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Yes, for crypto-asset services. OKX Europe Ltd has held a MiCA licence since January 2025.
EU perps run under a separate MiFID II licence. Note: Broadest licence of any major: 9/10 services.
OKX MiCA licence facts
- Authorized entity
- OKX Europe Ltd
- LEI in the register
- 54930069NLWEIGLHXU42ESMA CASP register · 2026-09-15
- Regulator
- Malta Financial Services Authority (🇲🇹 Malta)
- Authorization date
- January 27, 2025
- Website in the register
- okx.com
- Licensed MiCA services
- 9 of 10
- Spot fees (maker / taker)Spot rate with an X-Perps account; spot-only EEA tier is 0.20%/0.35%
- 0.08% / 0.1%
- EU perpetual futuresX-Perps under MiFID II (Malta) since Apr 2026 — incl. stock/gold/oil perps from Jun 2026
- Yes, 0.02% / 0.05%
- EU and EEA in the venue termsOKX offers X-Perps to eligible EEA traders in supported countries through a MiFID II investment firm in Malta. OKX defines X-Perps as expiry futures that use a funding rate.
- AvailableOKX Europe Markets Limited (OEM) Terms of Service · 2026-09-25
- Global 24h perp volumeDaily snapshot, October 3, 2026
- $31.5B, rank 2 of 21 CEXs
- $10,000 BTC market buyGlobal book, cost sweep of October 3, 2026
- 5.01 bps all-in, rank 18 of 39
ESMA CASP register data through 2026-09-15. Fees: published standard tier.
Licensed MiCA services: 9 of 10
- Custody & administration (a)
- Operating a trading platform (b)
- Exchange crypto ↔ fiat (c)
- Exchange crypto ↔ crypto (d)
- Execution of orders (e)
- Placing of crypto-assets (f)
- Reception & transmission of orders (g)
- Portfolio management (i)
- Transfer services (j)
The licence leaves out service (h).
OKX in the ESMA register
OKX Europe Ltd entered the ESMA register on January 27, 2025, as the 1st of 16 tracked exchanges. Crypto.com got its licence on that date too. By service count, OKX ranks 1 of 16.
The MFSA also supervises Crypto.com and Gate. The register lists 22 firms under the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA).
OKX charges 0.1% spot taker, below the 0.25% median. For EU perps, OKX uses a second licence: x-Perps under MiFID II (Malta) since Apr 2026 — incl. stock/gold/oil perps from Jun 2026.
OKX in the EU
OKX Europe Ltd, supervised by the Malta Financial Services Authority
Other MiCA-authorized exchanges
OKX MiCA FAQ
Is OKX MiCA-authorized?
Yes.
The Malta Financial Services Authority authorized OKX Europe Ltd on January 27, 2025, for 9 of the 10 MiCA services.
Does OKX offer perps to EU users?
Yes.
X-Perps under MiFID II (Malta) since Apr 2026 — incl. stock/gold/oil perps from Jun 2026
What do the OKX terms say about EU users?
Yes.
OKX offers X-Perps to eligible EEA traders in supported countries through a MiFID II investment firm in Malta. OKX defines X-Perps as expiry futures that use a funding rate. Source: OKX Europe Markets Limited (OEM) Terms of Service, read September 25, 2026.