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Is Trade Republic Bank GmbH regulated in the EU?

Trade Republic Bank GmbH. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇩🇪 Germany.

Authorised under MiCA

Trade Republic Bank GmbH is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 28 April 2025 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Trade Republic Bank GmbH among the EU's authorised providers

Trade Republic Bank GmbH was the 9th of 100 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Germany, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 4 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. BaFin supervises 100 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Trade Republic Bank GmbH 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, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 · c. Exchange for funds · d. Exchange for other crypto-assets · f. Placing of crypto-assets · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

Trade Republic Bank GmbH 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
Trade Republic Bank GmbH
LEI
5299009IFX1XTKDY4568 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) (Germany)
Registered address
Brunnenstraße 19 - 21 10119 Berlin
Declared website
traderepublic.com
Authorised on
28 April 2025
Register entry updated
24 April 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 Trade Republic Bank GmbH regulated in the EU?

Yes. Trade Republic Bank GmbH (Trade Republic Bank GmbH) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 28 April 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Trade Republic Bank GmbH authorised for?

4 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, execution of orders, reception and transmission of orders, transfer services.

In which countries can Trade Republic Bank GmbH offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Trade Republic Bank GmbH?

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the competent authority in Germany, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Germany

All providers from Germany →

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