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Is Coinbase regulated in the EU?

Coinbase — legal name Coinbase Luxembourg S.A.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇱🇺 Luxembourg.

Authorised under MiCA

Coinbase is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on 20 June 2025 and covers 7 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Coinbase among the EU's authorised providers

Coinbase was the 3rd of 13 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Luxembourg, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 6 months after MiCA became applicable. With 7 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 11 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. CSSF supervises 13 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Coinbase is authorised for 7 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, 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.
  • f Placing of crypto-assets all EEA Marketing newly issued crypto-assets to buyers on behalf of the issuer — the crypto equivalent of underwriting or an IPO placement.
  • g Reception and transmission of orders all EEA Taking a client's order to buy or sell and passing it on to another provider that executes it — a broker that does not execute itself.
  • 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 · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

Coinbase 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
Coinbase Luxembourg S.A.
Trading as
Coinbase
LEI
984500F14CA4571AAC11 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) (Luxembourg)
Registered address
5, Place de la Gare, L-1616 Luxembourg
Authorised on
20 June 2025
Register entry updated
22 January 2026

Questions people ask

Is Coinbase regulated in the EU?

Yes. Coinbase (Coinbase Luxembourg S.A.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on 20 June 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Coinbase authorised for?

7 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders, transfer services.

In which countries can Coinbase offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Coinbase?

Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the competent authority in Luxembourg, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Luxembourg

All providers from Luxembourg →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.