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Bitget Limited

ExchangeSeychelles Founded 2018bitget.com
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Last reviewed
27 Aug 2026
2026-08-27

Compliance snapshot

  • MiCA CASP application filed with Austria's FMA (Bitget EU, Vienna) — under assessment
  • Legacy Lithuanian VASP registration lapsed with the MiCA transition on 2026-01-01
  • Offshore parent in Seychelles; no tier-one prudential authorization
  • Copy-trading and derivatives products drive most volume
Overall concern
High concern

Large derivatives-led venue with thin licensing: an offshore base, a small number of national registrations and a MiCA application still pending assessment.

Licenses & registrations

  • LithuaniaRevoked
    Legacy VASP registration (lapsed with the MiCA transition, ended 2026-01-01)
    Bank of LithuaniaLB
    LT-VASP-2025-01412025-04-22
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  • SeychellesRegistered
    Securities dealer / VASP registration
    Financial Services Authority SeychellesFSCA
    SD-SC-2023-1182023-02-08
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  • United StatesRegistered
    MSB registration
    Financial Crimes Enforcement NetworkFinCEN
    31000-2210-99312022-11-03
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  • AustriaPending
    MiCA CASP application
    FinanzmarktaufsichtFMA
    FMA — Bitget EU (Vienna), application filed 2026-06-172026-06-17
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Recent press

  • 2026-08-04
    Bitget to exit Japan by year-end after repeated FSA warningsNegative

    Tokenist — Bitget announced a full withdrawal from Japan (registrations halted in August, positions closed by year-end) after three FSA warnings and new criminal penalties for unregistered operations.

  • 2026-06-25
    Bitget files for MiCA authorization in LithuaniaNeutral

    CoinDesk — The venue said an EU entity would take over European customers once authorized.

  • 2026-04-02
    Copy-trading products draw supervisory questionsNegative

    Reuters — European supervisors asked several venues to explain retail suitability controls.

  • 2026-01-16
    Exchange expands protection fund disclosurePositive

    Bloomberg — Monthly attestations of the reserve fund were published for the first time.

  • 2025-09-30
    Offshore venues face bank de-riskingNegative

    Financial Times — Correspondent banks continued to restrict flows to Seychelles-domiciled operators.

  • 2025-06-11
    Bitget adds proof-of-reserves attestationsPositive

    CoinDesk — Merkle-tree reporting was extended to additional assets.

Incidents & enforcement

  1. 2025-05-20Enforcement

    Two national regulators issued public warnings about unauthorized promotion of derivatives to retail clients.

  2. 2024-10-08Outage

    Order entry degraded for about 90 minutes during a volatility spike.

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Profile last reviewed 27 Aug 2026 (2026-08-27)