Coinhouse has secured Crypto Asset Service Provider accreditation from the French AMF under MiCA, giving the Paris based firm an EU wide passport for brokerage, custody, transfers and advisory on digital assets as France’s national PSAN regime sunsets.
In a press release dated May 21, 2026, De Gaulle Fleurance said it advised Coinhouse “on obtaining its Crypto Asset Service Provider (PSCA) accreditation from the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF),” framing the approval as the culmination of a multi year compliance process that began with Coinhouse’s registration as a Digital Asset Service Provider (PSAN) in 2020.
The firm notes that the authorization was granted under the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation and that, as a result, “Coinhouse is now fully compliant with European regulatory requirements and can offer its crypto asset services across all Member States of the European Union.”
How did Coinhouse obtain PSCA status under MiCA?
Finyear reports that Coinhouse, founded in 2014 as “La Maison du Bitcoin,” received MiCA accreditation under AMF reference A2026 013, with the license allowing it to operate as a PSCA for a broad scope of activities including buying and selling crypto assets, exchanging them for funds or other crypto assets, custody and administration, and the transfer of crypto assets on behalf of clients.
On LinkedIn, Coinhouse chief executive Nicolas Louvet highlighted that the company has been granted MiCA authorization “for 7 different services, including investment advice and crypto portfolio management,” confirming that the mandate goes beyond basic brokerage and custody into higher value advisory and discretionary management.
The AMF’s public white list shows COINHOUSE SAS as an authorized crypto asset service provider in France, confirming that the firm is now one of the relatively small group of entities that have completed the MiCA licensing process ahead of the July 2026 cutoff.
De Gaulle Fleurance partner Anne Maréchal is quoted in the release as saying that obtaining PSCA accreditation “marks a crucial step for Coinhouse, which can now operate within a robust and harmonized regulatory framework across Europe” and that the case illustrates “the importance of an approach based on regulatory foresight, compliance and strategic support for players in the crypto asset sector.”
Why does this MiCA license matter in the EU timeline?
Coinhouse’s upgrade from PSAN registration to full PSCA status comes against the backdrop of a hard regulatory deadline.
The AMF reiterated in February that Digital Asset Service Providers which operated under the French national regime before MiCA must obtain PSCA authorization by July 1, 2026 if they want to keep serving clients in France; beyond that date, only MiCA authorized Crypto Asset Service Providers can legally operate.
A Cointribune analysis of the French transposition notes that “from July 1, 2026, providers not authorized as PSCAs must cease their activity in France while awaiting their authorization,” and that firms which continue to offer services without the license face up to two years in prison and a €30,000 fine under the Monetary and Financial Code.
Compliance vendor Unit21 similarly describes July 1, 2026 as “the hard cutoff that every crypto asset service provider operating in the EU needs to take seriously,” emphasizing that after that date, operating without MiCA authorization is simply illegal and that national authorities can impose fines of up to 12.5 percent of a firm’s global annual turnover for serious violations.
By securing its license more than a year ahead of that deadline, Coinhouse gains two advantages.
First, it can continue serving French clients without interruption while competitors that have not yet applied will either have to rush their files or plan an exit.
Second, MiCA gives it passporting rights across the European Union, meaning Coinhouse can expand its services to retail, corporate and institutional clients in other Member States through a single authorization rather than a patchwork of national registrations.
Coinhouse already offers services in several French speaking markets, including Belgium and Luxembourg, and now intends to “continue rolling out its offering to retail, corporate and institutional investors in the coming months” across more of the EU, according to the De Gaulle Fleurance release.
In that sense, this PSCA license is not just a regulatory box check but a commercial weapon: in an environment where many smaller PSANs are still “mute” about their plans, as Reuters recently reported via the AMF, Coinhouse is positioning itself as one of the first fully MiCA compliant gateways between traditional European capital and regulated crypto asset services.
