What the public record shows.
The honest way to answer “is this provider still available” is to point at what an authority or the firm itself has actually published — not to guess. For Bitstamp, the case runs through Luxembourg: an EU entity, approved by the Luxembourg competent authority, passporting outward across the single market.
Bitstamp announced on 16 May 2025 that its EU entity Bitstamp Europe S.A. had been approved as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) under MiCA by Luxembourg’s CSSF — reported as the first MiCA-licensed exchange in Luxembourg. Match the specific entity, Bitstamp Europe S.A., against the register — the brand alone is not the authorised entity.
A MiCA CASP authorisation can be passported across the EU/EEA. Bitstamp described the CSSF approval, coupled with the European passport, as covering the operation of its trading platform, the execution of orders on behalf of clients, and the custody of crypto-assets across the European Economic Area — the standard freedom-of-services route by which one national authorisation reaches the whole single market.
The authoritative, EU-wide record is the ESMA register of authorised CASPs, cross-checked against the CSSF’s own published records — the confirmation that an authorisation is recorded by a competent authority, not only asserted in a press release. Bitstamp separately publishes its own service disclaimers and per-country notices, which are the firm’s own statement of what it offers where.
Bitstamp announced its CSSF MiCA CASP approval for Bitstamp Europe S.A. on 16 May 2025, describing it as covering trading, order execution and custody across the EEA via the European passport. A MiCA authorisation is passportable across the EU/EEA. Always confirm the current, authoritative entry on the ESMA register.
So can you still use it — and what could still change?
Holding an authorisation is the thing that lets a provider keep serving EU clients after the deadline. But “the firm is authorised” is not the same as “every product is available to you, everywhere, unchanged.” Three things still vary even for an authorised provider.
| What can still vary | Why |
|---|---|
| Which assets are offered | Stablecoins (e-money tokens) are governed by their own MiCA rules; individual tokens can be added or delisted independently of the provider’s overall authorisation. Bitstamp publishes its own asset listings and any changes. |
| Which country / entity serves you | EU users are served by the authorised EU entity, Bitstamp Europe S.A. Your terms and available features can change by market; confirm which entity your account is with. |
| Which specific services | A MiCA authorisation covers a defined set of crypto-asset services. Anything outside that set — or outside MiCA, such as certain staking, earn, or derivative products — follows its own rules and disclaimers. |
This is general information, not legal, financial, or investment advice, and not a determination of any firm’s authorisation status. For your situation, read the provider’s own current service notices and confirm the authorised entity on the ESMA register.
How to verify any provider’s status yourself.
The same three-step check works for any exchange or wallet, not just Bitstamp — and it is the only reliable way to answer “is X still available” for your own account.
Look up the provider’s legal entity on ESMA’s register of authorised CASPs (and the relevant national competent authority’s register, here Luxembourg’s CSSF). If the entity that serves you is listed, that is the authoritative confirmation.
A brand can operate several legal entities across jurisdictions. Confirm the specific entity named in your account terms — for Bitstamp’s EU users, Bitstamp Europe S.A. — is the one that holds the authorisation, rather than relying on the “Bitstamp” brand alone.
Authorised providers publish listing, delisting, and country-availability notices, plus per-market risk warnings. These tell you what changes for your assets and country, which the register alone does not.
If you market a crypto service into the EU, this cuts the other way.
The flip side of users asking “is this provider authorised” is that every authorised provider’s marketing is now held to the MiCA standard. Under Article 88, every customer-facing message must be clear, fair, and not misleading — and claims about your own authorisation, available markets, or supported assets are exactly the kind of statement that has to be accurate. If you run marketing into the EU, the routes below show how to check a live asset before it ships.
| If you are… | The immediate move | Start here |
|---|---|---|
| Unsure whether a live asset still passes A banner, landing page, or email running into the EU. |
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| Shipping assets across several EU markets Ongoing campaigns, multiple languages. |
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| Facing a whole asset-set review or a market change A licence change, a migration, or a high-stakes launch. |
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Related rules.
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Bitvavo B.V. and its AFM (Netherlands) MiCA licence — another home-market authorisation case.
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The same status check applied to eToro’s EU entity and its Cyprus CySEC MiCA permit.
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The mirror image of this page: firms that have suspended, withdrawn, or been restricted in the EU — as dated, sourced facts.
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The general status page: what the end of the transitional period changed, and what it means if a provider is not authorised.
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MiCA, FCA, SEC, GDPR — the marketing rules, quoted and explained.
This page is general, educational information for EU users and marketing teams, not legal, financial, or investment advice, and not a determination of any firm’s authorisation status or any authority’s intentions. The facts stated — Bitstamp’s 16 May 2025 announcement of a MiCA CASP approval from Luxembourg’s CSSF for Bitstamp Europe S.A., and MiCA passporting across the EU/EEA — are drawn from a public announcement and registers at a point in time and can change. There is no “guaranteed” availability; confirm the current entry on the ESMA register of authorised CASPs, match the specific legal entity named in your account terms, read the provider’s own service notices and risk warnings, and consult qualified counsel for your situation.