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Kim Min-jun
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Bitvavo holds a MiCA license as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in the Netherlands.
- Legal name
- Bitvavo B.V.
- Home country
- Netherlands
- Regulator
- Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- June 26, 2025
- Other EEA countries notified
- 29
- Website
- bitvavo.com
- LEI
- 724500MX2WBKDJP9HE56
- Register entry last changed
- June 30, 2025
- Checked on
Bitvavo B.V., which trades as Bitvavo, is listed in ESMA’s interim MiCA register as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized in the Netherlands by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), with an authorization date of June 26, 2025. Under MiCA it may provide custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients, operation of a trading platform and transfer services for clients. It has notified the register that it intends to offer these services in 29 other EEA countries under the MiCA passport.
ESMA publishes the interim MiCA register weekly. This entry reflects the version updated on September 24, 2026; the firm’s own record was last changed on June 30, 2025.
- MiCA services
- Custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients
Operation of a trading platform
Transfer services for clients - Custody
- Yes
- Trading platform
- Yes
- Transfer services
- Yes
- Countries notified for cross-border services
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Sources
Page URL ESMA interim MiCA register: crypto-asset service providers (CASPS.csv) https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2024-12/CASPS.csv ESMA: Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica
Questions
Does Bitvavo have a MiCA license?
Yes. ESMA’s interim MiCA register lists Bitvavo B.V. as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in the Netherlands since June 26, 2025.
Which crypto services can Bitvavo provide under MiCA?
Its authorization covers custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients, operation of a trading platform and transfer services for clients.
Can Bitvavo serve clients in other EU countries?
It has notified the register that it intends to offer its services in 29 other EEA countries under the MiCA passport.
Who supervises Bitvavo under MiCA?
The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), its home regulator in the Netherlands. Its LEI is 724500MX2WBKDJP9HE56.
Source: the European Securities and Markets Authority’s interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers (CASPS.csv), which ESMA updates weekly. Each firm’s page shows the date its entry was checked.
