Exchanges barred from listing
Austria
EU trading platforms may not list privacy coins whose holders cannot be identified, and from 10 July 2027 crypto firms may not offer accounts using them.
The rule
- Exchange listing
- Barred
- Holding by individuals
- Allowed
- Mixers
- Unknown
- Self-hosted wallets
- Ownership proof above EUR 1,000
- In force from
- 30 Dec 2024
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Dates: the rule has been in force since 30 Dec 2024 and the rule on self-hosted wallets since 30 Dec 2024.
Austria is an EU member state and follows the EU-wide rules on the European Union page, which gives the detail. Its national rules were not reviewed separately.
Article 76(3) of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, applicable since 30 December 2024, requires the operating rules of a trading platform to prevent the admission to trading of crypto-assets with an inbuilt anonymisation function unless the platform operator can identify their holders and transaction history; the provision binds trading platform operators only, and under Article 143(3) firms serving clients under older national regimes could continue only until 1 July 2026 at the latest. From 10 July 2027, Article 79(1) of the AML Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 reaches all crypto-asset service providers, not only trading platforms: it prohibits them, along with credit and financial institutions, from keeping anonymous crypto-asset accounts or any account allowing the anonymisation or increased obfuscation of transactions, including through anonymity-enhancing coins, which the Regulation defines as crypto-assets with built-in features designed to make crypto-asset transfer information anonymous, either systematically or optionally. Neither instrument bars individuals from holding privacy coins in their own wallets, and recital 160 of the AML Regulation says the prohibition does not apply to providers of hardware, software or self-hosted wallets that have no access to or control over those wallets. The Transfer of Funds Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 has applied the travel rule to crypto-asset transfers since 30 December 2024 and, in recital 17, describes transfers involving privacy wallets, mixers or tumblers as carrying specific high-risk factors. As exchange behaviour rather than law, Kraken halted Monero trading and deposits for EEA clients on 31 October 2024, saying regulatory changes left it no choice.
Instruments: Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA), Article 76(3); Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (AML Regulation), Article 79(1) from 10 July 2027
Sources
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA)
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets
- Support for Monero (XMR) in Europe
Self-hosted wallets
Austria takes the EU-wide rule, set out on the European Union page.
Ownership proof above EUR 1,000 since 30 Dec 2024
Since 30 December 2024, EU crypto-asset service providers must collect originator and beneficiary information from their customer for every transfer to or from a self-hosted address and, above EUR 1,000, assess whether the address is owned or controlled by that customer.
Articles 14(5) and 16(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 require the originator's or beneficiary's provider to obtain and hold the information for any self-hosted transfer and, for amounts above EUR 1,000, to take adequate measures to assess whether the address is owned or controlled by its customer; Article 19a of Directive (EU) 2015/849, inserted by the same Regulation, adds risk-based mitigating measures such as identity verification, information on the origin and destination of the assets and enhanced monitoring. The EBA Travel Rule Guidelines (EBA/GL/2024/11 of 4 July 2024, applicable from 30 December 2024) list the accepted verification methods: unattended or attended remote verification, sending a predefined amount set by the firm from and to the address (a micro-transfer or Satoshi test), digitally signing a specific message with the key for the address, or other suitable technical means (paragraph 83). Firms should combine methods where one is not reliable enough and may whitelist an address once satisfied, removing it if its risk or ownership changes (paragraphs 85 and 86), while below EUR 1,000 the guidelines require only that the information be collected from the customer (paragraph 80), alongside the general risk-based measures. Article 37 of the Regulation requires the Commission to report on the risks of self-hosted transfers by 1 July 2026 and, in a report due by 30 June 2027, to assess further measures, which may include obligations on wallet providers or limits on self-hosted transfers; the 2026 report was not found in this check.
Privacy coins and wallets: Recital 17 of the Transfer of Funds Regulation says transfers involving privacy wallets, mixers or tumblers carry specific high-risk factors, and the EBA travel rule guidelines require firms to include anonymity-enhancing techniques such as mixers, tumblers and stealth addresses among the risk factors they use to decide which transfers to monitor (paragraph 47(j)(ii)).
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets
- Guidelines on information requirements in relation to transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets transfers under Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 (Travel Rule Guidelines), EBA/GL/2024/11
- EBA issues 'travel rule' guidance to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing in transfers of funds and crypto assets
Exchanges and their restrictions
The 14 exchanges on this site, with the 32 spot markets they list for the seven coins, as checked on 13 Oct 2026. The exchange data records where each listing is restricted as text, so this page quotes each passage that names Austria, the EEA or the EU, and marks the cells it comes from. An exchange with no such passage has no restriction for Austria on record here, which does not mean that it is licensed there or open to its residents. A listing is not an endorsement.
Swipe the table sideways to see all seven coins.
| Exchange | ZECZcashSpot on 11, perp only on 1 | XMRMoneroSpot on 6, perp only on 3 | DCRDecredSpot on 6 | ZANOZanoSpot on 1 | ARRRPirate ChainSpot on 2 | XVGVergeSpot on 4, perp only on 3 | FIROFiroSpot on 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binance | Restricted +perpApr 2025Shielded in: noShielded out: no | DelistedFeb 2024Perp only | RestrictedApr 2025 | Never listed | Never listed | Listed +perpWithdrawals frozen | DelistedApr 2025 |
| Coinbase | Listed +perpNov 2018Shielded in: yesShielded out: no | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed |
| Kraken | Restricted +perpJun 2026Shielded in: unknownShielded out: no | Restricted +perpJun 2026Named in a note | RestrictedMay 2026Named in a note | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed |
| OKX | Listed +perpNov 2025Shielded in: unknownShielded out: unknown | DelistedJan 2024 | DelistedJul 2024 | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed |
| Bybit | DelistedFeb 2025Perp only | Never listedPerp only | DelistedNov 2024 | Never listed | Never listed | Never listedPerp only | Never listed |
| Bitget | Listed +perpDec 2025Shielded in: unknownShielded out: unknown | Never listedPerp only | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listedPerp only | Never listed |
| KuCoin | Listed +perpJul 2019Shielded in: unknownShielded out: no | Listed +perpMar 2019 | ListedSep 2018 | Never listed | DelistedSep 2023 | Never listedPerp only | Never listed |
| Gate | Listed +perpShielded in: unknownShielded out: unknown | Restricted +perp | Listed | Never listed | ListedWithdrawals frozen | Restricted | Restricted |
| HTX | Listed +perpDec 2022Shielded in: noShielded out: no | Listed +perpDec 2022 | ListedDec 2022 | Never listed | Never listed | ListedDec 2022 | DelistedSep 2025 |
| MEXC | Listed +perpShielded in: unknownShielded out: unknown | Listed +perp | Listed | ListedDec 2023 | ListedJan 2024 | Listed +perp | Listed |
| Gemini | RestrictedMay 2018Shielded in: yesShielded out: yes | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed |
| Bitfinex | Listed +perpOct 2016Withdrawals frozenShielded in: unknownShielded out: unknown | ListedNov 2016 | DelistedMar 2022 | Never listed | Never listed | DelistedDec 2024 | Never listed |
| Crypto.com | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed | Never listed |
| Upbit | DelistedSep 2019 | DelistedSep 2019 | DelistedDec 2020 | Never listed | Never listed | DelistedMay 2020 | DelistedMay 2020 |
Passages that name Austria
- XMR Restricted Not offered to clients in the UK (since November 2021, per press reports), Ireland and Belgium (since 10 May 2024), the rest of the EEA (since 31 October 2024), Canada (since 2 September 2025), India (since 10 April 2026), the UAE (since 16 June 2026) or Australia The Ireland, Belgium, EEA, Canada, India and UAE restrictions are on Kraken's own notices, and Kraken's licensing page, last updated on 30 September 2026, lists XMR among the assets that clients in the UK and the EEA cannot deposit or trade and that clients in Canada and Australia cannot deposit, hold or trade.
- DCR Restricted Not offered to clients in the EEA or Canada (on Kraken's licensing page, which gives no start date) Kraken's licensing page, last updated on 30 September 2026, lists DCR among the assets that EEA clients cannot deposit or trade and that Canadian clients cannot deposit, hold or trade.
- All coins: Global platform at www.okx.com; regional entities (OKX Europe for the EEA, OKX US) are noted only where an OKX notice names them
- All coins: Bybit EU and other regional entities are separate and not covered
- All coins: Global spot platform operated by Bitget Limited (Seychelles); regional entities such as Bitget EU and futures markets are separate and not covered
- All coins: KuCoin EU (Austria), which the FMA said on 18 May 2026 may not yet commence business operations, and other regional entities are separate and not covered
- All coins: US-headquartered platform; it ceased operations in the UK, EEA and Australia on 6 Apr 2026, leaving existing accounts there withdrawal-only
Self-hosted wallets for the seven coins
The nine wallets on the Wallets page that hold at least one of the seven coins, with the coins and platforms each supports. The wallet data does not record where each wallet is offered, so this list is the same on every country page, and Austria's own rules, set out above, apply to their use. A listing is not an endorsement.