Overview
- IG confirmed on Thursday that its European arm will rely on Bitpanda for liquidity, trading connections and market data to roll out crypto trading across the bloc.
- Bitpanda will supply the exchange infrastructure and use its MiCA licences in Germany and Malta to passport services to EU markets.
- IG did not set a timetable for the wider European launch, saying only that the partnership establishes the technical and regulatory plumbing needed for expansion.
- Crypto remains a small part of IG’s business today: the group reported £331.2 million in revenue for Q1 2026 with spot crypto contributing £2.4 million.
- The move follows IG’s prior steps to build crypto scale, such as its planned stake in Independent Reserve, and shows a broader trend of brokers using licensed infrastructure and deals to enter regulated crypto markets.