Digital asset infrastructure provider Cregis is making a significant push to expand its European presence, bringing a suite of institutional-grade services to a market undergoing rapid transformation. The move is strategically timed to coincide with the region’s shifting landscape, where the European Union’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation is providing long-awaited clarity and stablecoins are gaining serious traction for real-world business use.
Building on Regulatory Clarity and Market Demand
Founded in 2017 by Shawn Yan and Aaron Zhang, Cregis has grown from identifying fundamental issues in crypto asset storage and security to serving over 3,500 corporate clients globally and securing more than $60 billion in transactions. The company, now headquartered in Dubai, is focusing its European expansion on the convergence of traditional finance and the on-chain economy. CEO Shawn Yan stated that “Europe’s evolving policy environment, especially the greater regulatory clarity created by MiCA, is opening up meaningful space for compliant digital asset adoption at scale.” MiCA, fully applicable since December 2024, has established a harmonised legal framework across all 27 EU member states, boosting institutional confidence and encouraging a wave of licensing for crypto-asset service providers.
This regulatory certainty, coupled with the growing use of stablecoins for cross-border payments and corporate treasury, has created what Yan describes as “double-digit growth” across Cregis’s pan-European client base. In response, the company is formally increasing its investment in the region in 2026. The expansion targets local banks, payment providers, fintech platforms, and enterprises seeking infrastructure that meets the demanding security, scalability, and governance requirements of regulated environments.
Payment Solutions Designed for Enterprise Operations
Central to Cregis’s European offering is a full-stack crypto payment solution engineered for corporate use. The platform supports 24/7 processing and instant settlement, enabling businesses to move funds outside traditional banking hours and improve cash flow management. For organisations operating across multiple entities, it provides enterprise-grade orchestration through smart workflow automation, role-based controls, and integration into existing business processes. Complete financial oversight is maintained via real-time transaction tracking, detailed records, and alerts to meet internal governance demands.
Security is embedded throughout, with risk analysis tools designed to identify and isolate suspicious addresses. A cornerstone of this security is the company’s Multi-Party Computation (MPC) based multi-layer protection. MPC is a cryptographic technique that addresses a critical vulnerability in digital asset management: the single point of failure represented by a traditional private key. Instead, MPC splits the private key into multiple encrypted shares, which are distributed among separate parties. No single party holds the complete key, and transactions can only be authorised through a collaborative computation process between these parties. This distributed security architecture is designed to eliminate single points of compromise and is considered enterprise-grade due to its inherent support for governance controls and audit trails.
This MPC technology underpins Cregis’s Wallet as a Service (WaaS) product, which allows businesses to integrate crypto wallet functionality directly into their applications via APIs and SDKs, without managing the underlying blockchain and security complexities.
Private, Institution-Grade Custody Infrastructure
For financial institutions, licensed custodians, and other regulated firms requiring utmost control, Cregis is introducing its private deployment solution, Cregis Nexus On-Premise, to Europe. This infrastructure is designed to be deployed within a client’s own security and compliance environment, allowing them to retain stronger control over asset operations, policy enforcement, and system architecture.
The solution incorporates advanced security hardware and software, including Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) and integration with bank-grade Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) aligned with FIPS 140-2/3 standards. It leverages Cregis’s Declarative Intent Gateway (DIG) to translate internal risk policies and compliance logic into programmable, auditable controls. Furthermore, it operates on a tripartite oversight model that institutionally separates operational authority, asset ownership, and audit supervision, a structure built to support digital asset operations with greater autonomy, transparency, and resilience.
Cregis’s expansion and its focus on compliant, institutional-grade tools reflect broader European trends. The company has received industry recognition, including the “Best Crypto Payment Infrastructure Provider” award at the Forex Traders Summit Dubai 2025. As European banks increasingly explore digital assets and S&P Global Ratings forecasts rapid growth for euro-pegged stablecoins, Cregis aims to position itself as a key infrastructure partner. “Our focus is to support different client needs with the right mix of payment infrastructure, governance controls and deployment models,” said Yan, highlighting the company’s tailored approach to a maturing market.
