BTC Direct Europe
Authorisation record
Authorised services · 3
About BTC Direct Europe
BTC Direct Europe B.V. is an authorised casp (CASP) under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), established in Netherlands. It is authorised and supervised by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), which notified the authorisation on 18 June 2025. Its registered address is Kerkenbos 1025 - 6546 BB Nijmegen - The Netherlands. Its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is 724500C4D3LQAKCEZ198.
Its licence covers 3 of the ten crypto-asset services defined by MiCA: exchange of crypto-assets for funds, exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets and providing transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients.
Under MiCA passporting, BTC Direct Europe may serve clients in 7 member states without a separate local licence: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.
This record is compiled from the ESMA interim register and the register of the AFM, reflecting the snapshot of 18 August 2026. MICA Watch is an independent aggregator: for legal or compliance purposes, confirm the details against the official sources listed on this page.
Authorisation history
BTC Direct Europe appears in every MICA Watch snapshot since 11 July 2025, the earliest copy of the register we hold.
Its record has changed 1 time across our 17 snapshots:
| Snapshot | Services | Passported to |
|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2025 | 2 | 7 countries |
| 16 July 2026 | 3 | 7 countries |
Compiled from 17 snapshots of the ESMA register taken between 11 July 2025 and 18 August 2026. ESMA publishes the register as a weekly overwrite and keeps no public archive, so earlier states are not available from the source.