ESMA Adds 12 Firms to MiCA Register; CASPs Reach 321

The European Securities and Markets Authority published a July 31 update adding 12 companies to the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) register, bringing the total number of authorized crypto-asset service providers to 321.

The newly authorized providers include three German cooperative banks — Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Oberbayern Südost, VR Bank Schleswig-Holstein Mitte and VR-Bank Landau-Mengkofen — two Spanish firms, Basque Pay and Fintech Payments, and four French companies: Finary, Woorton, Blockchain Process Security and Shares Financial Assets.

The update did not add any asset-referenced token issuers. The number of authorized e-money token issuers remains at 41, and no asset-referenced token issuers are listed on the related register.

ESMA also added three companies to its non-compliant entities register following notifications from Italy’s Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB). The firms included on the non-compliant list are Cervo Rendisco, Flandenzo and Corona Fondenza, bringing that register to 167 entries.

The MiCA register records entities authorized to provide crypto-asset services under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation. The update is the fourth published by ESMA since the MiCA transitional deadline ended on July 1 and reflects ongoing authorizations and notifications by national regulators.

The July 31 publication separates the lists of authorized service providers from the issuer registers for e-money tokens and asset-referenced tokens, which saw no changes in this update.