Germany · Crypto
Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GMBH
Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH is a limited liability company (GmbH) based in Frankfurt am Main. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) authorises it as a crypto-asset service provider under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). It is a subsidiary of Crypto Finance AG of Switzerland and part of Deutsche Börse Group. It offers crypto-asset custody, trading, transfer and staking services to banks and other institutional clients. BaFin granted it four German licences in 2024 and its MiCAR authorisation in January 2025.
Licences and registrations
Held by Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH (LEI 3912009ZGE8258OMPE28). 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 providersFederal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)Linked by LEI. Published by the register. | Crypto-asset service providerCrypto-Asset Service Provider | 3912009ZGE8258OMPE28 | Germany | Active | 2025-01-24 | — |
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- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- 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.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- CRPFDEFFXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under CRPFDEFF directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2024-09-16
- Last updated
- 2024-12-28
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Crypto Finance AG
Firm type
Crypto custody
Trades as Crypto Finance
- Ownership
- Crypto Finance AG of Switzerland owns the firm, and Deutsche Börse acquired a two-thirds majority stake in Crypto Finance AG in December 2021.
- Direct parent
- Crypto Finance AG ↗, Switzerland
- Ultimate owner
- Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft, Germany
- Head office
- Bockenheimer Anlage 46, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Company register
- Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main HRB 117999
Online
- Websites & references
- crypto-finance.com ↗
crypto-finance.com ↗ Crypto Finance Group website
lynx.crypto-finance.com ↗ client login portal
Wikidata Q133815055 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- crypto-finance.com/germany/de/impressum/
- amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/daspcasp/crypto-finance-deutschland-gmbh
- crypto-finance.com/germany/de/
- crypto-finance.com/germany/de/regulatorische-offenlegung/
- crypto-finance.com/germany/de/ueber-uns/
- crypto-finance.com/germany/de/custody-de/
- crypto-finance.com/germany/de/crypto-finance-erhaelt-vier-bafin-lizenzen-in-deutschland/
- crypto-finance.com/de/crypto-finance-sichert-sich-micar-lizenz-fur-den-europaischen-markt-als-einer-der-erst
- crypto-finance.com/laura-hermann-appointed-managing-director-at-crypto-finance-deutschland-gmbh/
- crypto-finance.com/germany/de/announcement-commerzbank-und-deutsche-boerse-tochter-crypto-finance-buendeln-k
- deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en/media/news-stories/press-releases/Deutsche-B-rse-Group-acquires-majority-stake-in-
- crypto-finance.com/deutsche-borse-completes-acquisition-of-a-majority-stake-in-crypto-finance-2/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
BaFin authorises the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR, for custody, exchange, transfer and order execution. The authorisation appears on the ESMA interim MiCA register from 24 January 2025. The AMF lists it as passported into France under the free provision of services.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Crypto-asset service provider authorisation under MiCAR (custody and administration, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, transfer services) | 3912009ZGE8258OMPE28 | In its own name | Active | amf-france.org ↗ |
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Four licences under the German Banking Act (KWG) covering crypto trading, settlement and custody, granted 2024 | — | In its own name | Status unconfirmed | crypto-finance.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
- Not disclosedThe firm says it holds client crypto-assets in its own custody infrastructure, using certified hardware security modules, and that it carries insurance cover. It does not publish how client fiat money is safeguarded.
- Crypto-asset custody
- Held by the firmThe firm offers institutional custody of crypto-assets on its own proprietary platform, as well as self-custody wallet infrastructure and custodial staking. It states that its hardware security modules are FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified and that its infrastructure is SOC 2 Type II certified.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Swift Direct crypto-finance.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 provides custody, execution, exchange and transfer of crypto-assets, as well as custodial staking, to banks and institutional investors. Since September 2024 it has executed crypto trades for Commerzbank's corporate clients, while Commerzbank holds the custody.
It serves institutional clients in Germany and passports its MiCAR authorisation to other EU states, including France from March 2025 according to the AMF.
- Sells to
- Financial institutions · Enterprises
- Serves customers in 2 countries
- Germany · France
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Laura Hermann Managing Director (Geschäftsführerin)
- Executive
- Moritz Weber Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)
- Executive
- Christian Müller Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The firm appointed Laura Hermann as Managing Director, effective 1 July 2026, alongside Moritz Weber and Christian Müller.
crypto-finance.com ↗ -
Licence
BaFin granted the firm authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR, covering five crypto-asset services.
crypto-finance.com ↗ -
Other
Commerzbank and Crypto Finance began offering bitcoin and ether to Commerzbank corporate clients, with Crypto Finance handling trading.
crypto-finance.com ↗ -
Licence
BaFin granted the firm four licences covering crypto trading, settlement and custody services in Germany.
crypto-finance.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
Head-office record
- BIC
- CRPFDEFFXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- CRPFBank
- DECountry · Germany
- FFLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 3912009ZGE8258OMPE28
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · ESMA-CASP
- 3912009ZGE8258OMPE28
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entry: Published by the register.
- Register-entry ID
- bfb09492c05e
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.
- Register licences
- 1 entry on 1 register
- Activities
- Crypto-assets
- Licensed in
- Germany
- Website (register)
- www.crypto-finance.com/germany/de ↗
- Country · region
- Germany · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
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
- Crypto Finance AG · Switzerland50670072VWEI7863AS92 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft · Germany529900G3SW56SHYNPR95 ↗
The Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft group has 16 institutions in the directory, in 6 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Clearstream Europe AG, Clearstream Banking S.A., Clearstream Fund Centre S.A., 360 Treasury Systems AG, Eurex Clearing AG.
See the Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- BOCKENHEIMER ANLAGE 46 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60322 GERMANY
- Operational address
- BOCKENHEIMER ANLAGE 46 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60322 FRANKFURT AM MAIN GERMANY
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>CRPFDEFFXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>3912009ZGE8258OMPE28</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>CRPFDEFFXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>3912009ZGE8258OMPE28</LEI>
<Nm>CRYPTO FINANCE (DEUTSCHLAND) GMBH</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>FRANKFURT AM MAIN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>BOCKENHEIMER ANLAGE 46 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60322</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Sources & method
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Register entries are not screened against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers—European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) · register ↗ 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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