Prime & Handel
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange (Kraken)
Payward Europe Solutions Limited is licensed in Ireland under the EU crypto-asset regulation MiCA, supervised by CBI, since 25 June 2025.
The licence covers 8 of the ten MiCA services, including custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients.
The brand Kraken Digital Asset Exchange (Kraken) trades under the legal entity Payward Europe Solutions Limited; the register lists the entity, not the brand.
Registered facts
- Licensed legal entity
- Payward Europe Solutions Limited
- Home member state
- Ireland (IE)
- Supervisor
- Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)
- Authorised since
- 25 June 2025
- Role
- Prime & Handel
What this licence permits
MiCA splits crypto services into ten types. A licence covers only the ones listed here; anything else the firm may not offer to EU clients.
- aCustodycovered
- bTrading platformnot covered
- cExchange for fundscovered
- dExchange for cryptocovered
- eOrder executioncovered
- fPlacementcovered
- gOrder receptioncovered
- hAdvicenot covered
- iPortfolio managementcovered
- jTransfer servicescovered