Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-03
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 3.5 | Announced / exploring · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 4 | Developing / partnership established · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Crypto services |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-10-12 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Crypto services · Bulgaria
Fibank × Bitpanda: integrated crypto asset access in the My Fibank app
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Developing / partnership established2026-10-12
- commercial
- Announced / exploring2026-10-12
Fibank (First Investment Bank) said on 12 October 2026 it had entered a strategic partnership with Bitpanda GmbH to give its customers integrated access to Bitpanda’s crypto asset services inside the My Fibank app, describing itself as the first bank in Bulgaria to do so; services will be provided by Bitpanda, 24/7, from €1.
Scope: Bulgaria; Fibank customers via My Fibank; services by Bitpanda subject to its acceptance.
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-03
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
- BCV · named role (tracker) · crypto-asset service provider, Bitpanda Enterprise
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): European Union / EEA · Bulgaria
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-10-12 · Status
Fibank and Bitpanda sign a strategic partnership for in-app crypto access.
2026-10-12 · Status
Integrated crypto access in My Fibank announced; launch date not stated.
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