KuCoin
Yes: Licensed in Austria (FMA Austria) since November 2025, but operations are restricted
Status definitions
Checked 14 Oct 2026 against the ESMA register (snapshot 6 Oct 2026)
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Yes, KuCoin has a current MiCA register entry supervised by FMA Austria in Austria, dated Nov 2025. Austria’s FMA authorised KuCoin’s EU entity in November 2025. The FMA lifted its February 2026 new-business ban on 18 May 2026. As of 12 October 2026, the FMA still stated that a separate administrative decision of 18 February 2026 prohibited KuCoin EU from starting business operations, and we found no later FMA notice. The FMA has not revoked the licence, and KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH remains in the ESMA CASP snapshot dated 6 October 2026.
Austria’s FMA lifted its new-business ban on 18 May 2026. As of 12 October 2026, a February 2026 supervisory decision still prohibited KuCoin EU from starting business operations.
Practical effect: The named EEA entity is supervised for the services in its current MiCA register entry. Conduct and disclosure rules apply. Safeguarding and custody liability depend on the service and the entity that holds the assets or funds. You can escalate complaints to FMA Austria.
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KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH in Vienna holds KuCoin’s MiCA authorisation. Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) granted it by decision of 27 November 2025 and published the grant the next day. The ESMA register lists five services: custody, exchange of crypto-assets for funds, exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets, placing, and transfers. It does not list the operation of a trading platform.
ESMA lists 28 host states for the entity. Malta is the only EEA state outside Austria that the list leaves out. KuCoin’s global terms, last updated on 29 September 2026, name France and the Netherlands as restricted EU countries for the global platform.
CoinDesk reported on 23 February 2026 that the FMA had stopped KuCoin EU from taking on new business because its anti-money laundering and sanctions officer roles were vacant. KuCoin EU hired a new anti-money laundering officer and two deputies, CoinDesk reported on 29 April 2026.
On 18 May 2026 the FMA lifted the new-business ban it had ordered on 19 February 2026. In the same release it said a separate decision of 18 February 2026 still prohibited KuCoin EU from starting business operations. The FMA gave the reason as key governance and senior management functions that the company had not yet filled. We found no later FMA release on KuCoin up to 12 October 2026.
The FMA has not revoked the authorisation, and KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH remained in the ESMA CASP snapshot dated 6 October 2026. A licence and a permission to start operations are separate questions in this case. EU users should read the FMA’s latest notice on KuCoin EU before relying on the platform.
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FMA lifts KuCoin new-business ban while operations remain barred
Austria’s FMA lifted its February ban on new business for KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH after the company filled its compliance roles. A separate February 2026 decision still prohibits business operations. The CASP authorisation itself stands.
FMA bars KuCoin from onboarding new EU customers
Austria's FMA ordered licensed KuCoin EU to stop onboarding new EU customers. The CASP authorisation itself was not revoked.
Authorised by Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA)
KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH entered the ESMA register.
KuCoin has a current MiCA register entry with no separate legal-route classification in our curated entry in Austria, dated Nov 2025. FMA Austria supervises the entry. The registered entity is KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH. The ESMA register is the source of truth for the current entity and service scope.
MiCA provides a host-state notification route for services recorded in the home entry. An active supervisory restriction applies. Austria’s FMA lifted its new-business ban on 18 May 2026. As of 12 October 2026, a February 2026 supervisory decision still prohibited KuCoin EU from starting business operations. The home entry does not prove that operations have started or that every host state received a notification.
MiCA applies conduct and disclosure rules to the registered EEA entity for the recorded service. Safeguarding duties depend on which service and entity hold client crypto-assets or funds. Article 75 covers custody liability for attributable loss and caps that liability. MiCA does not provide a deposit guarantee, and crypto-assets can lose value.
Search the official ESMA CASP register for KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH. National regulators update the records each week. Use the official register as the authoritative source.
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