Luxembourg · Payments & e-money
Coinbase Luxembourg S.A.
Trading asCoinbase
Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. is a Luxembourg public limited company (société anonyme) belonging to the Coinbase group headed by Coinbase Global, Inc. The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) authorises it as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA and, since 5 March 2026, as an electronic money institution. It provides crypto-asset custody, trading and transfer services under the Coinbase brand to customers in the EEA. It took over EEA crypto customers from Coinbase Europe Limited between August and October 2025, while its Irish affiliate Coinbase Ireland Limited continues to provide the e-money wallet.
Licences and registrations
Held by Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. (LEI 984500F14CA4571AAC11). 2 entries on 2 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
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| EBA PSD2 RegisterCommission for the Supervision of Financial Sector | Electronic money institutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | W00000022 | Luxembourg | Active | 2026-03-05 | — |
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| ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providersCommission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) | Crypto-asset service providerCrypto-Asset Service Provider | 984500F14CA4571AAC11 | Luxembourg | Active | 2025-06-20 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Coinbase (EBA-PSD2, 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
Firm type
Crypto exchange or broker
Trades as Coinbase
- Ownership
- The firm belongs to the Coinbase group headed by Coinbase Global, Inc., and the sources reviewed do not name its direct shareholder.
- Ultimate owner
- Coinbase Global, Inc., United States
- Head office
- 58, Boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, L-1330 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Company register
- RCS Luxembourg B292147
Online
- Websites & references
- coinbase.com ↗
help.coinbase.com ↗ help centre
status.coinbase.com ↗ status page - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Instagram ↗ · TikTok ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- coinbase.com/legal/eea/user_agreement_irlux
- coinbase.com/legal/licenses/europe
- coinbase.com/
- help.coinbase.com/en/coinbase/other-topics/other/mica-cblu
- cssf.lu/en/2026/04/warning-concerning-fraudulent-activities-by-persons-misusing-the-name-of-coinb
- centralbank.ie/news/article/press-release-enforcement-action-against-coinbase-europe-limited-6-November-
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679788/000167978826000015/coin-20251231.htm
- coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-secures-mica-licence-a-milestone-in-europes-crypto-evolution
- en.paperjam.lu/article/coinbase-secures-emi-licence-in-luxembourg
- paperjam.lu/article/coinbase-ancre-son-pari-europeen-au-luxembourg
- chronicle.lu/category/jobs-appointments/57239-jb-graftieaux-appointed-ceo-of-coinbase-luxembourg
- chronicle.lu/category/business/61979-coinbase-expands-luxembourg-presence-with-new-offices
- amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/daspcasp/coinbase-luxembourg-sa
- finanstilsynet.no/en/finanstilsynets-registry/details/?id=254830
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The CSSF authorises the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA (N00000004) and as an electronic money institution (W00000022), which it uses for services relating to electronic money tokens. On the Coinbase EEA platform, fiat e-money is issued by Coinbase Ireland Limited, which the Central Bank of Ireland authorises as an electronic money institution.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) Luxembourg | Crypto-asset service provider authorised under MiCA | N00000004 | In its own name | Active | coinbase.com ↗ |
| Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) Luxembourg | Electronic money institution | W00000022 | In its own name | Active | coinbase.com ↗ |
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 it segregates clients' crypto-assets from its own, both operationally and legally, while fiat e-money on the platform is issued and safeguarded by Coinbase Ireland Limited.
- Crypto-asset custody
- Held by the firmThe firm holds clients' supported crypto-assets in custody for their benefit and uses infrastructure provided by Coinbase, Inc. According to the group's 2025 Form 10-K, it holds client assets in segregated cold storage as MiCA requires.
- Safeguarding bank · Partner
- Coinbase Ireland Limited Ireland
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 provides hosted crypto-asset wallets, crypto-asset buying and selling, and crypto-asset transfers, including services relating to electronic money tokens such as USDC and EURC. Some orders may be executed outside EU trading venues, for example on the Coinbase Exchange run by Coinbase, Inc.
It serves crypto-asset customers in the EEA under its Luxembourg MiCA authorisation, with country roll-out completed between 18 August and 23 October 2025.
- Sells to
- Consumers
- Serves customers in 30 countries
- Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux Senior Country Director Luxembourg (described as CEO of Coinbase Luxembourg)
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
The firm opened new offices at 58 Boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, Luxembourg, on 24 June 2026.
chronicle.lu ↗ -
Licence
The CSSF authorised the firm as an electronic money institution on 5 March 2026.
en.paperjam.lu ↗ -
Enforcement
The Central Bank of Ireland fined sister company Coinbase Europe Limited EUR 21,464,734 for transaction-monitoring breaches between 2021 and 2025.
centralbank.ie ↗ -
Leadership
Coinbase appointed Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux, former Bitstamp CEO, to lead Coinbase Luxembourg as Senior Country Director.
chronicle.lu ↗ -
Other
Coinbase began moving EEA crypto customers from Coinbase Europe Limited to the firm, a process it completed on 23 October 2025.
help.coinbase.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.
Regulator warnings
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Impersonation Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Luxembourg
The CSSF warned that unknown persons were using two websites to fraudulently claim a link to the firm. It stated that the firm was not related to those activities.
cssf.lu ↗
Entries on regulators’ consumer-warning lists that name the firm or its brand. An impersonation warning is about fraudsters posing as the firm, not about the firm itself.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- W00000022
- Licence no. · ESMA-CASP
- 984500F14CA4571AAC11
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Published by the register
- Elucidate firm ID
- 01c4e5bfcaa0
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-money · CryptoPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). 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
- Payment services
- E-money / stored value
- Crypto-assets
- Licensed in
- Luxembourg · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2025-06-20
- Website
- https.//coinbase.com ↗
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
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- 5, Place de la Gare, L-1616 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, L-1616
- Country
- Luxembourg
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
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in two address lines
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>984500F14CA4571AAC11</LEI>
<Nm>Coinbase Luxembourg S.A.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>L-1616</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Luxembourg</TwnNm>
<Ctry>LU</Ctry>
<AdrLine>5, Place de la Gare</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>L-1616 Luxembourg</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>- The address line repeats the town or postcode. Remove the repeat if your payment system rejects it.
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.
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.
Read the methodology →Registers for this page
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers—European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- 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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