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Is FIRI AS regulated in the EU?

FIRI AS. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇳🇴 Norway.

Authorised under MiCA

FIRI AS is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) on 22 May 2026 and covers 6 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

FIRI AS among the EU's authorised providers

FIRI AS was the 3rd of 6 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Norway, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 17 months after MiCA became applicable. With 6 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 25 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. Finanstilsynet supervises 6 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

FIRI AS is authorised for 6 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for 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.
  • b Operating a trading platform all EEA Running a marketplace where buyers and sellers of crypto-assets are matched — an order-book exchange in the strict sense.
  • 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.
  • j Transfer services all EEA Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.

Not authorised: f. Placing of crypto-assets · g. Reception and transmission of orders · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

FIRI AS 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
FIRI AS
LEI
9845003B8462B18FHE35 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) (Norway)
Registered address
Harbitzalléen 5, 0275 OSLO, NORWAY
Declared website
firi.com
Authorised on
22 May 2026
Register entry updated
21 August 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 FIRI AS regulated in the EU?

Yes. FIRI AS (FIRI AS) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) on 22 May 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is FIRI AS authorised for?

6 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, operating a trading platform, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, transfer services.

In which countries can FIRI AS offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises FIRI AS?

Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet), the competent authority in Norway, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Norway

All providers from Norway →

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