Author: Ruben Baghus
About BTC Direct in brief
BTC Direct is a Dutch crypto broker, founded in 2013 in Nijmegen. We make buying, selling, and storing bitcoin and other crypto coins accessible to consumers and businesses across the EU. We work with a team of over 40 colleagues from one office and serve customers in all SEPA countries, in five languages.
We're regulated under Dutch and European crypto regulations. Since 2025 we hold a MiCAR license (authorization 41000009 with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets). That makes us one of the first European providers with a full MiCAR license.
Press contact
For press inquiries, interviews, and commentary, we prefer to take a moment. Send an email with your question, deadline, and publication, and we'll respond within one business day.
What | How |
|---|---|
press@btcdirect.eu | |
Phone | available on request (email first) |
Response time | within one business day |
Languages | Dutch, English, German |
For customer service questions: refer your readers to support.btcdirect.eu. Our support team helps customers directly.
Quick company facts
Topic | Fact |
|---|---|
Founded | 2013 in Nijmegen by Mike, Davy, and Mark |
Headquarters | Kerkenbos 1025, 6546 BB Nijmegen, Netherlands |
Employees | over 40 |
Markets | all SEPA countries |
Languages | NL, EN, DE, FR, ES |
Legal entity | BTC Direct Europe B.V. |
Chamber of Commerce (KvK) | 59383607 |
Regulator | Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), authorization 41000009 |
Regulation | MiCAR-licensed (2025), custody policy compliant with EU AML |
Products | retail platform (My BTC Direct), Private Trading Desk (OTC, from €50,000), API partners, BTC Direct Shop (hardware wallets) |
Additional figures (number of customers, traded volume, etc.) we don't share publicly, but under embargo we can discuss questions about them.
BTC Direct in the news
- Algemeen Dagblad: First Dutch company to pay employees in bitcoin
- De Telegraaf: Tax authority: paying salary in bitcoin is allowed
- De Gelderlander: Nijmegen-based crypto broker grows through the bear market
- Intermediair: Employers pay wages (partly) in crypto
Media kit and downloads
In our media kit you'll find:
- The BTC Direct logo in various versions (color, monochrome, transparent, PNG, and SVG)
- Two product photos: My BTC Direct app and hardware wallet
- Portrait photos of the management team (300 dpi)
- A short company fact sheet (PDF, NL and EN)
What | Link |
|---|---|
Download media kit (ZIP, ~12 MB) | /downloads/btcdirect-mediakit.zip |
Logos only (SVG) | /downloads/btcdirect-logos.zip |
Company fact sheet (PDF) | /downloads/btcdirect-factsheet.pdf |
For specific image requests (different format, different context), email press@btcdirect.eu.
Press releases
Recent press releases from BTC Direct. For older releases or a full archive: email press@btcdirect.eu.
As soon as new releases are out, they'll appear here and we'll send them via our press mailing list. Want to be on that list? Email press@btcdirect.eu with your name, publication, and focus area.
A question or a story in the works?
Tell us what you need: a quote, a background conversation, or a guest contribution. We're glad to think along, also for tight deadlines.
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