Is Vivid Money B.V. regulated in the EU?
Vivid Money B.V.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands.
Authorised under MiCA
Vivid Money B.V. is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 1 May 2025 and covers 2 of 10 MiCA services in 29 EEA countries.
Vivid Money B.V. among the EU's authorised providers
Vivid Money B.V. was the 6th of 28 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in the Netherlands, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 4 months after MiCA became applicable. With 2 authorised services it is below the register average of 3.3; 217 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 29 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. AFM supervises 28 authorised providers in total.
What the authorisation covers
Vivid Money B.V. is authorised for 2 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, execution of orders, placing of crypto-assets, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management, transfer services โ 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.
- g Reception and transmission of orders 29 countries Taking a client's order to buy or sell and passing it on to another provider that executes it โ a broker that does not execute itself.
Not authorised: b. Operating a trading platform ยท c. Exchange for funds ยท d. Exchange for other crypto-assets ยท e. Execution of orders ยท f. Placing of crypto-assets ยท h. Advice on crypto-assets ยท i. Portfolio management ยท j. Transfer services.
Where it may operate
Through the MiCA passport, Vivid Money B.V. has notified 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 1 EEA states (Greece), so a client there is outside the scope of the notification.
- ๐ฆ๐น AT
- ๐ง๐ช BE
- ๐ง๐ฌ BG
- ๐ญ๐ท HR
- ๐จ๐พ CY
- ๐จ๐ฟ CZ
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ DK
- ๐ช๐ช EE
- ๐ซ๐ฎ FI
- ๐ซ๐ท FR
- ๐ฉ๐ช DE
- ๐ฌ๐ท GR
- ๐ญ๐บ HU
- ๐ฎ๐ธ IS
- ๐ฎ๐ช IE
- ๐ฎ๐น IT
- ๐ฑ๐ป LV
- ๐ฑ๐ฎ LI
- ๐ฑ๐น LT
- ๐ฑ๐บ LU
- ๐ฒ๐น MT
- ๐ณ๐ฑ NL
- ๐ณ๐ด NO
- ๐ต๐ฑ PL
- ๐ต๐น PT
- ๐ท๐ด RO
- ๐ธ๐ฐ SK
- ๐ธ๐ฎ SI
- ๐ช๐ธ ES
- ๐ธ๐ช 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
- Vivid Money B.V.
- LEI
- 7245009PWS7YLG3JPF78 ยท GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) (Netherlands)
- Registered address
- Strawinskylaan 4117 - 1077ZX Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- Declared website
- vivid.money
- Authorised on
- 1 May 2025
- Register entry updated
- 5 July 2025
Questions people ask
Is Vivid Money B.V. regulated in the EU?
Yes. Vivid Money B.V. (Vivid Money B.V.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 1 May 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is Vivid Money B.V. authorised for?
2 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, reception and transmission of orders.
In which countries can Vivid Money B.V. offer crypto services?
29 EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.
Who supervises Vivid Money B.V.?
Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), the competent authority in the Netherlands, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
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- BLOX B.V.Authorised
- ClearBank Europe B.V.ClearBank Europe N.V.Authorised
All providers from Netherlands โ
Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.