HappyCoins.com

HappyCoins.com (happyCOINS) — CEX / broker profile

HappyCoins.com is the domain that resolves to the happyCOINS retail crypto buy/sell platform at happycoins.com, which presents itself as a centralized exchange-style brokerage (users buy from / sell to the company, rather than trading on an order book against other users). (happycoins.com)

Operator / legal entity

• The service identifies Digital Currency Services B.V. (a private limited liability company incorporated in the Netherlands) as the operating company behind “happyCOINS”. (happycoins.com)
• A Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) listing for Digital Currency Services B.V. shows an address in Utrecht, Netherlands. (lei.bloomberg.com)

What it does (exchange functionality)

• happyCOINS markets itself as a platform to buy and sell crypto (notably BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC, XLM, ALGO) and deliver coins to a user-provided wallet address. (happycoins.com)
• In its Terms, happyCOINS states that when using its exchange service, customers transact directly with happyCOINS (i.e., it “does not act as an intermediary or marketplace between other buyers and sellers”). (happycoins.com)

Custody model (as represented on-site)

• The platform states it does not keep or manage cryptocurrency wallets or fiat deposits, framing the flow as delivery to the customer’s own wallet (and fiat settlement via banking rails). (happycoins.com)

Compliance / registration claims

• happyCOINS’ site states it is “Registered with the Dutch National Bank” (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB). (happycoins.com)
• Its AML policy references guidance from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and is marked “Last updated: October 2020.” (happycoins.com)