Is Cryptonow regulated in the EU?
Cryptonow — legal name Cryptonow GmbH. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇦🇹 Austria.
Authorised under MiCA
Cryptonow is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) on 15 October 2025 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.
Cryptonow among the EU's authorised providers
Cryptonow was the 3rd of 11 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Austria, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 9 months after MiCA became applicable. With 4 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 107 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. FMA supervises 11 authorised providers in total.
What the authorisation covers
Cryptonow is authorised for 4 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, 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 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.
- 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 · 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
Cryptonow 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.
- 🇦🇹 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
- Cryptonow GmbH
- Trading as
- Cryptonow
- LEI
- 529900LZM6X3GBFNLG10 · GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) (Austria)
- Registered address
- Marc-Aurel-Straße 10-12/15a, 1010 Vienna, Austria
- Declared website
- cryptonow.at
- Authorised on
- 15 October 2025
- Register entry updated
- 4 February 2026
Questions people ask
Is Cryptonow regulated in the EU?
Yes. Cryptonow (Cryptonow GmbH) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) on 15 October 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is Cryptonow authorised for?
4 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, transfer services.
In which countries can Cryptonow offer crypto services?
In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.
Who supervises Cryptonow?
Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), the competent authority in Austria, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
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- BybitBybit EU GmbHAuthorised
- AMINA EUAMINA (Austria) AGAuthorised
Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.