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Is Sygnum Europe regulated in the EU?

Sygnum Europe — legal name Sygnum Europe AG. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein.

Authorised under MiCA

Sygnum Europe is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) on 26 June 2026 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Sygnum Europe among the EU's authorised providers

Sygnum Europe was the 9th of 12 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Liechtenstein, 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. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. FMA supervises 12 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Sygnum Europe 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 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.
  • 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 · 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

Sygnum Europe 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
Sygnum Europe AG
Trading as
Sygnum Europe
LEI
506700NPCDRP5LN89R92 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) (Liechtenstein)
Registered address
Dr. Grass-Strasse 12 - 9490 Vaduz
Declared website
sygnum.com
Authorised on
26 June 2026
Register entry updated
30 June 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 Sygnum Europe regulated in the EU?

Yes. Sygnum Europe (Sygnum Europe AG) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) on 26 June 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Sygnum Europe 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 Sygnum Europe offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Sygnum Europe?

Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA), the competent authority in Liechtenstein, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Liechtenstein

All providers from Liechtenstein →

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