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Is Swissquote regulated in the EU?

Swissquote — legal name Swissquote Bank Europe SA. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇱🇺 Luxembourg.

Authorised under MiCA

Swissquote is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on 24 April 2026 and covers 3 of 10 MiCA services in 29 EEA countries.

Swissquote among the EU's authorised providers

Swissquote was the 6th of 13 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Luxembourg, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 16 months after MiCA became applicable. With 3 authorised services it is at the register average of 3.3; 162 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 29 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. CSSF supervises 13 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Swissquote 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 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.
  • e Execution of orders 29 countries Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
  • 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 · 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

Through the MiCA passport, Swissquote has notified 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 1 EEA states (Luxembourg), 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
Swissquote Bank Europe SA
Trading as
Swissquote
LEI
549300M2IHOB9P5WE714 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) (Luxembourg)
Registered address
2, rue Edward Steichen, L-2540 Luxembourg
Declared website
swissquote.com
Authorised on
24 April 2026
Register entry updated
30 April 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 Swissquote regulated in the EU?

Yes. Swissquote (Swissquote Bank Europe SA) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on 24 April 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Swissquote authorised for?

3 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, execution of orders, transfer services.

In which countries can Swissquote offer crypto services?

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

Who supervises Swissquote?

Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the competent authority in Luxembourg, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Luxembourg

All providers from Luxembourg →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.