Bullish
EU · MiCA Authorised CA · Registered US · Registered (2 entities) US · Licensed HK · Licensed GI · Licensed (2 entities)
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Licensing: Genuine licence held (the EU/EEA (MiCA), US, HK, and GI)
Audit & reserves: Not yet researched
Bullish holds a genuine crypto-specific licence covering the EU/EEA (MiCA), US, HK, and GI. It first appears in our register on 2024-02-29 and is currently tracked across 34 jurisdictions through 6 legal entities. It also holds an AML-only registration (not a licence) in CA and US.
Countries covered (34)
- 🇦🇹Austria
- 🇧🇪Belgium
- 🇧🇬Bulgaria
- 🇨🇦Canada
- 🇭🇷Croatia
- 🇨🇾Cyprus
- 🇨🇿Czechia
- 🇩🇰Denmark
- 🇪🇪Estonia
- 🇫🇮Finland
- 🇫🇷France
- 🇩🇪Germany
- 🇬🇮Gibraltar
- 🇬🇷Greece
- 🇭🇰Hong Kong
- 🇭🇺Hungary
- 🇮🇸Iceland
- 🇮🇪Ireland
- 🇮🇹Italy
- 🇱🇻Latvia
- 🇱🇮Liechtenstein
- 🇱🇹Lithuania
- 🇱🇺Luxembourg
- 🇲🇹Malta
- 🇳🇱Netherlands
- 🇳🇴Norway
- 🇵🇱Poland
- 🇵🇹Portugal
- 🇷🇴Romania
- 🇸🇰Slovakia
- 🇸🇮Slovenia
- 🇪🇸Spain
- 🇸🇪Sweden
- 🇺🇸United States
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Bullish (GI) Limited
- Jurisdiction
- CA
- Regime
- Canada MSB registration
- Status
- Registered
- Reference
- C100000016
- Since
- 2024-02-29
- Expires
- 2027-04-30
Bullish (GI) Limited
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Regime
- US FinCEN MSB registration
- Status
- Registered
- Reference
- 29450723
- Since
- 2024-09-25
Bullish US Operations LLC
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Regime
- US FinCEN MSB registration
- Status
- Registered
- Reference
- 29466480
- Since
- 2026-02-11
Bullish US Operations LLC
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Regime
- NY DFS Virtual Currency & Money Transmitter Licenses (BitLicense)
- Status
- Licensed
- Since
- 2025-09
Bullish
- Jurisdiction
- HK
- Regime
- Hong Kong SFC VATP licence
- Status
- Licensed
- Reference
- BUQ956
- Since
- 2025-02-18
Bullish (GI) Ltd
- Jurisdiction
- GI
- Regime
- Gibraltar DLT licence
- Status
- Licensed
- Since
- —
Bullish (GI) Markets Limited
- Jurisdiction
- GI
- Regime
- Gibraltar DLT licence
- Status
- Licensed
- Since
- —
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Is Bullish the best crypto exchange for you?
There's no such thing as the best crypto exchange in absolute terms — only the best fit for a given person's situation. The right choice for a business that needs a clean, auditable compliance trail is rarely the right choice for an individual just holding a small amount long-term, and both are different again from someone trading derivatives professionally. We don't recommend Bullish, or anyone else — we give you what's independently verifiable so you can make that call yourself.
Here's what we've actually verified about Bullish, specifically:
- Holds a genuine crypto-specific licence in the EU/EEA (MiCA), US, HK, and GI, plus AML-only registration in CA and US.
- Tracked across 34 jurisdictions through 6 legal entities, appearing in our register since 2024-02-29.
- We haven't yet researched Bullish's audit or proof-of-reserves history — that's an unresearched gap, not a red flag.
None of this tells you whether Bullish is right for you — that depends on what you're trying to do, which jurisdiction you're in, your own risk tolerance, and practical details this register doesn't track (fees, product range, day-to-day UX). What it does give you is what's actually checkable, so you're deciding from facts rather than the exchange's own marketing.
Sources: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), retrieved 2026-08-31 — original file · Canada FINTRAC MSB Registry, retrieved 2026-08-26 — original file · US FinCEN MSB Registrant Search, retrieved 2026-07-27 — original file · Hong Kong SFC VATP List, retrieved 2026-09-04 — original file · Gibraltar GFSC DLT Providers List, retrieved 2026-07-31 — original file · NY DFS List of Licensed Virtual Currency Entities, retrieved 2026-09-04 — original file .