One Trading has become the first trading platform in the European Union to receive full regulatory approval under MiFID II and the EU’s new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), marking a major step forward for regulated crypto finance in Europe.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, One Trading Exchange B.V. secured its MiCAR crypto-asset service provider (CASP) license from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), complementing its existing MiFID II authorization. The dual licensing makes it the first European platform offering spot and perpetual futures crypto trading under a unified, fully regulated framework.
— One Trading (@OneTradingEU) May 19, 2025
The milestone gives institutional and eligible retail investors access to crypto derivatives and spot markets with the same level of oversight and security as traditional financial instruments. The company believes the platform is built for speed, transparency, and institutional-grade market participation.
“Getting approval under both MiFID II and MiCAR wasn’t about ticking boxes — it’s about delivering a professional, regulated venue that retail and institutional clients can trust,”
said One Trading CEO Joshua Barraclough.
“It’s a new standard for what crypto trading in Europe should look like.”
The platform offers a vertically integrated setup—handling issuance, matching, margining, and settlement in-house—removing the need for third-party clearing. This structure improves execution speed, capital efficiency, and risk management. With cross-margining enabled, clients can hedge spot positions against perpetual futures in real-time, with settlement times as short as one minute and up to 10x leverage.
The company’s regulatory status also enables it to offer multilateral trading in crypto-assets and MiFID II instruments, which is rarely seen in the industry. It positions One Trading to bridge traditional finance and crypto markets within a single, legally sound framework.
This regulatory advancement comes when the European Central Bank (ECB) is accelerating its push for a digital euro, arguing that cash alone may no longer suffice in an era increasingly dominated by private digital payment systems.
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