https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=FinstFinst - Revision history2026-09-21T19:44:06ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.9https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Finst&diff=71537&oldid=prevNotATether: Create/replace Finst: AFM MiCA 24 Jul 2025, soft 41000015, Anycoin strategic assets 12 Nov 2024 companion (separate title).2026-09-21T14:06:36Z<p>Create/replace Finst: AFM MiCA 24 Jul 2025, soft 41000015, Anycoin strategic assets 12 Nov 2024 companion (separate title).</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox company<br />
|name=Finst<br />
|trading_name=Finst B.V.<br />
|industry=[[Currency exchange|Cryptocurrency broker / exchange]]<br />
|foundation=2023<br />
|location=Amsterdam, Netherlands<br />
|website=[https://finst.com/ finst.com]<br />
}}<br />
'''Finst''' (legal entity '''Finst B.V.''') is a Dutch cryptocurrency platform based in Amsterdam. Company materials describe a '''2023''' public launch (some schema metadata on the corporate site also show a '''2022''' founding date) and authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). It remains a live venue. This page is separate from the historical [[Anycoin Direct]] brokerage that later migrated customers toward Finst.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Finst's corporate blog describes the firm as offering trading, custody, fiat on/off-ramp, and related crypto services for retail and institutional clients, led by former DEGIRO team members.<ref name="finst-about">[https://finst.com/en/blog/articles/finst-and-anycoin-direct-join-forces Finst: Finst and Anycoin Direct join forces (12 Nov 2024) — "About Finst"]</ref><br />
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On '''12 November 2024''', Finst announced that it had raised further capital (stated €70M valuation in that post) and '''acquired strategic assets''' from Anycoin Direct. The announcement said Anycoin Direct customers could migrate accounts to Finst at no cost, and that the free transfer service and the then-current Anycoin Direct platform would remain available "until further notice". Exact calendar end-dates for Anycoin's Dutch wind-down beyond that primary notice are not asserted here. See [[Anycoin Direct]].<ref name="finst-acq">[https://finst.com/en/blog/articles/finst-and-anycoin-direct-join-forces Finst: Finst and Anycoin Direct join forces (12 Nov 2024)]</ref><br />
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== Products and operations ==<br />
Company pages describe EUR-denominated crypto trading, custody, fiat deposits and withdrawals, staking, and related products. Marketing fee and asset-count claims change over time. Current figures should be taken from live Finst disclosures rather than older press copy.<ref name="finst-acq" /><br />
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Finst states it was an early Dutch platform to publish an audited Proof of Reserves and that client assets are segregated from company assets.<ref name="finst-acq" /><ref name="finst-mica">[https://finst.com/en/blog/articles/finst-secures-mica-license Finst: secures MiCA licence from the AFM (24 Jul 2025)]</ref><br />
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== Regulation (MiCA / AFM) ==<br />
On '''24 July 2025''', Finst announced it had secured a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) licence from the Dutch AFM, enabling passporting of crypto-asset services across EU/EEA member states under MiCAR.<ref name="finst-mica" /><br />
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Finst's public site states that '''Finst B.V.''' is authorised by the AFM '''under number 41000015'''. That number is a company site statement pending a live AFM crypto register or ESMA interim CASP register check.<ref name="finst-num">[https://finst.com/en Finst (company site): AFM authorisation statement]</ref><br />
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Finst's AFM authorisation is distinct from Anycoin Direct's historical registrations described in Finst's acquisition post (NL/AT registration and a German BaFin trading/custody licence claimed for Anycoin in that PR).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Anycoin Direct]]<br />
* [[Bitonic]]<br />
* [[Buying bitcoins]]<br />
* [[Currency exchange]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://finst.com/ Finst]<br />
* [https://finst.com/en/blog/articles/finst-and-anycoin-direct-join-forces Finst × Anycoin Direct announcement]<br />
* [https://finst.com/en/blog/articles/finst-secures-mica-license Finst MiCA licence announcement]<br />
* [https://www.afm.nl/en/sector/registers/vergunningenregisters/cryptopartijen AFM crypto-asset service providers register]<br />
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