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Is Simplex regulated in the EU?

Simplex — legal name Nuvei Liquidity UAB. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇱🇹 Lithuania.

Authorised under MiCA

Simplex is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Bank of Lithuania (LSC) on 16 December 2025 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 29 EEA countries.

Simplex among the EU's authorised providers

Simplex was the 4th of 6 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Lithuania, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 12 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 29 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. LSC supervises 6 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Simplex 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 29 countries 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 29 countries 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 29 countries Swapping one crypto-asset for another with the client, using the provider's own capital — for example bitcoin for a stablecoin.
  • j Transfer services 29 countries 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

Through the MiCA passport, Simplex has notified 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 1 EEA states (Lithuania), so a client there is outside the scope of the 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
Nuvei Liquidity UAB
Trading as
Simplex
LEI
894500IY99QLL9M0SR28 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Bank of Lithuania (LSC) (Lithuania)
Registered address
Lvivo g. 37, Vilnius, 09307, Lithuania
Declared website
simplex.com
Authorised on
16 December 2025
Register entry updated
2 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 Simplex regulated in the EU?

Yes. Simplex (Nuvei Liquidity UAB) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Bank of Lithuania (LSC) on 16 December 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Simplex 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 Simplex offer crypto services?

29 EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.

Who supervises Simplex?

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

Other providers authorised in Lithuania

All providers from Lithuania →

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