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Is Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG regulated in the EU?

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇩🇪 Germany.

Authorised under MiCA

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 6 March 2026 and covers 6 of 10 MiCA services in 1 EEA country.

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG among the EU's authorised providers

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG was the 51st of 100 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Germany, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 14 months after MiCA became applicable. With 6 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 25 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 1 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. BaFin supervises 100 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG is authorised for 6 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, placing of crypto-assets, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.

  • a Custody and administration 1 country 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 1 country 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 1 country 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 1 country Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
  • g Reception and transmission of orders 1 country 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.
  • j Transfer services 1 country Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.

Not authorised: b. Operating a trading platform · f. Placing of crypto-assets · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG is authorised to operate only in Germany. It has not used the MiCA passport to notify other EEA states.

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
Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG
LEI
529900UC2OD7II24Z667 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) (Germany)
Registered address
Überseering 28, 22297 Hamburg
Declared website
berenberg.de
Authorised on
6 March 2026
Register entry updated
6 March 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 Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG regulated in the EU?

Yes. Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 6 March 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG authorised for?

6 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, reception and transmission of orders, transfer services.

In which countries can Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG offer crypto services?

1 EEA countries: Germany.

Who supervises Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG?

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the competent authority in Germany, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Germany

All providers from Germany →

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