EU crypto licenses rise to 309 as BNY, BitPay among newly registered MiCA CASPs

The European Securities and Markets Authority added 15 crypto-asset service providers to its interim Markets in Crypto-Assets register, bringing the total to 309 in the third update since the European Union’s July 1 transition deadline. The new batch includes BNY SA/NV, the Belgian subsidiary of BNY Mellon, alongside BitPay, Coinify, Januar, SafeLynx Technologies, Bleap, Nodu Digital and several German cooperative banks. Germany and Denmark led the latest update with three additions each, while Bulgaria and Latvia added two apiece. Belgium, Cyprus, Liechtenstein and the Netherlands each contributed one provider. Germany’s new entries were Spar-und Kreditbank Rheinstetten, VR-Bank Augsburg-Ostallgäu and Raiffeisenbank Falkenstein-Wörth. Since the July 1 deadline, the register has expanded by 66 firms and broadened beyond exchanges into payments, custody and infrastructure, highlighting how MiCA authorization is spreading across more parts of the digital-asset industry. The latest update follows ESMA’s second post-deadline addition of 14 CASPs, which included Ripple Payments Europe. ESMA reported no changes in its other MiCA-related registers, including authorized issuers of asset-referenced tokens, e-money tokens and crypto-assets, or in its list of non-compliant entities. The continued additions underscore that MiCA implementation remains a live process as firms complete licensing procedures across European markets. Industry executives have also warned that the cost of maintaining a MiCA license could weigh on smaller companies over time, with Gate Europe CEO Giovanni Cunti saying some licensed firms may struggle to sustain the compliance resources required for the long term.