Paris, 22 June 2026 — Paymium, the oldest French and European crypto marketplace, has obtained its authorisation as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider — CASP — from the Autorité des marchés financiers under the European MiCA regulation.
For Paymium, this milestone does not mark a change in direction. It confirms a trajectory that began in 2011: building a serious, regulated and long-term French crypto infrastructure, serving both individual investors and professionals.
In a sector long associated with uncertainty, offshore platforms and short-term speculation, MiCA authorisation opens a new chapter: that of a more transparent, more regulated and more demanding European crypto market.
The MiCA regulation — Markets in Crypto-Assets — is the first harmonised regulatory framework at European Union level for crypto-asset service providers.
Its objective is clear: to strengthen client protection, regulate market participants and establish common rules for companies offering crypto-asset services across Europe.
For investors, MiCA provides an essential point of reference. It does not eliminate the volatility of crypto-assets, nor the risks inherent to this asset class. But it does impose enhanced requirements on authorised providers in terms of governance, organisation, security, transparency and compliance.
It is within this framework that Paymium has now obtained its CASP authorisation from the AMF.
The authorisation obtained by Paymium allows the company to provide 6 of the services covered by the MiCA regulation:
This recognition enables Paymium to continue its development within a harmonised European regulatory framework, with the ability to offer its services across the 27 Member States of the European Union through the European passport provided for under MiCA.
Paymium was not born out of the recent crypto wave. The company was founded in 2011, only two years after the creation of the Bitcoin protocol.
Since its inception, Paymium has experienced every phase of the market: Bitcoin’s early emergence, the first adoption cycles, speculative excesses, crises of confidence, and then the gradual recognition of crypto-assets as a lasting economic reality.
At every stage, Paymium has remained committed to the same principle: providing simple, secure and compliant access to digital assets from France, with a long-term standard of excellence.
In 2021, Paymium obtained its registration as a Digital Asset Service Provider — DASP — from the AMF, under number E2021-011. MiCA authorisation is the natural continuation of this compliance-driven approach pursued over several years.
Obtaining MiCA authorisation recognises an organisation, a set of procedures and an infrastructure designed to endure.
For Paymium, security is not a marketing promise added over time. It has been part of the model from the very beginning. Today, 98% of client funds are held in cold storage, offline, in order to reduce exposure to operational and cyber risks.
This standard reflects a strong conviction: investing in crypto should not require clients to choose between innovation and security.
This is particularly important for wealth-oriented investors who wish to diversify part of their savings without relying on opaque platforms, and for business leaders who need a clear, traceable framework compatible with their governance obligations.
With this authorisation, Paymium can now address the European market more directly.
Historically rooted in France, the company now benefits from a framework that enables it to extend its services across the entire European Union, without having to obtain separate authorisation in each Member State.
This European dimension is essential. Crypto-assets are international by nature, but European investors need players capable of operating within a local, understandable and supervised framework.
Paymium therefore intends to continue promoting a sovereign approach to crypto investment: a French platform, regulated by the AMF, designed to support individuals, professionals and businesses over the long term.
Pierre Noizat, President of Paymium, said:
“Paymium was founded on the conviction that Bitcoin and crypto-assets would establish themselves as a lasting economic reality. Fifteen years later, this authorisation granted by the AMF validates that trajectory. Above all, it is a responsibility: to continue building, for our clients and for the European market, an infrastructure that meets the scale of the challenges ahead.”
Laetitia Zito, Chief Executive Officer of Paymium, added:
“In practical terms, this authorisation means that Paymium can now operate across the entire European market with the same legitimacy it has in France. It is the result of years of work on our governance, our organisation and our tools. And it marks the starting point of a new phase for the company. We are very proud of what has been achieved and look to the future with confidence and determination.”
MiCA authorisation does not turn crypto-assets into risk-free investments. Bitcoin and other crypto-assets remain volatile assets, whose value may fluctuate significantly, both upwards and downwards.
But it does change the framework through which investors can access them.
For individuals, it provides an additional benchmark when choosing a platform. For professionals, it represents an important step towards a more structured integration of crypto-assets into diversification, treasury management or wealth preservation strategies.
Since 2011, Paymium has upheld a simple conviction: digital assets have a role to play in Europe’s financial future, provided they are accessed through a clear, secure and responsible framework.
Obtaining MiCA authorisation confirms this ambition.
Paymium. Sovereign crypto investment.
