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Payhound holds a MiCA license as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Malta.
- Legal name
- Payhound Limited
- Home country
- Malta
- Regulator
- Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- November 24, 2025
- Other EEA countries notified
- 29
- Website
- payhound.com
- LEI
- 9845001DD90AF543DC90
- Register entry last changed
- December 4, 2025
- Checked on
Payhound Limited, which trades as Payhound, 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 November 24, 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 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 December 4, 2025.
- 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
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, 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 Payhound have a MiCA license?
Yes. ESMA’s interim MiCA register lists Payhound Limited as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Malta since November 24, 2025.
Which crypto services can Payhound 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 and transfer services for clients.
Can Payhound 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 Payhound under MiCA?
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), its home regulator in Malta. Its LEI is 9845001DD90AF543DC90.
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.
