Bank · Switzerland
Swissquote Bank (Switzerland)
Swissquote Bank Ltd · swissquote.com (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-12
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 | 35 | Live — commercial, within explicit scope · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 20 | Live — commercial, within explicit scope · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 0 | No verified change in the last 365 days |
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.
Custody & trading · Switzerland
Swissquote Bank (Switzerland): crypto trading and custody for private and institutional clients
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Live — commercial, within explicit scope2017-07
- commercial
- Live — commercial, within explicit scope
Swissquote has offered Bitcoin trading since July 2017 and added Ether, Litecoin, Ripple and Bitcoin Cash on 18 December 2017, traded against EUR or USD through the Swissquote trading account. Swissquote Bank Ltd today offers its Swiss clients crypto trading from its eTrading platform, eBanking portal and apps against USD and EUR, with custody fees charged quarterly, under a Digital Assets Contract for Trading Account clients. Its institutional pages offer custody for popular digital assets including stablecoins, with segregated-wallet and cold-storage setups.
Scope: Switzerland (Swissquote Bank Ltd); private and institutional.
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-12
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
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No partner or provider named in our verified sources yet.
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
- 2025-10-22Consultation · Swiss Federal CouncilSwiss Federal Council opens consultation on new licences for stablecoin issuers and crypto-institutions
Markets (from stated target markets): Switzerland
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-06-30 · Item
Swissquote Bank Europe obtains Luxembourg MiCA CASP licence
Luxembourg for Finance
2026-02-06 · Regulatory date
Swiss Financial Institutions Act amendment (stablecoins, crypto-institutions) · Swiss Federal Council
2025-10-22 · Item
Swiss Federal Council
2017-07 · Status
Bank: Bitcoin trading offered since July 2017; four more cryptocurrencies added 18 Dec 2017.
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