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Is Acheron regulated in the EU?

Acheron — legal name Acheron Europe B.V., also known as Acheron Trading. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇳🇱 Netherlands.

Authorised under MiCA

Acheron is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 26 May 2025 and covers 5 of 10 MiCA services in 26 EEA countries.

Acheron among the EU's authorised providers

Acheron was the 8th of 28 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in the Netherlands, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 5 months after MiCA became applicable. With 5 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 62 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 26 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. AFM supervises 28 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Acheron is authorised for 5 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.

  • a Custody and administration 26 countries Holding clients' crypto-assets or the private keys to them, and keeping them safe. This is what a wallet service or an exchange that keeps your coins does.
  • e Execution of orders 26 countries Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
  • h Advice on crypto-assets 26 countries Giving personalised recommendations to a client about buying, selling or holding specific crypto-assets.
  • i Portfolio management 26 countries Managing a client's crypto-asset portfolio with discretion, under a mandate — deciding what to buy and sell on their behalf.
  • j Transfer services 26 countries Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.

Not authorised: b. Operating a trading platform · c. Exchange for funds · d. Exchange for other crypto-assets · f. Placing of crypto-assets · g. Reception and transmission of orders.

Where it may operate

Through the MiCA passport, Acheron has notified 26 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 4 EEA states (Greece, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), so a client there is outside the scope of the notification.

Highlighted: countries notified for at least one service. Outlined: home Member State. Passporting is per service; see the list on the left for each service's count.

Identification

Legal name
Acheron Europe B.V.
Trading as
Acheron
Also: Acheron Trading
LEI
699400TPXCI7R4A0NG65 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) (Netherlands)
Registered address
Keizersgracht 555 2nd Floor - 1017 DR Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Declared website
acherontrading.com
Authorised on
26 May 2025
Register entry updated
26 May 2025
Only the declared domains are covered. Fraudsters routinely copy the name of an authorised provider and operate from a look-alike domain. If the website you are on is not one of the addresses above, the authorisation does not apply to it — check the exact domain.

Questions people ask

Is Acheron regulated in the EU?

Yes. Acheron (Acheron Europe B.V.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 26 May 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Acheron authorised for?

5 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, execution of orders, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management, transfer services.

In which countries can Acheron offer crypto services?

26 EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.

Who supervises Acheron?

Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), the competent authority in the Netherlands, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in the Netherlands

All providers from Netherlands →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.