Bitcoin Suisse secured a MiCAR license from Liechtenstein's FMA, giving the Swiss crypto firm passporting rights across the European Economic Area's 30 markets.
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Bitcoin Suisse secures MiCAR license, opens EU expansion across 30 markets
Bitcoin Suisse secured a MiCAR license from Liechtenstein's FMA, giving the Swiss crypto firm passporting rights across the European Economic Area's 30 markets.
The Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority granted Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG a CASP license under MiCAR, the company said Tuesday. The authorization unlocks passporting rights across the 30-country European Economic Area.
"The MiCAR authorization marks a decisive step on our journey towards a global brand and eventually becoming a global wealth management platform," Andrej Majcen, co-founder and group chief executive officer at Bitcoin Suisse, said.
Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG, founded in 2018, had operated under Liechtenstein's Token and TT Service Provider Act before transitioning to the MiCAR license, which became fully applicable across all EU member states on Dec. 30, 2024. The group holds more than 6 billion Swiss francs ($6.7 billion) in crypto assets under custody and employs over 200 people across Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the United Arab Emirates and Bermuda. Roman Przibylla, who joined the group in late 2025 as chief client officer, was named CEO of the European entity to lead the expansion. He brings more than 15 years of distribution experience from senior roles at Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, HSBC, Vontobel and Maverix Securities.
The license lets Bitcoin Suisse compete for high-net-worth individuals, corporate clients and institutional investors across Europe as competition for MiCAR authorizations intensifies. The firm's core services — trading, custody and staking — are backed by proprietary infrastructure and a dedicated relationship manager model, a combination the company says remains rare in digital assets. Together with regulatory footholds in Switzerland and Bermuda, the group now serves clients across three major financial centers, Majcen said.
The Liechtenstein FMA's early adoption of the MiCAR framework — pre-implemented in the country as of February 2025 — has made the small alpine nation a base for crypto firms seeking EEA passporting rights. Ripple received preliminary approval for a similar CASP license from Luxembourg's CSSF, pointing to a broader push toward regulated crypto expansion across Europe.
Bitcoin Suisse, founded in Zug in 2013, is one of Switzerland's most established crypto financial services firms. The company has navigated multiple market cycles since its founding. Its European expansion targets a market where institutional demand for regulated digital asset services is accelerating under the harmonized MiCAR framework.
Przibylla said the license gives Bitcoin Suisse access to "one of the largest and most sophisticated investor markets in the world," allowing the firm to offer high-net-worth and institutional clients institutional-grade infrastructure combined with direct access to experienced professionals with crypto expertise.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
