Bitpanda, Europe's leading platform for cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, has announced the launch of Vision Chain, aimed at addressing long-standing infrastructure bottlenecks in the European financial sector. Vision Chain is a dedicated blockchain layer designed to move tokenized assets from isolated pilot projects into the mainstream economy. Developed in collaboration with the Vision Web3 Foundation and built on the Optimism technology stack, the network provides institutions with a standardized environment to issue and settle tokenized assets in compliance with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), while incorporating technical resilience principles aligned with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
This release fills a critical infrastructure gap. European institutions have long been confined to closed proprietary networks lacking liquidity and interoperability. Vision Chain offers a managed infrastructure that connects regulated finance with the global on-chain economy. With Vision Chain, Bitpanda eliminates the operational complexity and cost of building private blockchain systems, enabling partners to transition smoothly from pilot projects to production-level deployments. To ensure institutional stability, the network uses a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin as the settlement currency for all network and transaction fees, thereby eliminating the currency volatility risks commonly associated with public blockchain fees.
The commercial engine of this infrastructure is the Vision Token (VSN), a crypto asset issued by the Vision Web3 Foundation. A portion of the network's revenue is used to repurchase and burn tokens, supporting ecosystem stability and creating a virtuous model where network activity is positively correlated with network value. For the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, this architecture provides a compliance-aligned ecosystem where developers can build complex products using high-quality assets issued by banks and fintech companies, while offering Bitpanda's over seven million users investment opportunities previously available only to professional market participants.
Bitpanda CEO Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad stated: "Today we are still talking about digital assets, but in the future, all assets may become digitized. Tokenization is expected to redefine capital markets. European financial institutions have been preparing for this transformation for years, but the infrastructure has always been missing. With Vision Chain, we are building a public blockchain with European regulatory standards at its core, combining the openness of public networks with the reliability required by institutions. This will lay the foundation for Europe's digital capital markets."
Vision Web3 Foundation Board Chairman Fabian Reinisch stated: "The Vision Foundation was established to build open, sustainable infrastructure for on-chain finance. Vision Chain is a significant milestone in this mission. By combining public blockchain technology with institutional needs and long-term ecological incentives, we are laying the groundwork for the next generation of European financial applications based on transparent, interoperable networks."
Optimism CEO Jing Wang added: "Vision Chain exemplifies the growing market demand for blockchain infrastructure that meets institutional standards without sacrificing Ethereum's openness. Through OP Enterprise, we provide a fully managed deployment model that supports chain operations, infrastructure management, and continuous upgrades, allowing partners to focus on product development and practical application scenarios. We are honored to collaborate with Bitpanda and the Vision Foundation to bring regulated financial institutions onto Ethereum and strengthen Europe's position in the global on-chain economy."
