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bitFlyer

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Licensing: Genuine licence held (the EU/EEA (MiCA), US, and JP)

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bitFlyer holds a genuine crypto-specific licence covering the EU/EEA (MiCA), US, and JP. It first appears in our register on 2017-09-29 and is currently tracked across 32 jurisdictions through 3 legal entities.

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bitFlyer EUROPE S.A

Regulator
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
Home state
LU — Luxembourg
LEI
984500D4465EFA89EF38
Registered office
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Entity registered
2017-01-18
Authorised
2026-06-26
Services
Custody and administration of crypto-assets · Exchange of crypto-assets for funds · Exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets · Execution of orders · Transfer services
Passported to
AT · BE · BG · CY · CZ · DE · DK · EE · ES · FI · FR · GR · HR · HU · IE · IS · IT · LI · LT · LV · MT · NL · NO · PL · PT · RO · SE · SI · SK

bitFlyer USA, Inc.

Jurisdiction
US
Regime
NY DFS Virtual Currency License (BitLicense)
Status
Licensed
Since
2017-11

bitFlyer, Inc.

Jurisdiction
JP
Regime
Japan FSA Crypto-asset Exchange Service Provider registration
Status
Licensed
Reference
Kanto No.00003
Since
2017-09-29

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Is bitFlyer the best crypto exchange for you?

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Sources: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), retrieved 2026-08-31 — original file · Japan FSA Registered Crypto-asset Exchange Service Providers List, retrieved 2026-09-04 — original file · NY DFS List of Licensed Virtual Currency Entities, retrieved 2026-09-04 — original file .