Stablecoins & Markets
Kim Min-jun
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View articlesCIRCLE
CIRCLE holds a MiCA license as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in France.
- Legal name
- CIRCLE INTERNET FINANCIAL EUROPE SAS
- Home country
- France
- Regulator
- Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- April 23, 2026
- Other EEA countries notified
- 29
- Website
- circle.com
- LEI
- 969500OYUDADGZKCR583
- Register entry last changed
- April 23, 2026
- Checked on
CIRCLE INTERNET FINANCIAL EUROPE SAS, which trades as CIRCLE, is listed in ESMA’s interim MiCA register as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized in France by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), with an authorization date of April 23, 2026. Under MiCA it may provide custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients 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 April 23, 2026.
- MiCA services
- Custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients
Transfer services for clients - Custody
- Yes
- Transfer services
- Yes
- Countries notified for cross-border services
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, 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
Questions
Does CIRCLE have a MiCA license?
Yes. ESMA’s interim MiCA register lists CIRCLE INTERNET FINANCIAL EUROPE SAS as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in France since April 23, 2026.
Which crypto services can CIRCLE provide under MiCA?
Its authorization covers custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients and transfer services for clients.
Can CIRCLE 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 CIRCLE under MiCA?
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), its home regulator in France. Its LEI is 969500OYUDADGZKCR583.
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.
