Is MEXC MiCA-regulated? MEXC license status
Verified 2026-09-23 against the ESMA CASP register
Not MiCA-Authorized
Not MiCA-authorized. ESMA's non-compliant register records an AFM decision that MEXC served the Netherlands without the required MiCAR authorization.
MEXC MiCA register facts
- In the ESMA CASP register
- No
- EU and EEA in the venue termsMEXC bars territory under comprehensive EU sanctions, not the EU as a place. No EU or EEA member state is named as a Prohibited Jurisdiction.
- Not namedMEXC User Agreement, Prohibited Jurisdiction clause · 2026-09-25
- Headquarters (our review)
- Singapore
- Founded
- 2018
- Registrations in our review
- Estonia, Switzerland
- Perp pairs, global platform
- 600+
- Maximum leverage
- 500x
- Futures fees (maker / taker)
- 0% / 0.02%
- Global 24h perp volumeDaily snapshot, October 3, 2026
- $13.0B, rank 7 of 21 CEXs
- $10,000 BTC market buyGlobal book, cost sweep of October 3, 2026
- 2.01 bps all-in, rank 3 of 39
ESMA CASP register data through 2026-09-15. Platform rows: global platform.
Official regulatory record
ESMA non-compliant register snapshot 2026-09-23
- Register status
- Listed as non-compliant
- Authority
- Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
- Decision / update
- 2025-09-16 / 2025-09-25
MEXC Global provides crypto-asset services in the Netherlands without the required MiCAR license. MEXC is in breach of section 59 MiCAR.
Application status is separate: no official public MEXC application could be verified. A missing authorization record does not establish that no unpublished application exists.
Open the official ESMA non-compliant fileWhat this means for EU users
MEXC does not appear in the ESMA file of authorized crypto-asset service providers. Separately, the ESMA non-compliant-entity file contains an AFM record for MEXC Global. The record says MEXC provided crypto-asset services in the Netherlands without the required MiCAR authorization and cites section 59 MiCAR.
The AFM published its consumer warning on September 24, 2025. We found no official public source confirming a pending MEXC CASP application. That application status is therefore unknown: absence from the authorization register proves only that no authorization appears in the checked snapshot, not that no unpublished application exists.
Timeline
- AFM decision date recorded in the ESMA non-compliant register
- AFM publishes its public warning about MEXC
- MEXC record last updated in the ESMA non-compliant snapshot
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MEXC MiCA FAQ
Is MEXC MiCA-authorized?
Not MiCA-authorized.
ESMA's non-compliant register records an AFM decision that MEXC served the Netherlands without the required MiCAR authorization.
What do the MEXC terms say about EU users?
MEXC bars territory under comprehensive EU sanctions, not the EU as a place.
No EU or EEA member state is named as a Prohibited Jurisdiction. Source: MEXC User Agreement, Prohibited Jurisdiction clause, read September 25, 2026.
Has MEXC applied for MiCA authorization?
We found no official public source that confirms a pending MEXC CASP application.
Its application status is unknown. The authorized CASP register shows only which firms hold a licence. It does not show unpublished applications.