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Lightyear Europe AS is listed in ESMA’s interim MiCA register as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized in Estonia by the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (EFSA), with an authorization date of November 17, 2025.
- Legal name
- Lightyear Europe AS
- Home country
- Estonia
- Regulator
- Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (EFSA)
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- November 17, 2025
- Other EEA countries notified
- 29
- Website
- lightyear.com
- LEI
- 254900BBBJZF2IE8EN54
- Register entry last changed
- December 5, 2025
- Checked on
Under MiCA it may provide custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients, execution of orders for clients and reception and transmission of orders. 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 5, 2025.
- MiCA services
- Custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients
Execution of orders for clients
Reception and transmission of orders - Custody
- Yes
- Countries notified for cross-border services
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, 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
