TradFi giant IG to expand crypto trading across Europe through Bitpanda

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The London-listed institution is broadening its integer plus offering aft introducing spot crypto trading for U.K. retail customers past year.

May 21, 2026, 8:58 a.m. 1 min read

Trading elephantine IG (IGG), which started offering cryptocurrency trading successful the U.K. a twelvemonth ago, said it plans to grow the work crossed Europe, without giving a clip scale.

The European part of the London-listed concern level volition usage crypto speech Bitpanda's infrastructure — including liquidity, trading connectivity and marketplace information — to supply integer plus entree to European investors, according to an emailed connection connected Thursday.

The institution reported gross of 331.2 cardinal pounds ($445 million) for the archetypal 4th of 2026 this week, of which spot crypto contributed 2.4 cardinal pounds ($3.2 million).

IG, which introduced dispersed betting to the U.K. successful the aboriginal 1970s, is 1 of Europe’s best-known retail trading platforms, offering clients entree to equities, overseas exchange, commodities and derivatives markets. It has 1.3 cardinal clients globally.

Bitpanda is chiefly licensed successful Austria, with office successful Vienna. The speech besides holds licenses nether the European Union's Markets successful Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regularisation successful Germany and Malta, allowing it to connection crypto services crossed the bloc.

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