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bitcoin.de: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

bitcoin.de is a German online marketplace on which users buy and sell bitcoin from one another. The platform is operated by futurum bank AG, a German bank with its registered seat in Frankfurt am Main, which belongs to Bitcoin Group SE. Bitcoin Deutschland AG, which previously operated the platform, was merged into futurum bank AG. The service is offered as an online platform.

On 6 October 2026 BaFin refused futurum bank's application for a crypto-asset service authorisation under the EU's MiCAR regulation, and the company says it is preparing an alternative operating model with regulated partners to resume trading. futurum bank AG is subject to German and EU supervision and law. According to the information available, the parent, Bitcoin Group SE, has no single shareholder that controls it. Users should read the privacy statement before using the service.

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Sovereignty score

71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
Key management with a European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Fintech & Neobanks
Type	Product
Website	bitcoin.de ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to bitcoin.de

The European alternatives to bitcoin.de come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with bitcoin.de

bitcoin.de is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so bitcoin.de scores best on data residency.

bitcoin.de is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs bitcoin.de together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to bitcoin.de?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to bitcoin.de include 1822direkt, ActivoBank and Air Bank. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to bitcoin.de?

Our list of EU alternatives to bitcoin.de is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is bitcoin.de GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

bitcoin.de is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes bitcoin.de an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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