IG Group taps Bitpanda to roll out crypto trading across Europe for 1.3M clients!

IG Group, one of Europe's most established retail trading platforms with 1.3 million clients globally, is expanding its cryptocurrency offering across the continent by partnering with Vienna-based Bitpanda. The deal will see IG's European division leverage Bitpanda's infrastructure — covering liquidity, trading connectivity, and market data — to give European retail investors access to digital assets.

IG introduced spot crypto trading for UK retail customers last year, with the segment contributing £2.4 million ($3.2M) of the company's £331.2 million ($445M) Q1 2026 revenue — a small but growing slice. No timeline for the European rollout has been given, but the structural intent is clear.

Bitpanda brings regulatory firepower to the partnership: the exchange holds MiCA licences in Germany and Malta in addition to its primary Austrian licence, giving it the legal runway to passport…