About Firi

Firi is a Norwegian marketplace for digital assets, established with a clear purpose: to provide individuals and professional clients with secure and simple access to the crypto market.

Founded in 2017, Firi has grown from a fintech company into a regulated financial institution with approximately 65 employees. The company has built extensive industry experience, a robust technological infrastructure, and trusted relationships with both customers and regulatory authorities.

Today, Firi is the largest crypto exchange in the Nordics, offering services across the entire digital asset value chain — from custody and exchange to order execution and transfers.

Firi is based in Norway, with its headquarters in Oslo, and operates on a cross-border basis in Denmark and Sweden.

Firi obtained its CASP authorisation on 22 May 2026. This authorisation is an EU regulatory requirement that all providers of crypto services must hold from 1 July 2026.

The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet) has granted Firi AS authorisation to provide crypto-asset services under Article 63 of MiCA. Firi AS is the first Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) operating a crypto-asset trading platform to receive authorisation under Article 63 of MiCA.

Firi AS provides the following crypto-asset services:

a) Custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients

b) Operation of a trading platform for crypto-assets

c) Exchange of crypto-assets for funds

d) Exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets

e) Execution of orders relating to crypto-assets on behalf of clients

j) Provision of transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients

Cross-Border Activities

The company is authorised to conduct cross-border business from Norway into Sweden and Denmark.

Services

Payment services pursuant to Section 1-5, first paragraph, of the Norwegian Financial Contracts Act:

b) activities required to operate and manage an account

c) execution of payment transactions

d) execution of payment transactions covered by a credit facility, cf. service c

Pursuant to Section 3-2 in conjunction with Section 2-11 of the Norwegian Financial Institutions Act:

Cross-Border Activities

The company is authorised to conduct cross-border business from Norway.

Into Sweden without Establishment

Pursuant to Section 3-2 in conjunction with Section 2-11 of the Norwegian Financial Institutions Act:

Payment services pursuant to Section 1-5, first paragraph, of the Norwegian Financial Contracts Act:

b) activities required to operate and manage an account

c) execution of payment transactions

d) execution of payment transactions covered by a credit facility, cf. service c

Here you can find a link to the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway's Register of Regulated Entities.