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Is Firefish regulated in the EU?

Firefish — legal name Firefish Europe s.r.o. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇸🇰 Slovakia.

Authorised under MiCA

Firefish is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) on 2 January 2026 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Firefish among the EU's authorised providers

Firefish was the 5th of 6 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Slovakia, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 12 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. NBS supervises 6 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Firefish 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

Firefish 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
Firefish Europe s.r.o
Trading as
Firefish
LEI
9845004E55FCFA069549 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) (Slovakia)
Registered address
Na troskách 22, 974 01 Banská Bystrica,Slovakia
Declared website
firefish.io
Authorised on
2 January 2026
Register entry updated
29 July 2026
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 Firefish regulated in the EU?

Yes. Firefish (Firefish Europe s.r.o) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) on 2 January 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Firefish 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 Firefish offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Firefish?

National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), the competent authority in Slovakia, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Slovakia

All providers from Slovakia →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by National Bank of Slovakia (NBS). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.