Austria hits Bitpanda with first MiCA fine for marketing and whitepaper violations

Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) has imposed a €70,000 fine on Vienna-based crypto broker Bitpanda GmbH for breaching the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The penalty, which is now legally final, addresses multiple failures related to a 2025 token issuance, including a late whitepaper filing and improper marketing communications.The FMA disclosed the sanction on August 14, 2026, marking the first published, final penalty under the MiCA frame