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Independent Reserve

CEXindependentreserve.com

Is Independent Reserve MiCA-licensed?

No: Not licensed under MiCA

Not licensed

Status definitions

Licensed
Current MiCA register entry (Article 63 authorisation or an eligible Article 60 route).
Pending
Application filed or publicly committed. No current register entry yet.
Restricted
No current entry, and the firm is restricting or withdrawing services for EEA users.
Not licensed
No current MiCA authorisation, including firms whose transitional period ended.
Out of scope
Protocol model that may fall under MiCA Recital 22. Scope is fact-specific.
Unclear
We could not match a current register entry from public sources.
No current MiCA authorisation, including firms whose transitional period ended.

Checked 14 Oct 2026 against the ESMA register (snapshot 6 Oct 2026)

Independent Reserve register record

Supervising or reporting authority
None recorded
Entity jurisdiction or country context
AU AustraliaOutside the EEA
EEA MiCA authorisation
Not authorised in the EEA
Authorised
No current entry date
MiCA register route
No current entry
MiCA services
Not recorded in the current register
EEA passporting
No
Exchange type
CEX
Last verified
Against the ESMA snapshot of 6 Oct 2026

Independent Reserve MiCA status in detail

Independent Reserve does not hold a verified MiCA CASP licence. Independent Reserve has registrations and licences in the Asia-Pacific region. A 2022 company adviser document described its Australian entity as AUSTRAC-registered. Its Singapore entity appears in the MAS directory with a Major Payment Institution licence. The Australian registration and Singapore licence do not provide an EU CASP authorisation or a security certification. IG Group completed its acquisition in January 2026.

No Independent Reserve legal entity appears in the current ESMA CASP register. Its announced product expansion focuses on Singapore, Australia and the UAE.

Practical effect: Independent Reserve has no verified CASP authorisation. Check the contracting entity and any separate permissions before you rely on MiCA conduct, safeguarding or complaint rights.

If you hold funds on Independent Reserve

  1. Read Independent Reserve’s latest notice for your country. It sets any account restrictions and withdrawal deadlines.
  2. Move assets to a wallet you control or to a MiCA-licensed exchange. Send a small test transfer first and check the network.
  3. Keep statements, transaction IDs and the date of each withdrawal.
  4. If a withdrawal fails, write to support and report the firm to your national regulator. The MiCA warning list shows whether a regulator has already flagged it. Read when an exchange can freeze your funds.

See the tracked MiCA-licensed exchanges, or read what changed on 1 July 2026.

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What changed, and when

  1. Status checked: Not licensed

    Re-verified against the ESMA register and the cited sources.

Common questions

Can I still use Independent Reserve from the EU?

MiCA does not itself make account holding illegal. National and product rules can still apply. Since 1 July 2026, an in-scope provider generally needs an Article 63 authorisation or an eligible Article 60 notification route. Independent Reserve can apply location restrictions or close user accounts.

Is money on Independent Reserve protected under MiCA?

Independent Reserve has no verified CASP authorisation. Do not assume that MiCA conduct, safeguarding or EU-regulator complaint rights apply to the service. Verify the contracting entity and any separate permissions.

Is there a MiCA-licensed alternative to Independent Reserve?

Yes. 52 of the exchanges we track have current MiCA register entries. The licensed list shows each mapped entity, regulator and entry date.

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