ESMA MiCA register reaches 321 CASPs after July 31 update
The regulator added 12 crypto-asset service providers and three entities to its non-compliant list, while authorized e-money token issuers stayed at 41 and no ART issuers were listed.
ESMA expanded its Markets in Crypto-Assets, or MiCA, register on July 31, adding 12 crypto-asset service providers and bringing the total number of authorized CASPs to 321. The update, ESMA's fourth since the July 1 transitional deadline, included three German cooperative banks, two companies in Spain and four in France. ESMA also added three entities flagged by Italy's Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, or CONSOB, to its non-compliant register, lifting that list to 167 entries. Other MiCA registers were unchanged: authorized e-money token issuers remained at 41, and no asset-referenced token issuers were listed.
- MiCA: The European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets framework for regulating crypto firms and certain token issuers.
- CASPs: Crypto-asset service providers authorized to offer services such as custody, trading or transfers under MiCA.
- asset-referenced token: A crypto token designed to track the value of one or more assets, rights or currencies.