Stablecoins & Markets
Kim Min-jun
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View articlesCoinbase
Coinbase holds a MiCA license as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Luxembourg.
- Legal name
- Coinbase Luxembourg S.A.
- Home country
- Luxembourg
- Regulator
- Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- June 20, 2025
- Other EEA countries notified
- 29
- Website
- coinbase.com
- LEI
- 984500F14CA4571AAC11
- Register entry last changed
- January 22, 2026
- Checked on
Coinbase Luxembourg S.A., which trades as Coinbase, is listed in ESMA’s interim MiCA register as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized in Luxembourg by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), with an authorization date of June 20, 2025.
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, execution of orders for clients, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders 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 January 22, 2026.
- MiCA services
- Custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients
Exchange of crypto-assets for funds
Exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets
Execution of orders for clients
Placing of crypto-assets
Reception and transmission of orders
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, 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 Coinbase have a MiCA license?
Yes. ESMA’s interim MiCA register lists Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Luxembourg since June 20, 2025.
Which crypto services can Coinbase provide under MiCA?
Its authorization covers custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients, exchange of crypto-assets for funds, exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets, execution of orders for clients, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders and transfer services for clients.
Can Coinbase 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 Coinbase under MiCA?
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), its home regulator in Luxembourg. Its LEI is 984500F14CA4571AAC11.
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.
