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PayhoundPayhound Limited

Payhound: MiCA CASP authorisation

Current: MFSA, Malta, since 24 Nov 2025

Payhound holds a current MiCA authorisation from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) in Malta, dated 24 November 2025.

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

Payhound register record

Legal name
Payhound Limited
Commercial name
Payhound
LEI
9845001DD90AF543DC90GLEIF issued, renewal due 15 Nov 2027
Competent authority
MFSAMalta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)Official website
Home state
Malta
Authorised
Status
Current, no end date
Website
payhound.com
Registered address
Level 0A, Centris Business Gateway II, Triq is-Salib tal-Imriehel, Zone 3, Central Business District, Birkirkara, CBD 3020, Malta

5 of 10 services authorised

Art. 3(1)(16)

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

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

May operate in 30 of 30 states

Art. 65

Malta 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, home state
  22. Netherlands, passported
  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 MT
  • Passported 29
  • Not notified 0

Payhound in the register

ESMA’s entry for Payhound Limited covers five of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration of crypto-assets (a), exchanging crypto-assets for funds (c), exchanging crypto-assets for other crypto-assets (d), executing orders for clients (e) and transfer services (j).

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

Nine of the 23 current entities in Malta were authorised before it. Six other current entities there hold 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 Malta, or see the licensed consumer exchanges we track.

What changed, and when

  1. Checked against the ESMA snapshot

    The entry was current in this file.

  2. Authorised by MFSA

    Payhound Limited entered the MiCA register in Malta.

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