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 Kraken’s EU operations, the public facts are clear and positive.
Kraken serves EU/EEA users through its EU entity (publicly identified as Payward Europe Solutions Limited). Kraken announced in June 2025 that this entity had secured a MiCA crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland.
A MiCA CASP authorisation can be passported across the EU/EEA, so a firm authorised in one member state can offer the services covered by its licence to clients across the bloc. Kraken described the Irish licence as the basis for serving users across the EEA.
Kraken’s EU entity is listed on the ESMA register of authorised CASPs — the authoritative, EU-wide record. That is the cross-check that an authorisation is recorded by a competent authority, not only asserted in a press release.
Kraken announced a MiCA licence from the Central Bank of Ireland (via Payward Europe Solutions Limited) in June 2025 and is listed on the ESMA register of authorised CASPs. 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; some tokens may be delisted or restricted independently of the provider’s overall authorisation. |
| Which country / entity serves you | EU users are commonly served by the authorised EU entity. Your terms, login flow, or available features can change with that arrangement. |
| Which specific services | A MiCA authorisation covers a defined set of services. Anything outside that set (or outside MiCA, such as certain staking or derivatives) follows its own rules. |
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 EU 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 Kraken — 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). If the entity that serves you is listed, that is the authoritative confirmation.
A global brand often operates several legal entities. Confirm the specific entity named in your account terms (for Kraken EU users, Payward Europe Solutions Limited) is the one that holds the authorisation.
Authorised providers publish migration, delisting, and country-availability notices. 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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The same status check applied to Coinbase’s EU entity and its Luxembourg CSSF MiCA authorisation.
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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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Why an authorised exchange can still delist or restrict specific tokens — the e-money-token rules run separately from the CASP licence.
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How a MiCA passport reaches across member states — and where availability can still differ by country.
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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 — Kraken’s June 2025 Central Bank of Ireland MiCA authorisation via its EU entity, the ESMA-register listing, and MiCA passporting — are drawn from public announcements 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, read the provider’s own EU service notices, and consult qualified counsel for your situation.