Which regulated crypto exchange actually fits you?
Answer five questions. We match you against MiCA-authorised exchanges using verified EU data: what they are licensed for, which assets they offer in the EEA, and what they cost. We rank on your answers, not on who pays us.
Where do you live?
Sets EEA availability and local payment methods. All exchanges shown are MiCA-authorised and passport across the EEA; country filters out any with a known exclusion for your jurisdiction.
Which assets and products matter to you?
Select all that apply. Exchanges that do not offer a product you require are filtered out.
How experienced are you?
Influences how we weight interface simplicity versus advanced tooling in your match score.
How cost-sensitive are you?
EU base spot fees verified per exchange EU entity on 2026-06-20. Higher weight for "lowest possible" preferences.
Any extra features you need?
Optional. Selecting features you need filters and boosts exchanges that offer them.
Complete steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 to see your matches.
How we rank, and how we make money
We score each MiCA-authorised exchange against your answers using a fixed, published rubric below. Position is never sold or negotiated, and we take no commission from any exchange. Each result links to the exchange's own official site as a plain link with no referral tracking. The site is funded by display advertising, which never affects your results.
Scoring rubric
| Dimension | What it measures | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Asset coverage match | Does the exchange offer the products you selected (spot, derivatives, futures, tradfi)? | Highest (hard filter for advanced assets) |
| EU regulatory status | MiCA authorisation gate; MiFID II entity for derivatives; MiCA regulator quality | Gate plus score (max 20 pts) |
| Fee fit | EU base spot fees vs your cost sensitivity preference (fees verified per EU entity) | High (max 20 pts) |
| Experience fit | Beginner-friendly interface vs pro tools and advanced product depth | Medium (max 15 pts) |
| Feature match | Staking, copy trading, crypto card, advanced charting vs what you selected | Medium (max 15 pts) |
| Country availability | Is the exchange available in your country? | Hard filter (excluded = no result) |
Data sources and freshness
Licence data is sourced from the ESMA Register of CASPs and national registers: MFSA (Malta), AFM (Netherlands), FMA (Austria), CBI (Ireland), BaFin (Germany), and CySEC (Cyprus). EU base spot fees marked as verified were confirmed from each exchange's EU entity page on 2026-06-20 from an EEA location. Unverified fees carry a note and should be checked against current terms before trading. Asset coverage data is sourced from each exchange's MiCA product disclosure and EU entity pages as of 2026-06-20.
What is not in this tool
This tool covers the seven MiCA-authorised exchanges in our dataset. It does not cover every CASP on the ESMA register (there are 231 as of 2026-06-20); for the full list see our ESMA register browser. It does not cover derivatives-only venues, custodians, or unlicensed offshore exchanges. Fee tiers above the base level, derivatives fees and promotional rates are the next verification pass and are not yet scored.
What makes an exchange MiCA-authorised in the EU?
Since June 2024, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA) is the legal framework that governs crypto-asset service providers in the European Union and the wider European Economic Area. Under MiCA, any exchange offering spot crypto trading, custody, or order execution to EEA residents must obtain a CASP authorisation from a national competent authority in an EU member state. That authorisation is then passported across all 30 EEA countries.
MiCA authorisation is not a quality stamp or a performance guarantee. It means the exchange has met the organisational, capital and conduct requirements set in MiCA, has a legal entity in the EU, and is subject to ongoing supervision by a named national regulator. For derivatives (perpetuals, futures), MiCA is not sufficient: the exchange also needs a MiFID II entity, because crypto derivatives are classified as financial instruments and governed separately. This is why only a subset of the exchanges in this tool also hold a MiFID II licence.
The national regulator that grants the authorisation matters because it is the first point of contact for complaints, enforcement and emergency supervision. The ESMA register of CASPs is the master list; national registers at MFSA, AFM, FMA, CBI, and BaFin each publish their own authorised CASP list. Our MiCA status checker lets you look up any exchange by name against the live register.
Which exchanges are included in this tool, and which are not?
This tool includes seven MiCA-authorised exchanges for which we have independently verified regulatory status, asset coverage and at least partial fee data from EU entity sources: OKX, Kraken, Bybit EU, Bitvavo, Coinbase, Bitpanda and Crypto.com. These are the exchanges with the most complete EU consumer-facing offering at time of verification (2026-06-20).
There are 231 entities in the full ESMA MiCA register. The majority are custody-only providers, institutional services, or have not yet published a consumer-facing EU product page. We add exchanges to this tool only when we have verified their regulatory status from a primary source and confirmed their EU product offering independently. If an exchange you are looking for is not listed here, use the full ESMA register browser to check its MiCA status and authorised services.
Exchanges operating without MiCA authorisation are not included, regardless of size or popularity. An exchange serving EEA residents without a MiCA licence is operating outside the legal framework; the ESMA register is the only authoritative check.
Does this tool store any personal data?
No. The quiz runs entirely in your browser. Your answers are used to compute scores locally in JavaScript - they are never sent to any server, never stored, and never linked to any identifier. The only data this page collects is what any web page collects (standard server log data for the page load itself, governed by our privacy policy). There is no account, no login and no tracking tied to your quiz answers.
The result cards link to each exchange's own official site. Those are plain links with no referral tracking and no commission to us; we earn nothing when you visit. The site is funded by display advertising, which never affects the ranking you see.
Sources
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA) - Official Journal
- ESMA Register of Crypto-Asset Service Providers
- MFSA - Malta Financial Services Authority CASP register
- AFM - Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets CASP list
- FMA Austria - MiCA authorised CASPs
- CBI Ireland - Central Bank CASP register
- BaFin Germany - crypto-asset service providers register
- OKX EU fees (NL entity) - verified 20 Jun 2026
- Kraken EU fee schedule (NL entity) - verified 20 Jun 2026
- Bybit EU spot fee schedule - verified 20 Jun 2026
- Bitvavo fee schedule - verified 20 Jun 2026
- Coinbase Advanced Trade fee schedule
- Bitpanda fee information
- Crypto.com exchange fee schedule
We take no commission from any listed exchange. No listed exchange has influenced the scoring rubric, the dataset or the editorial content. The Crypto Register is independent; see our methodology.