Virtu Financial Ireland Limited

Virtu Financial Ireland Limited: MiCA CASP authorisation

Current: Central Bank of Ireland, Ireland, since 28 Apr 2026

Virtu Financial Ireland Limited holds a current MiCA authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) in Ireland, dated 28 April 2026.

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

Virtu Financial Ireland Limited register record

Legal name
Virtu Financial Ireland Limited
Commercial name
Virtu Financial Ireland Limited
LEI
549300XG5LFGN1IGYC71GLEIF issued, renewal due 21 Apr 2027
Competent authority
Central Bank of IrelandCentral Bank of Ireland (CBI)Official website
Home state
Ireland
Authorised
Status
Current, no end date
Website
virtu.com
Registered address
North Dock One, Fifth Floor, 91/92 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1 D01H7V7
Ultimate parent (GLEIF)
VIRTU FINANCIAL, INC.

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/cryptoAuthorised
  • Execution of ordersNot held
  • PlacingNot held
  • Reception and transmissionNot held
  • AdviceNot held
  • Portfolio managementNot held
  • Transfer servicesNot held

May operate in 30 of 30 states

Art. 65

Ireland 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, home state
  16. Italy, passported
  17. Latvia, passported
  18. Liechtenstein, passported
  19. Lithuania, passported
  20. Luxembourg, passported
  21. Malta, passported
  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 IE
  • Passported 29
  • Not notified 0

Virtu Financial Ireland Limited in the register

ESMA’s entry for Virtu Financial Ireland Limited covers two of the ten MiCA services: exchanging crypto-assets for funds (c) and exchanging crypto-assets for other crypto-assets (d).

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

11 of the 12 current entities in Ireland were authorised before it. Two 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 Ireland, or see the licensed consumer exchanges we track.

Sources for Virtu Financial Ireland Limited

  1. 1ESMA interim MiCA register, CASP file (CASPS.csv)esma.europa.eu, snapshot 6 Oct 2026
  2. 2ESMA registers and databasesesma.europa.eu
  3. 3Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)centralbank.ie
  4. 4GLEIF LEI record for VIRTU FINANCIAL IRELAND LIMITEDsearch.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 Central Bank of Ireland

    Virtu Financial Ireland Limited entered the MiCA register in Ireland.

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