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Is Finst B.V. regulated in the EU?

Finst B.V.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇳🇱 Netherlands.

Authorised under MiCA

Finst B.V. is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 24 July 2025 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 29 EEA countries.

Finst B.V. among the EU's authorised providers

Finst B.V. was the 12th of 28 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in the Netherlands, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 7 months after MiCA became applicable. With 4 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 107 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 29 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. AFM supervises 28 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Finst B.V. 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, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets, 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.
  • 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.
  • g Reception and transmission of orders 29 countries 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 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 · c. Exchange for funds · d. Exchange for other crypto-assets · f. Placing of crypto-assets · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

Through the MiCA passport, Finst B.V. has notified 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 1 EEA states (Greece), so a client there is outside the scope of the 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
Finst B.V.
LEI
724500UI8UD7HKGVJX65 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) (Netherlands)
Registered address
Herengracht 454 - 1017CA Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Declared website
finst.com
Authorised on
24 July 2025
Register entry updated
24 July 2025
Only the declared domains are covered. Fraudsters routinely copy the name of an authorised provider and operate from a look-alike domain. If the website you are on is not one of the addresses above, the authorisation does not apply to it — check the exact domain.

Questions people ask

Is Finst B.V. regulated in the EU?

Yes. Finst B.V. (Finst B.V.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 24 July 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Finst B.V. authorised for?

4 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, execution of orders, reception and transmission of orders, transfer services.

In which countries can Finst B.V. offer crypto services?

29 EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.

Who supervises Finst B.V.?

Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), the competent authority in the Netherlands, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in the Netherlands

All providers from Netherlands →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.