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OKX holds a MiCA license as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Malta.
- Legal name
- OKX Europe Limited
- Home country
- Malta
- Regulator
- Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- January 27, 2025
- Other EEA countries notified
- 29
- Website
- okx.com
- LEI
- 54930069NLWEIGLHXU42
- Register entry last changed
- November 28, 2025
- Checked on
OKX Europe Limited, which trades as OKX, is listed in ESMA’s interim MiCA register as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized in Malta by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), with an authorization date of January 27, 2025.
Under MiCA it may provide custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients, operation of a trading platform, 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, portfolio management 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 November 28, 2025.
- MiCA services
- Custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients
Operation of a trading platform
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
Portfolio management
Transfer services for clients - Custody
- Yes
- Trading platform
- 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, Latvia, 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 OKX have a MiCA license?
Yes. ESMA’s interim MiCA register lists OKX Europe Limited as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Malta since January 27, 2025.
Which crypto services can OKX provide under MiCA?
Its authorization covers custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients, operation of a trading platform, 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, portfolio management and transfer services for clients.
Can OKX 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 OKX under MiCA?
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), its home regulator in Malta. Its LEI is 54930069NLWEIGLHXU42.
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.
