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NBS flags unauthorised crypto platforms in consumer advisory
The NBS's post-transitional sweep confirms active monitoring of unlicensed operators after the 30 December 2024 deadline — any platform still unregistered now operates in plain sight of the regulator.
2026-04-27 · 1 min
NBS flags unauthorised crypto platforms in consumer advisory
The National Bank of Slovakiahttps://nbs.sk/en/financial-market-supervision1/supervision/crypto-assets/investing-risks-and-scams/ NBS published a public advisory notice on unauthorised crypto-asset platforms operating in Slovakia, identifying multiple services that lack the authorisation required under its MiCA-aligned framework.
No enforcement action has been filed and no fine has been issued. The instrument is a consumer-facing advisory notice.
The NBS's authorisation framework took effect as the operative legal baseline on 30 December 2024, when a 12-month transitional period expired. Entities providing crypto-asset services lawfully before that date had until 30 December 2025 to obtain NBS authorisation. Platforms flagged in the notice are described as neither registered nor authorised; the NBS withholds their names to avoid inadvertently promoting them.
The notice sets out three actions: flagging that unauthorised activity is occurring, advising consumers on due-diligence steps, and directing them to the NBS authorised-entity register as the verification baseline before entering any contractual relationship. The NBS also warns against offers carrying high-return guarantees or profit assurances, and flags a secondary risk from recovery scammers who target prior victims by posing as lawyers, police officers or tax authorities and demanding upfront fees.
For crypto-asset service providers, the notice confirms the NBS is monitoring the post-transitional landscape. It stops well short of a formal enforcement instrument, a named respondent, or a stated investigation timeline. The consultation has not disclosed the number of platforms under review, and no formal industry reaction had surfaced at publication.