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BitPay B.V.

BitPay B.V.: MiCA CASP authorisation

Current: AFM, Netherlands, since 16 Jul 2026

BitPay B.V. holds a current MiCA authorisation from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) in the Netherlands, dated 16 July 2026.

Source: ESMA’s interim MiCA register, snapshot of 6 Oct 2026. Confirm the live entry in the ESMA register.

BitPay B.V. register record

Legal name
BitPay B.V.
Commercial name
BitPay B.V.
LEI
724500F2THLY5MHEIM78GLEIF issued, renewal due 24 May 2027
Competent authority
AFMNetherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)Official website
Home state
Netherlands
Authorised
Status
Current, no end date
Website
bitpay.com
Registered address
Keizersgracht 520H - 1017EK AMSTERDAM -The Netherlands

2 of 10 services authorised

Art. 3(1)(16)

The median current entity holds three services, so this scope is narrower than the register median.

  • CustodyNot held
  • Trading platformNot held
  • Exchange crypto/fiatAuthorised
  • Exchange crypto/cryptoNot held
  • Execution of ordersNot held
  • PlacingNot held
  • Reception and transmissionNot held
  • AdviceNot held
  • Portfolio managementNot held
  • Transfer servicesAuthorised

May operate in 30 of 30 states

Art. 65

The Netherlands as home state plus 29 host states notified under Article 65, more than the median of 9 host states.

  1. Austria, passported
  2. Belgium, passported
  3. Bulgaria, passported
  4. Croatia, passported
  5. Cyprus, passported
  6. Czechia, passported
  7. Denmark, passported
  8. Estonia, passported
  9. Finland, passported
  10. France, passported
  11. Germany, passported
  12. Greece, passported
  13. Hungary, passported
  14. Iceland, passported
  15. Ireland, passported
  16. Italy, passported
  17. Latvia, passported
  18. Liechtenstein, passported
  19. Lithuania, passported
  20. Luxembourg, passported
  21. Malta, passported
  22. Netherlands, home state
  23. Norway, passported
  24. Poland, passported
  25. Portugal, passported
  26. Romania, passported
  27. Slovakia, passported
  28. Slovenia, passported
  29. Spain, passported
  30. Sweden, passported
  • Home NL
  • Passported 29
  • Not notified 0

BitPay B.V. in the register

ESMA’s entry for BitPay B.V. covers two of the ten MiCA services: exchanging crypto-assets for funds (c) and transfer services (j).

BitPay B.V. notified 29 host states under Article 65 (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia and 24 more). Clients in those states and in the Netherlands may use the services above through this entity.

27 of the 28 current entities in the Netherlands were authorised before it. No other current entity there holds exactly the same service letters.

Data notes

  • Non-ISO country code. ESMA’s ac_serviceCode_cou cell reads “EL”. Read as ISO code GR.

Compare it with every entity in the ESMA register table, read how MiCA licensing works in the Netherlands, or see the licensed consumer exchanges we track.

What changed, and when

  1. Commercial name changed

    From BitPay B.V. | Cashify | RGLTD to BitPay B.V.

  2. Checked against the ESMA snapshot

    The entry was current in this file.

  3. Authorised by AFM

    BitPay B.V. entered the MiCA register in the Netherlands.

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