Is Webot regulated in the EU?
Webot โ legal name Pionew Ireland Limited. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland.
Authorised under MiCA
Webot is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on 18 December 2025 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 4 EEA countries.
Webot among the EU's authorised providers
Webot was the 9th of 12 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Ireland, 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 4 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. CBI supervises 12 authorised providers in total.
What the authorisation covers
Webot is authorised for 4 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for exchange for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management โ if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.
- a Custody and administration 4 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.
- b Operating a trading platform 4 countries Running a marketplace where buyers and sellers of crypto-assets are matched โ an order-book exchange in the strict sense.
- c Exchange for funds 4 countries Buying crypto-assets from clients, or selling to them, against money (euro or another currency) using the provider's own capital.
- j Transfer services 4 countries Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.
Not authorised: d. Exchange for other crypto-assets ยท e. Execution of orders ยท f. Placing of crypto-assets ยท g. Reception and transmission of orders ยท h. Advice on crypto-assets ยท i. Portfolio management.
Where it may operate
Through the MiCA passport, Webot has notified 4 countries: Germany, France, Ireland, Lithuania. It has not notified the other 26 EEA states, 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
- Pionew Ireland Limited
- Trading as
- Webot
- LEI
- 984500FD0NZ8949F4363 ยท GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) (Ireland)
- Registered address
- Office 1C North Valley Business Park Old Mallow Road Cork T23 WN15 IRELAND
- Declared website
- webot.com
- Authorised on
- 18 December 2025
- Register entry updated
- 18 December 2025
Questions people ask
Is Webot regulated in the EU?
Yes. Webot (Pionew Ireland Limited) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on 18 December 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is Webot authorised for?
4 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, operating a trading platform, exchange for funds, transfer services.
In which countries can Webot offer crypto services?
4 EEA countries: Germany, France, Ireland, Lithuania.
Who supervises Webot?
Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), the competent authority in Ireland, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
Other providers authorised in Ireland
- Virtu Financial Ireland LimitedAuthorised
- CoinJarCoinJar Europe LimitedAuthorised
- Kraken Digital Asset ExchangePayward Europe Solutions LimitedAuthorised
- SkrillPaysafe Payment Solutions Limited.Authorised
- Ramp NetworkRamp Swaps (Ireland) LimitedAuthorised
- KrakenPayward Global Solutions LimitedAuthorised
All providers from Ireland โ
Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.