Coinhouse Selects Crypto Risk Metrics’ Digital Assets Compliance Infrastructure

WHY THIS MATTERS

The compliance partnership between Coinhouse and Crypto Risk Metrics highlights a major shift in the European digital asset landscape. As the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation takes full effect across the European Union, the era of regulatory gray areas is officially over. Platforms can no longer survive on basic domestic registrations. Coinhouse—historically the first company to register as a digital asset service provider (PSAN) with the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) in 2020—has aggressively transformed its operations to secure an official MiCA authorization covering seven distinct regulated services.

However, MiCA introduces severe, institutional-grade compliance hurdles that go far beyond standard identity checks. Under the new EU framework, any entity listing or offering a crypto-asset must publish a highly structured, data-heavy white paper that natively supports Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) formatting. Crucially, these papers mandate comprehensive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures outlining precise network energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and electronic waste tracking. By embedding Crypto Risk Metrics’ specialized compliance infrastructure, Coinhouse can bypass the immense operational burden of manual data aggregation. This allows the French pioneer to rapidly roll out new token offerings while maintaining bulletproof, audit-ready data validated inside ISO-certified environments.

Coinhouse, one of the first regulated French companies in the cryptocurrency sector and the first French platform to have been registered with the AMF as a PSAN since 2020, relies on Crypto Risk Metrics’ digital asset compliance infrastructure to meet the key requirements of the MiCA Directive. With its MiCA authorisation to offer seven of the services defined by the European regulation, Coinhouse intends to continue its expansion in France and across the European Union.

Yoann Briant, Secretary General and Chief Compliance and Risks Officer, states: “Regulation has always been paramount for Coinhouse. That is also why we chose Crypto Risk Metrics for the provision of our ESG data. They are the only provider whose ESG data services are based on data that is measured, reviewed, and processed within ISO-certified data centre environments, and they are the clear market leader not only in the field of ESG data compliance, but also with regard to MiCA-compliant white papers.”

Tim Zölitz, CEO of Crypto Risk Metrics, adds: “We are proud that Coinhouse, one of the longest-standing players in the French crypto market, has selected us to support its MiCA compliance needs. This confirms our product- and quality-first approach, and we will continue to uphold high regulatory and technological standards as we further expand our compliance infrastructure.” 

FF NEWS TAKE

Coinhouse is positioning itself as Europe’s premier, fully compliant counterparty for corporate and institutional crypto capital. While giant international exchanges scramble to adapt their legacy, offshore operational structures to fit the EU’s uncompromising perimeter, Coinhouse is leveraging its strict regulatory posture as a major commercial moat.

The true operational value here belongs to Crypto Risk Metrics, led by CEO Tim Zölitz. The Frankfurt-based infrastructure provider has quietly established itself as the undisputed market leader in European digital asset compliance, onboarding industry heavyweights like Coinbase, Kraken, and Clearstream. Under Secretary General Yoann Briant, Coinhouse is using this infrastructure to execute a deliberate balance-sheet strategy: providing corporate treasuries and traditional bank-led wealth managers with verified, institutional-grade ESG reporting. In a market where sustainable finance mandates are rapidly dictating capital allocations, providing transparent, real-time metrics on a token’s carbon intensity transforms regulatory compliance from a costly back-office defensive shield into an active customer acquisition tool.