Malta · Payments & e-money
Foris DAX MT Limited
Trading asCrypto.com
Foris DAX MT Limited is a private limited liability company registered in Malta that trades as Crypto.com. The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) authorises it as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). It also holds a limited authorisation under the Financial Institutions Act for payment services in electronic money tokens. The firm belongs to the Crypto.com group and provides the Crypto.com App and web services to retail customers across the EEA. Its sister company Foris MT Limited provides the Cash Account and issues the Crypto.com Visa Card. The firm was called MCO Malta DAX Limited until February 2021. It gave up its Maltese Virtual Financial Assets licence when it received MiCA authorisation on 27 January 2025.
Licences and registrations
Held by Foris DAX MT Limited (LEI 2549005CVR5HH70FDO07). 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 RegisterMalta Financial Services Authority | Payment institutionPayment Institution | C 88392 | Malta | Active | 2026-02-27 | — |
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| ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providersMalta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) | Crypto-asset service providerCrypto-Asset Service Provider | 2549005CVR5HH70FDO07 | Malta | Active | 2025-01-27 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Crypto.com (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 30 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Firm type
Crypto exchange or broker
Trades as Crypto.com
- Ownership
- The firm is part of the Crypto.com group, and its LEI record does not name a direct parent.
- Head office
- Level 7, Spinola Park, Triq Mikiel Ang Borg, SPK 1000 St Julians, Malta
- Company register
- Malta Business Registry C 88392
- Incorporated
- 19 Sep 2018
- Founders
- Kris Marszalek · Rafael Melo · Bobby Bao
- Former name
- MCO Malta DAX Limited
Online
- Websites & references
- crypto.com ↗
crypto.com/eea ↗ EEA country site operated by the entity
status.crypto.com ↗ status page
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · Reddit ↗ · Discord ↗
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- crypto.com/eea/licenses
- crypto.com/document/mco_services
- crypto.com/en/company-news/mica-change-in-license
- crypto.com/eea/about
- mfsa.mt/news-item/mfsa-warning-https-www-forisdaxltd-com-unlicensed-entity/
- crypto.com/us/company-news/cryptocom-announces-400-million-strategic-investment-from-citadel-securit
- amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/daspcasp/foris-dax-mt-limited-0
- coindesk.com/policy/2024/03/14/cryptocom-fined-31m-by-dutch-regulator-for-operating-without-registrati
- maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/130073/compliance_officer_fired_for_breaching_attachment_order_accu
- lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/2549005CVR5HH70FDO07
Authorisation
Researched 30 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The MFSA authorises the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA for six services, including exchange, order execution, transfer and custody of crypto-assets. The MFSA also gave it a limited authorisation under the Financial Institutions Act to provide payment services solely for electronic money tokens. Its sister company Foris MT Limited, an MFSA-authorised electronic money institution, provides the fiat Cash Account and the Visa card under its own licence.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta Financial Services Authority Malta | Crypto-Asset Service Provider (MiCA) | 2549005CVR5HH70FDO07 | In its own name | Active | crypto.com ↗ |
| Malta Financial Services Authority Malta | Payment institution (limited authorisation under the Financial Institutions Act for payment services in electronic money tokens) | C 88392 | In its own name | Active | crypto.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 30 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsAccording to its terms, customers' crypto-assets are held in a ring-fenced pooled custody account that is segregated from the firm's own accounts and protected from its creditors in insolvency.
- Crypto-asset custody
- Held by the firmThe firm holds customers' crypto-assets in custody itself, in online and offline storage. Its terms allow it to use a third-party custodian authorised under MiCA.
- Card issuer · Deposit-holding bank
- Foris MT Limited Malta
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Visa Through a partner crypto.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 30 Sep 2026 · Sources
It offers hosted crypto-asset wallets, conversion of cash and crypto-assets, crypto-asset transfers, payments in electronic money tokens, Crypto.com Pay, gift cards and mobile airtime through the Crypto.com App and web platform.
It serves retail customers across the EEA under its Maltese MiCA authorisation, which it passported on 12 February 2025.
- Sells to
- Consumers
- Serves customers in 30 countries
- Malta · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Denmark · Estonia · Spain · Finland · France · Greece · Croatia · Hungary · Ireland · Iceland · Italy · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Sweden · Slovenia · Slovakia
- Latest funding round
- Strategic investment · USD 400m Jul 2026Led by Citadel Securities
Leadership
Researched 30 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Kris Marszalek Co-Founder & CEO (Crypto.com group)
- Chief financial officer
- Rafael Melo Co-Founder & CFO (Crypto.com group)
- Executive
- Eric Anziani President & COO (Crypto.com group)
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 30 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Funding
Citadel Securities made a USD 400 million strategic investment in the Crypto.com group, valuing it at USD 20 billion.
crypto.com ↗ -
Licence
The MFSA granted the firm a limited authorisation under the Financial Institutions Act for payment services in electronic money tokens.
crypto.com ↗ -
Licence
The firm passported its MiCA crypto-asset services across the EEA on 12 February 2025.
crypto.com ↗ -
Licence
The MFSA authorised the firm as a MiCA crypto-asset service provider, and the firm surrendered its Virtual Financial Assets licence.
crypto.com ↗ -
Security incident
Maltese prosecutors charged a former compliance officer of the firm with extortion and unauthorised disclosure of company information.
maltatoday.com.mt ↗ -
Enforcement
De Nederlandsche Bank fined the firm EUR 2.85 million for providing crypto services in the Netherlands without registration. The firm said it was appealing.
coindesk.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 30 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Impersonation Malta Financial Services Authority, Malta
The MFSA warned that a website operating as Foris DAX Global Limited falsely claimed to be a regulated crypto-asset service provider and misused licensed firms' details.
mfsa.mt ↗
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
- C 88392
- Licence no. · ESMA-CASP
- 2549005CVR5HH70FDO07
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Published by the register
- Elucidate firm ID
- e03fe635da50
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
- Crypto-assets
- Licensed in
- Malta · Middle East & North Africa
- First registered
- 2025-01-27
- Website
- crypto.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
- Level 7, Spinola Park, Triq Mikiel Ang Borg, San Giljan, SPK 1000, Malta, SAN GILJAN, SPK 1000
- Country
- Malta
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
- Does not fit the CBPR+ limits
- The address does not fit in the two address lines of 35 characters that CBPR+ allows next to a town and country.
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The LEI record in GLEIF holds a structured legal address.
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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.
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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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