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KrakenPayward Global Solutions Limited

Kraken: MiCA CASP authorisation

Current: Central Bank of Ireland, Ireland, since 25 Jun 2025

Kraken holds a current MiCA authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) in Ireland, dated 25 June 2025.

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

Kraken register record

Legal name
Payward Global Solutions Limited
Commercial names
Kraken, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
LEI
9845003D98SCC2851458GLEIF issued, renewal due 15 Aug 2027
Competent authority
Central Bank of IrelandCentral Bank of Ireland (CBI)Official website
Home state
Ireland
Authorised
Status
Current, no end date
Website
kraken.com
Registered address
70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland D02 R296

1 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 platformAuthorised
  • Exchange crypto/fiatNot held
  • Exchange crypto/cryptoNot held
  • Execution of ordersNot held
  • PlacingNot held
  • Reception and transmissionNot held
  • AdviceNot held
  • Portfolio managementNot held
  • Transfer servicesNot held

May operate in 2 of 30 states

Art. 65

Ireland as home state plus one host state notified under Article 65, fewer than the median of 9 host states.

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

Kraken in the register

ESMA’s entry for Payward Global Solutions Limited covers one of the ten MiCA services: operating a trading platform (b).

Payward Global Solutions Limited notified one host state under Article 65 (Cyprus). Clients in those states and in Ireland may use the services above through this entity.

It is among the earliest MiCA entities in Ireland: none of the other 11 current entities there has an earlier authorisation date. No other current entity there holds exactly the same service letters.

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

135 crypto-asset white papers linked to Kraken

Title II

ESMA’s white-paper file (OTHER.csv) names Payward Global Solutions Limited as the CASP that drew up or notified these white papers. The 12 most recently updated are listed.

What changed, and when

  1. Checked against the ESMA snapshot

    The entry was current in this file.

  2. Authorised by Central Bank of Ireland

    Payward Global Solutions Limited entered the MiCA register in Ireland.

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