BTC Direct Europe B.V.

BTC Direct Europe B.V.: MiCA CASP authorisation

Current: AFM, Netherlands, since 18 Jun 2025

BTC Direct Europe B.V. holds a current MiCA authorisation from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) in the Netherlands, dated 18 June 2025.

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

BTC Direct Europe B.V. register record

Legal name
BTC Direct Europe B.V.
Commercial name
BTC Direct Europe B.V.
LEI
724500C4D3LQAKCEZ198GLEIF issued, renewal due 13 Feb 2027
Competent authority
AFMNetherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)Official website
Home state
Netherlands
Authorised
Status
Current, no end date
Website
my.btcdirect.eu
Registered address
Kerkenbos 1025 - 6546 BB Nijmegen - The Netherlands

3 of 10 services authorised

Art. 3(1)(16)

The median current entity holds three services, so this scope is the same as the register median.

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

May operate in 7 of 30 states

Art. 65

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

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

BTC Direct Europe B.V. in the register

ESMA’s entry for BTC Direct Europe B.V. covers three of the ten MiCA services: exchanging crypto-assets for funds (c), exchanging crypto-assets for other crypto-assets (d) and transfer services (j).

BTC Direct Europe B.V. notified six host states under Article 65 (Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal). Clients in those states and in the Netherlands may use the services above through this entity.

Eight of the 28 current entities in the Netherlands were authorised before it. Three other current entities there hold exactly the same service letters.

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.

Sources for BTC Direct Europe B.V.

  1. 1ESMA interim MiCA register, CASP file (CASPS.csv)esma.europa.eu, snapshot 6 Oct 2026
  2. 2ESMA registers and databasesesma.europa.eu
  3. 3Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)afm.nl
  4. 4GLEIF LEI record for BTC Direct Europe B.V.search.gleif.org

On this site

Licensing can change between ESMA files. Confirm the current status in the official register.

What changed, and when

  1. Checked against the ESMA snapshot

    The entry was current in this file.

  2. Authorised by AFM

    BTC Direct Europe B.V. entered the MiCA register in the Netherlands.

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