Updated September 28, 2026

What is Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)?

In short

The AFM is the Dutch market supervisor, responsible for investment firms, pension funds and the markets they trade in.

The AFM is the Dutch market supervisor, responsible for overseeing investment firms, pension funds and the markets they trade in. A crypto provider naming the AFM has a supervisor with published rules on conduct, capital and complaints, which matters when a deposit is at risk rather than a trade. The entries here are MiCA CASP authorisations: Banxa holds MiCA CASP 69940000HAL9ODW3IMO22, Bitvavo holds MiCA CASP 724500MX2WBKDJP9HE56 and Btc Direct holds MiCA CASP 724500C4D3LQAKCEZ198.

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