{"id":64969,"date":"2022-07-27T17:08:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=64969"},"modified":"2025-09-06T17:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:24:22","slug":"bitstamp-gains-italian-licence-to-operate-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitstamp-gains-italian-licence-to-operate-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitstamp gains Italian licence to operate in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitstamp has obtained approval from the Italian regulator <span data-descr=\"Agency for Agents and Mediators\" class=\"old_tooltip\">OAM<\/span> to provide services to residents of the country. CoinDesk reports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Italy is one of the most important markets in Europe, and we are pleased to provide its citizens with a safe and reliable way to trade cryptocurrencies,&#8221; said Bitstamp CEO Jean-Baptiste Graftie.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, the local regulator&#8217;s licence is part of the exchange&#8217;s global plans to provide services across Europe and the world.<\/p>\n<p>According to OAM, Bitstamp is listed in the registry of digital asset service providers. The Italian office of the platform is located in Milan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/HpUrpYh4nICzNSG7JSIAkwXUNuHOD9jya93PxsLV3q77BZEiFY4-mHbMu-IVMiOASGNqfM-qd7MkXUHHdnXA1Ni9bG5Ea10K1FXfX3bQPlVrMGzjmnAEbKnCBGDARVuDfWClRtkCzkEtHu6lFWoFRu4\" alt=\"Bitstamp gains Italian licence to operate in Italy\"\/><figcaption>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.organismo-am.it\/elenchi-registri\/operatori_valute_virtuali\/index.html\">OAM site<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In July, the Italian regulator granted a licence to operate in Italy to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/crypto-com-secures-digital-asset-provider-licence-in-italy\">the cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, regulatory approval was granted to exchanges <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/coinbase-receives-approval-to-provide-services-in-italy\">Coinbase<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/binance-gains-licence-to-provide-digital-asset-services-in-italy\">Binance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Bitstamp announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitstamp-to-levy-e10-monthly-inactivity-fee-on-some-inactive-accounts\">\u20ac10 monthly charge<\/a> for inactive customers. However, after criticism from the community <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitstamp-backs-away-from-monthly-inactivity-fee-under-community-pressure\">the company abandoned the move<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog\u2019s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 crypto news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitstamp has received approval from the Italian regulator OAM to provide services to residents. CoinDesk reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[174,1603,36],"class_list":["post-64969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitstamp","tag-italy","tag-regulation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64971,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64969\/revisions\/64971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}