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title: "Amdax B.V. · Crypto-asset service provider (AFM) · Netherlands | Elucidate"
description: "Amdax B.V. is authorised by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) as a crypto-asset service provider in the Netherlands. Licence 724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87. LEI 724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87. Register status, licences, activities and ownership."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/amdax-b-v-29109a4a7e57
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3.  Amdax B.V.

Netherlands · Crypto

# Amdax B.V.

Trading as Amdax 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.

Register status

Licensed in the Netherlands

Crypto-asset service provider · Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)

Prudential licence

[1 licence or registration ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/amdax-b-v-29109a4a7e57#licences)

BIC **No BIC** LEI **[724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87)** [Licence no. **724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87**](https://elucidate.co/directory/amdax-b-v-29109a4a7e57#licences)

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/esma-casp) Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) | Crypto-asset service providerCrypto-Asset Service Provider | 724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87 | [Netherlands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/nl) | Active | 2025-06-26 | — | - Crypto-assets | [Search the register ↗](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica) |

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](https://elucidate.co/directory/amdax-b-v-29109a4a7e57#overview-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. ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/894500254YFUUXUMBB62), 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 ↗](https://www.amdax.com/) [getnovelist.nl ↗](https://www.getnovelist.nl/en) Former Novelist brand site, now loads the Amdax homepage [support.amdax.com ↗](https://support.amdax.com/) Customer support centre [my.amdax.com ↗](https://my.amdax.com/login) Client platform (Mijn Amdax)
- **Official social accounts:** [LinkedIn ↗](https://www.linkedin.com/company/amdaxgroup/) · [X ↗](https://twitter.com/AmdaxNL) · [YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/@Amdax)

Sources · 17 pages consulted

1.  [dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=R166879](https://www.dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=R166879)
2.  [cdn.amdax.com/files/20260515%20-%20Amdax%20-%20Algemene%20Voorwaarden.v.2.pdf](https://cdn.amdax.com/files/20260515%20-%20Amdax%20-%20Algemene%20Voorwaarden.v.2.pdf)
3.  [amdax.com/nl](https://www.amdax.com/nl)
4.  [amdax.com/nl/over-amdax/legal-en-compliance](https://www.amdax.com/nl/over-amdax/legal-en-compliance)
5.  [amdax.com/nl/over-amdax](https://www.amdax.com/nl/over-amdax)
6.  [amdax.com/nl/ons-verhaal](https://www.amdax.com/nl/ons-verhaal)
7.  [amdax.com/en/why-amdax/team](https://www.amdax.com/en/why-amdax/team)
8.  [amdax.com/en/article-overview/amdax-receives-micar-license-and-strengthens-its-european-position-as](https://www.amdax.com/en/article-overview/amdax-receives-micar-license-and-strengthens-its-european-position-as-a-regulated-crypto-service-provider)
9.  [amdax.com/en/article-overview/amdax-strengthens-infrastructure-with-strategic-stake-in-custodiex](https://www.amdax.com/en/article-overview/amdax-strengthens-infrastructure-with-strategic-stake-in-custodiex)
10.  [amdax.com/en/how-to-invest/invest-independently](https://www.amdax.com/en/how-to-invest/invest-independently)
11.  [amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/casp/amdax-bv](https://www.amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/casp/amdax-bv)
12.  [getnovelist.nl/en](https://www.getnovelist.nl/en)
13.  [tech.eu/2025/02/05/amdax-launches-novelist/](https://tech.eu/2025/02/05/amdax-launches-novelist/)
14.  [banken.nl/nieuws/26349/amdax-wil-met-beursgang-bitcoin-naar-institutionele-belegger-brengen](https://www.banken.nl/nieuws/26349/amdax-wil-met-beursgang-bitcoin-naar-institutionele-belegger-brengen)
15.  [intobusiness.nu/nieuws/amdax-staat-na-vijf-jaar-stevig-op-de-kaart.html](https://www.intobusiness.nu/nieuws/amdax-staat-na-vijf-jaar-stevig-op-de-kaart.html)
16.  [businessinsider.nl/crypto-amdax-dnb-bitcoin-lucas-wensing/](https://www.businessinsider.nl/crypto-amdax-dnb-bitcoin-lucas-wensing/)
17.  [quotenet.nl/zakelijk/rechtszaken/a73244194/lucas-wensing-afm-rechter-om-beursgang-cryptoplatform-ambt](https://www.quotenet.nl/zakelijk/rechtszaken/a73244194/lucas-wensing-afm-rechter-om-beursgang-cryptoplatform-ambts/)

## Authorisation

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/amdax-b-v-29109a4a7e57#overview-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 ↗](https://www.amdax.com/en/article-overview/amdax-receives-micar-license-and-strengthens-its-european-position-as-a-regulated-crypto-service-provider) |
| 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 ↗](https://www.dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=R166879) |
| 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/amdax-b-v-29109a4a7e57#overview-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. [cdn.amdax.com ↗](https://cdn.amdax.com/files/20260515%20-%20Amdax%20-%20Algemene%20Voorwaarden.v.2.pdf)
- **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. [cdn.amdax.com ↗](https://cdn.amdax.com/files/20260515%20-%20Amdax%20-%20Algemene%20Voorwaarden.v.2.pdf)
- **Payment schemes and card networks:** iDEAL Access not stated [cdn.amdax.com ↗](https://cdn.amdax.com/files/20260515%20-%20Amdax%20-%20Algemene%20Voorwaarden.v.2.pdf) SEPA Direct Debit Access not stated [cdn.amdax.com ↗](https://cdn.amdax.com/files/20260515%20-%20Amdax%20-%20Algemene%20Voorwaarden.v.2.pdf)

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](https://elucidate.co/directory/amdax-b-v-29109a4a7e57#overview-sources)

-   Crypto trading
-   Crypto custody

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](https://elucidate.co/directory/amdax-b-v-29109a4a7e57#overview-sources)

- **Chief executive:** Lucas Wensing Chief Executive Officer Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [amdax.com ↗](https://www.amdax.com/en/why-amdax/team)
- **Compliance / MLRO:** Leon Dijkstra Compliance Officer Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [amdax.com ↗](https://www.amdax.com/en/why-amdax/team)
- **Founder:** Melvin Lazeron Chief Operating Officer Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [amdax.com ↗](https://www.amdax.com/en/why-amdax/team)
- **Executive:** Jeroen van Vliet Chief Technology Officer Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [amdax.com ↗](https://www.amdax.com/en/why-amdax/team)
- **Executive:** Martin Cernohorsky Head of Legal Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [amdax.com ↗](https://www.amdax.com/en/why-amdax/team)

## Recent events

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/amdax-b-v-29109a4a7e57#overview-sources)

1.  Aug 2025

    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 ↗](https://www.banken.nl/nieuws/26349/amdax-wil-met-beursgang-bitcoin-naar-institutionele-belegger-brengen)

2.  Jul 2025

    Merger / acquisition

    Amdax announced that it had acquired a strategic stake in Custodiex, a UK-based developer of cold-storage custody technology.

    [amdax.com ↗](https://www.amdax.com/en/article-overview/amdax-strengthens-infrastructure-with-strategic-stake-in-custodiex)

3.  Jun 2025

    Licence

    The AFM authorised the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR on 26 June 2025.

    [amdax.com ↗](https://www.amdax.com/en/article-overview/amdax-receives-micar-license-and-strengthens-its-european-position-as-a-regulated-crypto-service-provider)

4.  Feb 2025

    Other

    Amdax launched Novelist, a managed crypto investment service for retail investors.

    [tech.eu ↗](https://tech.eu/2025/02/05/amdax-launches-novelist/)

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
- **LEI:** [724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/724500T7PFN30PF3ZQ87)
- **How the LEI was matched:** Published by the register
- **Elucidate firm ID:** 29109a4a7e57

## Profile

- **Type:** Crypto
- **Regulation:** Prudential licence
- **Main licence class:** Crypto-Asset Service Provider
- **Activities:** - Crypto-assets
- **Licensed in:** [Netherlands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/nl) · Europe & Central Asia
- **First registered:** 2025-06-26
- **Website:** [www.amdax.com/nl | https://www.getnovelist.nl/en ↗](https://www.amdax.com/nl%20|%20https://www.getnovelist.nl/en)

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. · Netherlands[894500254YFUUXUMBB62 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/894500254YFUUXUMBB62)

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.

CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.

The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.

## Related institutions

### Other crypto institutions in the Netherlands

-   [Fiat Republic Netherlands B.V. No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Netherlands · Licensed by The Netherlands Bank · R190553 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 724500GVWT7QULV8CR59](https://elucidate.co/directory/fiat-republic-netherlands-b-v-c74c69f778a8)
-   [Zebedee Europe B.V. No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Netherlands · Licensed by The Netherlands Bank · R194916 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 724500B2I1LR33CAWG54](https://elucidate.co/directory/zebedee-europe-b-v-1d21b8061ba1)
-   [zerohash europe B.V. · trading as zerohash europe No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Netherlands · Licensed by The Netherlands Bank · R193684 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 724500G7QSOMFR1GQA47](https://elucidate.co/directory/zerohash-europe-b-v-57fb2eb4b2a3)
-   [Acheron Europe B.V. · trading as Acheron | Acheron Trading No BIC Crypto Prudential licence Netherlands · Licensed by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) · 699400TPXCI7R4A0NG65 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 699400TPXCI7R4A0NG65](https://elucidate.co/directory/acheron-europe-b-v-ea05d39ca122)
-   [AvianLabs Netherlands B.V. No BIC Crypto Prudential licence Netherlands · Licensed by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) · 894500KQLQQYOD1PPX55 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 894500KQLQQYOD1PPX55](https://elucidate.co/directory/avianlabs-netherlands-b-v-f45a52439216)
-   [Bitmymoney B.V. No BIC Crypto Prudential licence Netherlands · Licensed by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) · 724500H1WRSMD7CAS549 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 724500H1WRSMD7CAS549](https://elucidate.co/directory/bitmymoney-b-v-81f061663132)
-   [Bitonic B.V. No BIC Crypto Prudential licence Netherlands · Licensed by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) · 7245001BEJ6U6AUU1S58 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 7245001BEJ6U6AUU1S58](https://elucidate.co/directory/bitonic-b-v-5df11cb30d6b)
-   [BitPay B.V. No BIC Crypto Prudential licence Netherlands · Licensed by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) · 724500F2THLY5MHEIM78 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 724500F2THLY5MHEIM78](https://elucidate.co/directory/bitpay-b-v-13bacb26b60a)

[See all →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?type=crypto&cc=NL) [Other entries on ESMA-CASP →](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/esma-casp)

Sources & method

Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. LEIs are matched through GLEIF, and a BIC is linked only through a shared LEI.

An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.

Register entries are not matched against the OFAC or EU sanctions lists. Where the legal entity also holds a BIC, the matches for that BIC are on its page. Always screen against the official lists.

An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.

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-   **ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers**—European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) · [source ↗](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica) 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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