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BlockBen SIA, which trades as BlockBen, is listed in ESMA’s interim MiCA register as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized in Latvia by Latvijas Banka, with an authorization date of December 3, 2025.
- Legal name
- BlockBen SIA
- Home country
- Latvia
- Regulator
- Latvijas Banka
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- December 3, 2025
- Other EEA countries notified
- 29
- Website
- blockben.com
- LEI
- 254900BBV7FA7LUG5913
- Register entry last changed
- December 4, 2025
- Checked on
Under MiCA it may provide custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients, exchange of crypto-assets for funds, exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets 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 December 4, 2025.
- MiCA services
- Custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients
Exchange of crypto-assets for funds
Exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets
Placing of crypto-assets
Transfer services for clients - Custody
- Yes
- Crypto-to-fiat exchange
- Yes
- Crypto-to-crypto exchange
- 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, Malta, Netherlands, 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
