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Is Kraken Digital Asset Exchange regulated in the EU?

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange — legal name Payward Europe Solutions Limited, also known as Kraken. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇮🇪 Ireland.

Authorised under MiCA

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on 25 June 2025 and covers 8 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange among the EU's authorised providers

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange was the 1st of 12 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Ireland, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 6 months after MiCA became applicable. With 8 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 3 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

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is authorised for 8 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, advice on crypto-assets — 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.
  • 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.
  • f Placing of crypto-assets all EEA Marketing newly issued crypto-assets to buyers on behalf of the issuer — the crypto equivalent of underwriting or an IPO placement.
  • 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.
  • i Portfolio management all EEA Managing a client's crypto-asset portfolio with discretion, under a mandate — deciding what to buy and sell on their behalf.
  • 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 · h. Advice on crypto-assets.

Where it may operate

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange 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
Payward Europe Solutions Limited
Trading as
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Also: Kraken
LEI
254900641D8KNHUZYX24 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) (Ireland)
Registered address
70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland D02 R296
Declared website
kraken.com
Authorised on
25 June 2025
Register entry updated
25 June 2025
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 Kraken Digital Asset Exchange regulated in the EU?

Yes. Kraken Digital Asset Exchange (Payward Europe Solutions Limited) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on 25 June 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Kraken Digital Asset Exchange authorised for?

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

In which countries can Kraken Digital Asset Exchange offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Kraken Digital Asset Exchange?

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.