4 crypto startups earn MiCA licenses from Dutch watchdog
Dutch regulators awarded four digital asset service operators new crypto licenses, allowing them to operate anywhere in the European Union under MiCA.
MoonPay, BitStaete, FinTech ZBD, and Hidden Road were approved by the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets to receive Markets in Crypto Assets licenses in the Netherlands.
Registration with the Dutch AFM paves the way for MoonPay’s crypto payment platform, BitStaete’s digital asset management business, Bitcoin lightning service from FinTech ZBD, and Hidden Road’s broker-clear to operate in any of the EU’s 27-member countries.
The four companies join firms like Circle and Socios.com in securing regulatory permission under the EU’s new regulatory…
