Does KuCoin have a MiCA (CASP) license?

Yes. KuCoin operates in the EU through KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH, which received a MiCA crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorisation on 27 November 2025 from the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). The authorisation is recorded in ESMA's official register of CASPs.

Yes. KuCoin is MiCA-compliant: its EU entity KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH is authorised (approved) as a crypto-asset service provider under the EU's MiCA regulation (also written MiCAR), regulated by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) and listed in ESMA's official register. We last verified this on 12 November 2026.

Yes. KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH (LEI 529900B4G0EGK7Z9KT45) appears in ESMA's official register of authorised MiCA crypto-asset service providers, recorded under the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). You can verify the live entry in the ESMA register; we last checked it on 12 November 2026.

Yes. They are two names for the same authorisation. “CASP” (crypto-asset service provider) is the licence type defined by the EU's MiCA regulation, so “KuCoin MiCA license”, “KuCoin MiCA licence”, “KuCoin CASP license” and “KuCoin EU license” all mean the same thing. KuCoin holds this authorisation through KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH.

KuCoin's EU entity, KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH, is regulated by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), its home-state competent authority under MiCA.

KuCoin is licensed via KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH, authorised in Austria by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). Thanks to MiCA passporting, that single authorisation lets KuCoin legally serve clients across 29 EU/EEA countries.

Not exactly. In the EU/EEA, KuCoin operates through a separate, MiCA-licensed legal entity, KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH, authorised by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). This EU entity is a different company from KuCoin's global platform and must follow MiCA's rules, which can mean different terms, leverage limits or product availability than KuCoin's international site. If you are an EU/EEA resident, using the KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH entity is what gives you MiCA-regulated protections.

KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH was authorised on 27 November 2025. The entry was last synced with the ESMA register on 12 November 2026.

KuCoin is authorised for: Custody & administration of crypto-assets; Exchange of crypto-assets for funds; Exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets; Placing of crypto-assets; Transfer services for crypto-assets.

Under MiCA passporting, KuCoin can serve clients in 29 EU/EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.

Yes. Because KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH holds a MiCA CASP license, KuCoin is a legal, regulated crypto-asset service provider in the EU/EEA and may serve clients across 29 countries. Always confirm the latest status in the official ESMA register.