Is APLO regulated in the EU?
APLO — legal name APLO SAS. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇫🇷 France.
Authorised under MiCA
APLO is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on 30 June 2026 and covers 5 of 10 MiCA services in 7 EEA countries.
APLO among the EU's authorised providers
APLO was the 29th of 36 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in France, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 18 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 7 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. AMF supervises 36 authorised providers in total.
What the authorisation covers
APLO 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, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.
- a Custody and administration 7 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.
- c Exchange for funds 7 countries Buying crypto-assets from clients, or selling to them, against money (euro or another currency) using the provider's own capital.
- d Exchange for other crypto-assets 7 countries Swapping one crypto-asset for another with the client, using the provider's own capital — for example bitcoin for a stablecoin.
- e Execution of orders 7 countries Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
- j Transfer services 7 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 · f. Placing of crypto-assets · g. Reception and transmission of orders · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.
Where it may operate
Through the MiCA passport, APLO has notified 7 countries: Belgium, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands. It has not notified the other 23 EEA states, so a client there is outside the scope of the notification.
- 🇦🇹 AT
- 🇧🇪 BE
- 🇧🇬 BG
- 🇭🇷 HR
- 🇨🇾 CY
- 🇨🇿 CZ
- 🇩🇰 DK
- 🇪🇪 EE
- 🇫🇮 FI
- 🇫🇷 FR
- 🇩🇪 DE
- 🇬🇷 GR
- 🇭🇺 HU
- 🇮🇸 IS
- 🇮🇪 IE
- 🇮🇹 IT
- 🇱🇻 LV
- 🇱🇮 LI
- 🇱🇹 LT
- 🇱🇺 LU
- 🇲🇹 MT
- 🇳🇱 NL
- 🇳🇴 NO
- 🇵🇱 PL
- 🇵🇹 PT
- 🇷🇴 RO
- 🇸🇰 SK
- 🇸🇮 SI
- 🇪🇸 ES
- 🇸🇪 SE
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
- APLO SAS
- Trading as
- APLO
- LEI
- 969500YKHZ31GZ7AAU02 · GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) (France)
- Registered address
- 15 rue des Halles - 75001 Paris, France
- Declared website
- aplo.io
- Trading platform
- aplo.io
- Authorised on
- 30 June 2026
- Register entry updated
- 15 September 2026
Questions people ask
Is APLO regulated in the EU?
Yes. APLO (APLO SAS) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on 30 June 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is APLO authorised for?
5 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, transfer services.
In which countries can APLO offer crypto services?
7 EEA countries: Belgium, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands.
Who supervises APLO?
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the competent authority in France, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
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- COINSHARES ASSET MANAGEMENTAuthorised
- BITSTACKBITSTACK DIGITAL ASSETS SASAuthorised
Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.