Bitstamp: MiCA status August 2026
Checked on 27 August 2026 · Source: ESMA register of authorised crypto-asset service providers · ESMA itself dates the register 21 August 2026
The MiCA authorisation for Bitstamp is held by Bitstamp Europe S.A. and was granted by the CSSF in Luxembourg on 15 May 2025. Passporting extends it to 30 countries, including the Netherlands.
The authorisation
- Authorised entity
- Bitstamp Europe S.A.
- LEI 549300XIBGTJ0PLIEO72
- Regulator
- Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier
- CSSF · LU
- Since
- 15 May 2025
- Countries
- Passported to 30
- Netherlands notified
Covered services
- a Custody and administration
- b Trading platform
- c Exchange crypto ↔ funds
- d Exchange crypto ↔ crypto
- e Order execution
- g Reception and transmission of orders
- j Transfer services
The authorisation covers custody, a trading platform, exchange for funds and for other crypto-assets, execution and transmission of orders, and transfers. Advice, portfolio management and placing fall outside it.
Risk warning (EU MiCA): Investing in crypto-assets is risky (EU MiCA). You may lose your entire investment.
Sources
- https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica
- https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2024-12/CASPS.csv