TradFi Giant IG Expands Crypto Trading Across Europe Through Bitpanda

IG Group is a London-listed FTSE 100 financial trading platform with about 1.3 million clients worldwide. It launched retail spot cryptocurrency trading in the UK in 2025. Its BaFin-regulated IG Europe unit’s latest move shows how traditional brokers are using the MiCA framework to expand in the EU digital asset market.

IG Europe said on May 21, 2026, that it would use Austrian company Bitpanda’s liquidity, trading connectivity and market data infrastructure to extend its services across Europe, though it did not announce a launch date. IG generated £331.2 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2026, with spot cryptocurrency contributing £2.4 million, or less than 1%.