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Austria's integrated financial supervisor and its competent authority for the crypto-asset regulation, in a market where it granted the first such licence in the country. On 14 August 2026 it published the first legally final penalty decision it has issued under that regulation, a 70,000 euro fine on the firm it had licensed first.
The Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde is Austria's integrated supervisor for banks, insurers, pension companies, investment firms and securities markets, and the national competent authority for the crypto-asset regulation, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114. It publishes penalties as Bekanntmachungen and states that publishing sanctions is part of the statutory system and serves transparency towards market participants and investors. Its own note of 14 August 2026 says that the publication of a first legally final penalty decision under the regulation makes visible that the regime is no longer only a licensing and supervisory matter but has arrived in enforcement, that innovation and consistent enforcement are not a contradiction, and that a case being the first published one gives neither the firm concerned nor the breaches found any special standing. Section 22(2b) of the Financial Market Authority Act allows a proceeding to be concluded on an expedited basis, the route used against Bitpanda; reporting on the provision says it lets a firm waive an appeal with legal effect before the decision issues, so that no statement of reasons is required and the penalty becomes final at once.
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The Austrian Financial Market Authority fined Bitpanda 70,000 euros for sending a crypto-asset white paper in later than twenty working days before publication and for marketing the token before the paper was out.
The Austrian Financial Market Authority published a penalty of 70,000 euros against Bitpanda GmbH on 14 August 2026 for sending a crypto-asset white paper to it later than twenty working days before publication and for marketing failings under article 7. The proceeding was ended on an expedited basis and the decision is legally final.
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