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Is capital.com regulated in the EU?

capital.com — legal name CAPITAL VAULT LTD. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇨🇾 Cyprus.

Authorised under MiCA

capital.com is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on 1 December 2025 and covers 5 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

capital.com among the EU's authorised providers

capital.com was the 6th of 24 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Cyprus, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 11 months after MiCA became applicable. With 5 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 62 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. CySEC supervises 24 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

capital.com 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 all EEA 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 all EEA 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 all EEA 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 all EEA Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
  • j Transfer services all EEA 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

capital.com has notified all 30 EEA countries: under MiCA's passporting rules, a licence from one Member State lets the provider offer its services across the whole European Economic Area after a simple 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
CAPITAL VAULT LTD
Trading as
capital.com
LEI
984500C46B3B7B69Y904 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) (Cyprus)
Registered address
Vasileiou Makedonos 8, KINNIS BUSINESS CENTER, 3rd floor, 3040 Limassol, Cyprus
Authorised on
1 December 2025
Register entry updated
17 July 2026

Questions people ask

Is capital.com regulated in the EU?

Yes. capital.com (CAPITAL VAULT LTD) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on 1 December 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is capital.com 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 capital.com offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises capital.com?

Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the competent authority in Cyprus, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Cyprus

All providers from Cyprus →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.