Netherlands · Crypto
Amdax B.V.
Trading asAmdax B.V.|Amdax Group|Novelist
Amdax B.V. is a Dutch private limited company (besloten vennootschap) with its registered office in Amsterdam. Since 26 June 2025, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has authorised it as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Its direct parent is Amdax Holding B.V. It offers order execution, custody, transfer and portfolio management of crypto-assets to private, corporate and institutional clients. It also trades as Amdax Group and Novelist.
Licences and registrations
Held by Amdax B.V. (LEI 724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
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| ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providersNetherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) | Crypto-asset service providerCrypto-Asset Service Provider | 724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87 | Netherlands | Active | 2025-06-26 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Amdax B.V.|Amdax Group|Novelist (ESMA-CASP)
- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Amdax Holding B.V.
Firm type
Crypto exchange or broker
Trades as Amdax
- Ownership
- According to the firm's GLEIF record, Amdax Holding B.V. is its direct and ultimate accounting parent.
- Direct parent
- Amdax Holding B.V. ↗, Netherlands
- Head office
- Gustav Mahlerplein 49, 1082 MS Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Company register
- KvK (Netherlands Chamber of Commerce) 74458477
- Founders
- Lucas Wensing · Melvin Lazeron · Valentino Cremona
Online
- Websites & references
- amdax.com ↗
getnovelist.nl ↗ Former Novelist brand site, now loads the Amdax homepage
support.amdax.com ↗ Customer support centre
my.amdax.com ↗ Client platform (Mijn Amdax) - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 17 pages consulted
- dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=R166879
- cdn.amdax.com/files/20260515%20-%20Amdax%20-%20Algemene%20Voorwaarden.v.2.pdf
- amdax.com/nl
- amdax.com/nl/over-amdax/legal-en-compliance
- amdax.com/nl/over-amdax
- amdax.com/nl/ons-verhaal
- amdax.com/en/why-amdax/team
- amdax.com/en/article-overview/amdax-receives-micar-license-and-strengthens-its-european-position-as
- amdax.com/en/article-overview/amdax-strengthens-infrastructure-with-strategic-stake-in-custodiex
- amdax.com/en/how-to-invest/invest-independently
- amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/casp/amdax-bv
- getnovelist.nl/en
- tech.eu/2025/02/05/amdax-launches-novelist/
- banken.nl/nieuws/26349/amdax-wil-met-beursgang-bitcoin-naar-institutionele-belegger-brengen
- intobusiness.nu/nieuws/amdax-staat-na-vijf-jaar-stevig-op-de-kaart.html
- businessinsider.nl/crypto-amdax-dnb-bitcoin-lucas-wensing/
- quotenet.nl/zakelijk/rechtszaken/a73244194/lucas-wensing-afm-rechter-om-beursgang-cryptoplatform-ambt
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
Since 26 June 2025, the AFM has authorised the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR. The authorisation covers order execution, custody and administration, transfer services and portfolio management of crypto-assets. The firm says the licence lets it offer its services across the EU under the MiCAR passporting regime.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) Netherlands | Crypto-asset service provider authorisation under MiCAR (custody, execution of orders, portfolio management, transfer services) | 724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87 | In its own name | Active | amdax.com ↗ |
| De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) Netherlands | Service provider excluded from scope of PSD2 (Wft 1:5a(2) k and l): limited-range payment instrument (EuroCredits) | R166879 | Exemption | Active | dnb.nl ↗ |
| De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) Netherlands | Registration as crypto service provider under the Wwft (AML Act) | R166879 | In its own name | Withdrawn or expired | — |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that clients' euro and crypto-asset balances are held by a separate foundation, Stichting AMDAX Payments (KvK 85914665), to separate them legally from the firm's own assets.
- Crypto-asset custody
- MixedThe firm holds clients' crypto-assets through Stichting AMDAX Payments in its own custody set-up, including offline cold storage. It says assets are held one-to-one and not lent out. It may also hold assets in accounts at liquidity providers and exchanges authorised under MiCAR.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- iDEAL Access not stated cdn.amdax.com ↗
SEPA Direct Debit Access not stated cdn.amdax.com ↗
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It offers self-directed trading and custody of 40 selected crypto-assets and discretionary crypto-asset portfolio management. It also offers accounts for children, joint accounts and business accounts. It offers staking as an unregulated service. A crypto lending programme called Flow is run by the sister company Amdax Yield B.V. and falls outside MiCAR supervision.
Its terms accept clients resident in the European Economic Area and exclude US persons. The French AMF lists it as authorised to provide services in France under the free provision of services.
- Sells to
- Consumers · Small businesses · Enterprises · Financial institutions
- Serves customers in 2 countries
- Netherlands · France
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Lucas Wensing Chief Executive Officer
- Compliance / MLRO
- Leon Dijkstra Compliance Officer
- Founder
- Melvin Lazeron Chief Operating Officer
- Executive
- Jeroen van Vliet Chief Technology Officer
- Executive
- Martin Cernohorsky Head of Legal
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
Amdax announced that it had set up AMBTS B.V., a separate bitcoin treasury company it intends to list on Euronext Amsterdam.
banken.nl ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Amdax announced that it had acquired a strategic stake in Custodiex, a UK-based developer of cold-storage custody technology.
amdax.com ↗ -
Licence
The AFM authorised the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR on 26 June 2025.
amdax.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · ESMA-CASP
- 724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Published by the register
- Elucidate firm ID
- 29109a4a7e57
Profile
- Type
- CryptoCrypto-asset service providers, virtual-asset trading platforms and stablecoin issuers. Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- Crypto-Asset Service Provider
- Activities
- Crypto-assets
- Licensed in
- Netherlands · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2025-06-26
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Amdax Holding B.V. · Netherlands894500254YFUUXUMBB62 ↗
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Gustav Mahlerplein 45 - 1082MS Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Incomplete: no town published
- The register publishes no town as a separate field. A CBPR+ postal address needs at least a town name (TwnNm) and a country (Ctry).
The LEI record in GLEIF holds a structured legal address.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Register for this page
- ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers—European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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