# Austria

> Austria (Finanzmarktaufsicht): EU baseline, with an early transition close. Region: Europe. Confidential with disclosure: Confidentiality is workable so long as the regulated firm can identify the parties and disclose on demand. Encrypted amounts are not the thing being restricted.

Part of the Soda Labs Privacy Hub regulation map, which reads the instruments
themselves rather than summarising the summaries: https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/regulation

## Key facts

- Entry type: Jurisdiction
- Region: Europe
- Subject: EU baseline, with an early transition close
- Authority: Finanzmarktaufsicht
- Stance on on-chain confidentiality: Confidential with disclosure. Confidentiality is workable so long as the regulated firm can identify the parties and disclose on demand. Encrypted amounts are not the thing being restricted.
- Tags: EU baseline, FMA, early transition, no national divergence
- Canonical page: https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/regulation/jur-austria

## What it actually says

Austria's only real distinguishing feature in this area is timing. It was among the member states that chose a short grandfathering window, closing the door on national-regime operators near the end of 2025 rather than running to the outer limit the following July. On the substance of confidentiality it adds nothing: the FMA authorises and supervises, and the operative rules are the European ones. We located no Austrian provision on anonymity-enhancing assets or transfers to self-hosted wallets. Firms that missed the earlier deadline had to be authorised or stop, which made Austria one of the tighter places to be caught mid-transition.

## The instruments that matter

- **The FMA is the competent authority**: for authorisation and supervision of crypto-asset service providers
- **A short grandfathering window**: Austria was among the member states that closed their transition near the end of 2025 rather than running to the July 2026 outer limit
- **The binding rules are European**: identity travels with every transfer with no minimum value, and from 10 July 2027 regulated firms may not keep accounts that anonymise the holder
- **No national divergence located**: we found no Austrian instrument restricting anonymity-enhancing assets or self-hosted wallets

## Related entries

- [Belgium](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/regulation/jur-belgium): EU baseline, with no national layer on confidentiality
- [Czechia](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/regulation/jur-czechia): EU baseline, supervised by the central bank
- [Denmark](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/regulation/jur-denmark): EU baseline, with tax as the historic pressure point
- [Luxembourg](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/regulation/jur-luxembourg): EU baseline, seen through a fund domicile
- [Sweden](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/regulation/jur-sweden): EU baseline, with a hawkish supervisory tone
- [Ireland](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/regulation/jur-ireland): A central bank piloting zero-knowledge KYC