Is CPS regulated in the EU?
CPS — legal name CPS Europe S.A.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇱🇺 Luxembourg.
Authorised under MiCA
CPS 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 3 July 2026 and covers 5 of 10 MiCA services in 29 EEA countries.
CPS among the EU's authorised providers
CPS was the 13th of 13 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Luxembourg, 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 29 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. CSSF supervises 13 authorised providers in total.
What the authorisation covers
CPS 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 29 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 29 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 29 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 29 countries Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
- j Transfer services 29 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, CPS has notified 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 1 EEA states (Luxembourg), 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
- CPS Europe S.A.
- Trading as
- CPS
- LEI
- 984500CFB88366E9B834 · GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) (Luxembourg)
- Registered address
- 51 Rue de Strasbourg, L-2561 Luxembourg
- Declared website
- enum8.com
- Authorised on
- 3 July 2026
- Register entry updated
- 3 July 2026
Questions people ask
Is CPS regulated in the EU?
Yes. CPS (CPS Europe S.A.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on 3 July 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is CPS 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 CPS offer crypto services?
29 EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.
Who supervises CPS?
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the competent authority in Luxembourg, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
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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.