Is Myntkaup regulated in the EU?
Myntkaup — legal name Myntkaup ehf.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇮🇸 Iceland.
Authorised under MiCA
Myntkaup is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Central Bank of Iceland on 25 June 2026 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 1 EEA country.
Myntkaup among the EU's authorised providers
Myntkaup was the 1st of 1 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Iceland, 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 1 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. Central Bank of Iceland supervises 1 authorised providers in total.
What the authorisation covers
Myntkaup 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 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.
- 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 · 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
Myntkaup is authorised to operate only in Iceland. It has not used the MiCA passport to notify other EEA states.
- 🇦🇹 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
- Myntkaup ehf.
- Trading as
- Myntkaup
- LEI
- 636700BAJ82J2GWSP231 · GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Central Bank of Iceland (Iceland)
- Registered address
- Borgartún 27, 105 Reykjavík
- Declared website
- myntkaup.is
- Trading platform
- app.myntkaup.is
- Authorised on
- 25 June 2026
- Register entry updated
- 25 June 2026
Questions people ask
Is Myntkaup regulated in the EU?
Yes. Myntkaup (Myntkaup ehf.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Central Bank of Iceland on 25 June 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is Myntkaup 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 Myntkaup offer crypto services?
1 EEA countries: Iceland.
Who supervises Myntkaup?
Central Bank of Iceland, the competent authority in Iceland, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Central Bank of Iceland. This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.