Crypto platforms licensed under MiCA

Since the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) took full effect, crypto exchanges serving EU residents need a licence as a crypto-asset service provider in one member state, which they can then passport across the EU. Transitional arrangements under older national regimes ended no later than 1 July 2026.

This section lists crypto platforms with a MiCA licence on our record, including Bitvavo (Netherlands), Bitpanda (Austria), Kraken (Ireland), Coinbase and Bitstamp (Luxembourg), and several exchanges licensed in Malta and Austria.

#What MiCA does and does not do

• It does require authorisation, capital, governance, safekeeping and segregation of client assets, and rules against market abuse.
• It does not provide a compensation scheme for crypto-assets or reduce price risk.

Read crypto in Europe: MiCA vs crypto CFDs. Always confirm a platform's authorisation on ESMA's interim MiCA register or your national regulator's register.