Kraken

About Kraken

Payward Europe Solutions Limited is an authorised casp (CASP) under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), established in Ireland. It trades as Kraken Digital Asset Exchange (�Kraken�). It is authorised and supervised by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), which notified the authorisation on 25 June 2025. Its registered address is 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland D02 R296. Its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is 254900641D8KNHUZYX24.

Its licence covers 8 of the ten crypto-asset services defined by MiCA: providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients, exchange of crypto-assets for funds, exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets, execution of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients, providing portfolio management on crypto-assets and providing transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients.

Under MiCA passporting, Kraken may serve clients in 30 member states without a separate local licence: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia and Slovakia.

This record is compiled from the ESMA interim register and the register of the CBI, 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.