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FalconX has obtained an EU MiCA license, enabling it to provide compliant encryption services to institutional clients in Europe.
BlockBeats reported on July 1st that FalconX, an institutional digital asset brokerage, announced it has obtained a license from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) under the EU's Crypto Asset Markets Regulation Act (MiCA), allowing it to provide compliant digital asset trading, custody, liquidity, and related institutional services within the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA). FalconX stated that this license allows it to operate under a unified regulatory framework across EU member states, eliminating the need for separate permits in each country. Currently, the company serves over 2,000 institutional clients globally, including asset management companies, hedge funds, banks, and family offices, facilitating over $2.5 trillion in transactions and disbursing over $8 billion in institutional funding. FalconX stated that with the full implementation of the MiCA regulatory framework, institutional clients' demand for compliant trading, custody, and liquidity services continues to grow, and regulatory qualifications are becoming a significant competitive advantage in the European digital asset market.
Cryptocurrency financial institution Bitcoin Suisse obtains Abu Dhabi ADGM financial services license
Odaily Odaily reports that Bitcoin Suisse, a cryptocurrency financial services provider, announced that its subsidiary, BTCS (Middle East) Ltd., has received a Financial Services License (FSP) from the Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA). This license authorizes BTCS to provide regulated digital asset financial services, including custody, spot trading, and derivatives execution and hedging services, to qualified institutional and professional investors. (Businesswire)
Coinbase has obtained a MiFID license in the UK, which will allow it to offer derivatives and stock trading to UK users.
Odaily Odaily that Coinbase has announced it has obtained a UK Investment Services License (MiFID), enabling it to offer trading services for traditional financial products to UK users. Institutional and professional traders will be able to trade crypto, stock, and commodity perpetual contracts, while retail users will be able to trade stocks on the Coinbase platform for the first time. Coinbase stated that this license, together with its existing UK e-money license and crypto asset registration qualifications, forms part of its regulatory framework. It represents the largest expansion of the company's product capabilities since entering the UK market and will further advance its "Everything Exchange" strategy. In the future, the platform will also gradually support services such as stablecoin payments, savings, lending, and tokenized real-world assets (RWA).
Bitcoin service provider Strike has obtained a MiCA license in Europe, allowing it to conduct Bitcoin financial business in the 27 EU countries.
Odaily Odaily reports that Bitcoin financial services company Strike has announced new progress in compliance, with its European operating entity, Zap (Strike) Europe Limited, receiving approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) to obtain the qualification as a crypto asset service provider under the EU's MiCA (Military Asset Service Provider) Act. This authorization grants Strike cross-regional operating rights, allowing the company to provide a full range of Bitcoin-related financial services to users under the unified regulatory standards of the 27 EU member states. (Businesswire)
Sources say Kraken is seeking a full European banking license in Lithuania.
PANews reported on July 8th that, according to CoinDesk, sources familiar with the matter revealed that cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is seeking a full banking license in Europe, with Lithuania as the jurisdiction for obtaining the license. If approved, Kraken would become the only crypto exchage holding such a license, following the same regulatory path as fintech giant Revolut (which received a specialized banking license from the Bank of Lithuania in 2018), enabling it to offer services such as current accounts, consumer loans, and stock trading in the European Economic Area. This move is part of Kraken's parent company Payward's global licensing strategy.
Both Revolut Crypto and Revolut X have obtained MiCA compliance licenses.
According to Foresight News , Revolut tweeted that both Revolut Crypto and Revolut X have obtained MiCA compliance licenses in Europe. Their European Economic Area (EEA) cryptocurrency services are provided by Revolut Digital Assets Europe Ltd (RDAEL), a privately held company registered in Cyprus, which has obtained a crypto asset servicer license (license number: 001/2025) issued by CySEC under MiCA.