Is Januar regulated in the EU?
Januar — legal name Januar ApS. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇩🇰 Denmark.
Authorised under MiCA
Januar is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Finanstilsynet on 29 June 2026 and covers 3 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.
Januar among the EU's authorised providers
Januar was the 6th of 7 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Denmark, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 18 months after MiCA became applicable. With 3 authorised services it is at the register average of 3.3; 162 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. Finanstilsynet supervises 7 authorised providers in total.
What the authorisation covers
Januar is authorised for 3 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, 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.
- 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: b. Operating a trading platform · c. Exchange for funds · d. Exchange for other crypto-assets · f. Placing of crypto-assets · g. Reception and transmission of orders · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.
Where it may operate
Januar 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.
- 🇦🇹 AT
- 🇧🇪 BE
- 🇧🇬 BG
- 🇭🇷 HR
- 🇨🇾 CY
- 🇨🇿 CZ
- 🇩🇰 DK
- 🇪🇪 EE
- 🇫🇮 FI
- 🇫🇷 FR
- 🇩🇪 DE
- 🇬🇷 GR
- 🇭🇺 HU
- 🇮🇸 IS
- 🇮🇪 IE
- 🇮🇹 IT
- 🇱🇻 LV
- 🇱🇮 LI
- 🇱🇹 LT
- 🇱🇺 LU
- 🇲🇹 MT
- 🇳🇱 NL
- 🇳🇴 NO
- 🇵🇱 PL
- 🇵🇹 PT
- 🇷🇴 RO
- 🇸🇰 SK
- 🇸🇮 SI
- 🇪🇸 ES
- 🇸🇪 SE
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
- Januar ApS
- Trading as
- Januar
- LEI
- 984500A43E7FFC73CR76 · GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Finanstilsynet (Denmark)
- Registered address
- Gothersgade 14, 4., 1123 København K
- Declared website
- januar.com
- Authorised on
- 29 June 2026
- Register entry updated
- 10 September 2026
Questions people ask
Is Januar regulated in the EU?
Yes. Januar (Januar ApS) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Finanstilsynet on 29 June 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is Januar authorised for?
3 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, execution of orders, transfer services.
In which countries can Januar offer crypto services?
In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.
Who supervises Januar?
Finanstilsynet, the competent authority in Denmark, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
Other providers authorised in Denmark
- GCEXGC Exchange A/SAuthorised
- PenningPenning Financial Services ApSAuthorised
- Lunar BlockLunar Block A/SAuthorised
- CoinifyCoinify ApSAuthorised
- NorthstakeNorthstake ApSAuthorised
- SafeLynxSafeLynx Technologies ApSAuthorised
Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Finanstilsynet. This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.