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View articlesKraken (Payward Global Solutions Limited)
Payward Global Solutions Limited, which trades as Kraken, is listed in ESMA’s interim MiCA register as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized in Ireland by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), with an authorization date of June 25, 2025.
- Legal name
- Payward Global Solutions Limited
- Home country
- Ireland
- Regulator
- Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- June 25, 2025
- Other EEA countries notified
- 1
- Website
- kraken.com
- LEI
- 9845003D98SCC2851458
- Register entry last changed
- June 25, 2025
- Checked on
Under MiCA it may provide operation of a trading platform. It has notified the register that it intends to offer these services in 1 other EEA country 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 25, 2025.
- MiCA services
- Operation of a trading platform
- Trading platform
- Yes
- Countries notified for cross-border services
- Cyprus
- 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
