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Is Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited regulated in the EU?

Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇮🇪 Ireland.

Authorised under MiCA

Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on 22 January 2026 and covers 1 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited among the EU's authorised providers

Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited was the 11th of 12 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Ireland, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 13 months after MiCA became applicable. With 1 authorised service it is below the register average of 3.3; 262 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. CBI supervises 12 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited is authorised for 1 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for custody and administration, operating a trading platform, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, placing of crypto-assets, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management, transfer services — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.

  • g Reception and transmission of orders all EEA 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.

Not authorised: a. Custody and administration · b. Operating a trading platform · c. Exchange for funds · d. Exchange for other crypto-assets · e. Execution of orders · f. Placing of crypto-assets · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management · j. Transfer services.

Where it may operate

Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited 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
Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited
LEI
5493001B9LDFCQUY9273 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) (Ireland)
Registered address
Floors 6 & 7, 91/92 N Wall Quay, North Wall, Dublin, D01 H7V7
Declared website
interactivebrokers.ie
Authorised on
22 January 2026
Register entry updated
22 January 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 Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited regulated in the EU?

Yes. Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited (Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on 22 January 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited authorised for?

1 of the ten MiCA services: reception and transmission of orders.

In which countries can Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited?

Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), the competent authority in Ireland, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Ireland

All providers from Ireland →

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