Zeng (CEO & Managing Director, Bybit EU) & Georg Harer (Head of Authorized & Compliance & Managing Director, Bybit EU) shared the corporate’s newest developments within the press convention held at Bybit EU’s Headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
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About Bybit EU
Bybit EU GmbH is the newly established European entity, devoted to serving purchasers throughout the European Financial Space (EEA”*” besides Malta) by way of the Bybit.eu platform. Operated by Bybit EU GmbH, a licensed Crypto-Asset Service Supplier (CASP) below the Markets in Crypto-Belongings Regulation (MiCAR), Bybit EU delivers totally regulated companies, together with crypto custody, alternate, and rewards merchandise and extra, in full compliance with European laws for investor safety and market integrity.
Bybit EU GmbH is a licensed Crypto-Asset-Service Supplier below the Markets in Crypto Belongings Regulation (MiCAR), approved to supply the next companies to residents of the European Financial Space (besides Malta):
offering custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of purchasers;
alternate of crypto-assets for funds;
alternate of crypto-assets for different crypto-assets;
inserting of crypto-assets; and
offering switch companies for crypto-assets on behalf of purchasers.
Bybit EU GmbH is neither the operator of a buying and selling platform for crypto-assets nor gives funding recommendation.
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