Is BNY regulated in the EU?
BNY — legal name BNY SA/NV. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇧🇪 Belgium.
Authorised under MiCA
BNY is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by National Bank of Belgium (NBB) on 20 July 2026 and covers 2 of 10 MiCA services in 1 EEA country.
BNY among the EU's authorised providers
BNY was the 1st of 2 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Belgium, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 19 months after MiCA became applicable. With 2 authorised services it is below the register average of 3.3; 217 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 1 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. NBB supervises 2 authorised providers in total.
What the authorisation covers
BNY is authorised for 2 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, execution of orders, 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 1 country 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.
- j Transfer services 1 country 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 · e. Execution of orders · f. Placing of crypto-assets · g. Reception and transmission of orders · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.
Where it may operate
BNY is authorised to operate only in Belgium. It has not used the MiCA passport to notify other EEA states.
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- 🇧🇪 BE
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- 🇭🇷 HR
- 🇨🇾 CY
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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
- BNY SA/NV
- Trading as
- BNY
- LEI
- MMYX0N4ZEZ13Z4XCG897 · GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- National Bank of Belgium (NBB) (Belgium)
- Registered address
- Anspachlaan 1, 1000 Brussels
- Declared website
- bny.com
- Authorised on
- 20 July 2026
- Register entry updated
- 20 July 2026
- Regulator's note
- 1: The NBB has expressly confimed the completeness of the information file received by BNY SA/NV. This confirmation has been given on 20/07, after which BNY SA/NV, as soon as 27/7 could start to offer its crypto-asset services
Questions people ask
Is BNY regulated in the EU?
Yes. BNY (BNY SA/NV) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by National Bank of Belgium (NBB) on 20 July 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is BNY authorised for?
2 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, transfer services.
In which countries can BNY offer crypto services?
1 EEA countries: Belgium.
Who supervises BNY?
National Bank of Belgium (NBB), the competent authority in Belgium, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
Other providers authorised in Belgium
- KBCKBC Bank NVAuthorised
Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by National Bank of Belgium (NBB). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.