30 exchanges and brokers we track hold a MiCA CASP licence and can legally serve EU/EEA customers as of 1 July 2026. Binance is not one of them: it holds no CASP authorisation, and a pending or planned application does not allow a firm to operate. It has said it will seek authorisation via France — until that appears in the ESMA register ↗, EU users need a licensed venue.
Is Binance banned in Europe?
Not in the sense of a user-level ban. MiCA regulates the provider, not you: holding a Binance account is not illegal. But since 1 July 2026 Binance may not actively provide regulated crypto services to EU/EEA customers, which is why it suspended them itself. Existing users should follow Binance’s official notices — withdrawals are the standard path during a wind-down — and move trading to an authorised venue. Full status and sources on our Binance page.
The licensed alternatives, compared
Ordered by the breadth of each firm’s authorisation — how many of MiCA’s ten regulated crypto-asset services its licence covers. That is a register fact, not an editorial score. Every row links to our detail page with sources and status history.
| Exchange | Regulator | Country | Licensed | Services | EEA-wide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKX | MFSA | Malta | Jan 2025 | 9 of 10 | Yes |
| Kraken | Central Bank of Ireland | Ireland | Jun 2025 | 8 of 10 | Yes |
| Young Platform | CONSOB | Italy | Jun 2026 | 8 of 10 | Yes |
| Bitpanda | BaFin | Germany | Jan 2025 | 7 of 10 | Yes |
| Bitstamp | CSSF | Luxembourg | May 2025 | 7 of 10 | Yes |
| Coinbase | CSSF | Luxembourg | Jun 2025 | 7 of 10 | Yes |
| eToro | CySEC | Cyprus | Feb 2025 | 7 of 10 | Yes |
| Gemini | MFSA | Malta | Aug 2025 | 7 of 10 | Yes |
| Crypto.com | MFSA | Malta | Jan 2025 | 6 of 10 | Yes |
| Gate | MFSA | Malta | Oct 2025 | 6 of 10 | Yes |
| Bybit | FMA Austria | Austria | May 2025 | 5 of 10 | Yes |
| KuCoin | FMA Austria | Austria | Nov 2025 | 5 of 10 | Yes |
The full list — including smaller national brokers and fintechs — is on the MiCA-licensed exchanges page.
How to choose
- Check the services you need. A licence covers specific services — custody, spot trading, fiat on/off-ramps. High-leverage perpetuals are generally not a MiCA service; offering them to EEA retail needs separate MiFID II permissions.
- Verify the entity, not the brand. The register lists legal entities (e.g. Payward Europe Solutions for Kraken). Our detail pages show the authorised entity wherever we have verified it.
- Confirm in the ESMA register before moving funds. Licensing changes weekly; the register is the authoritative source.
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