Non-EU vendorFintech & NeobanksHeadquarters: US

Gemini (crypto exchange): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Gemini is a platform for trading and holding crypto assets. Its offering includes an exchange, custody, staking, a wallet, margin trading, a credit card and, more recently, stocks and prediction contracts. Besides individual users, it serves institutional clients with an exchange, OTC trading and custody, and it provides a developer platform with APIs. The service is delivered online and through apps.

The company is based in New York. According to its privacy policy, the contracting entity depends on where you live: for customers in the EEA these are Gemini Payments Europe and Gemini Intergalactic Europe in Dublin and entities in Valletta, Malta. Personal data may be stored and processed in any country where the company operates, including Ireland, the United Kingdom, Malta, Singapore, Australia and the United States. For EEA customers, transfers to Gemini Trust Company in the US rely mainly on standard contractual clauses. Because the group is American, US law such as the CLOUD Act may apply to data held within the group.

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Sovereignty score

27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (US, EU, OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
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 13, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	US, EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Fintech & Neobanks
Type	Product
Website	gemini.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Gemini (crypto exchange)

The European alternatives to Gemini (crypto exchange) come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Gemini (crypto exchange)

Gemini (crypto exchange) is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Gemini (crypto exchange) hosts data in US, EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Gemini (crypto exchange) 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Gemini (crypto exchange)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Gemini (crypto exchange) 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 Gemini (crypto exchange)?

Our list of EU alternatives to Gemini (crypto exchange) is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Gemini (crypto exchange) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Gemini (crypto exchange) is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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