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Is Hercle regulated in the EU?

Hercle — legal name HERCLE S.R.L.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇮🇹 Italy.

Authorised under MiCA

Hercle is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB) on 30 June 2026 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 27 EEA countries.

Hercle among the EU's authorised providers

Hercle was the 7th of 9 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Italy, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 18 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 27 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. CONSOB supervises 9 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Hercle 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 27 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 27 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 27 countries Swapping one crypto-asset for another with the client, using the provider's own capital — for example bitcoin for a stablecoin.
  • j Transfer services 27 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 · 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

Through the MiCA passport, Hercle has notified 27 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 3 EEA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), 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
HERCLE S.R.L.
Trading as
Hercle
LEI
984500AEBA8A0HQ44988 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB) (Italy)
Registered address
Via Andrea Solari, 19, MILANO, 20144
Declared website
hercle.financial
Authorised on
30 June 2026
Register entry updated
10 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 Hercle regulated in the EU?

Yes. Hercle (HERCLE S.R.L.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB) on 30 June 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Hercle 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 Hercle offer crypto services?

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

Who supervises Hercle?

Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB), the competent authority in Italy, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Italy

All providers from Italy →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.