ESMA adds 37 CASPs to MiCA register; Standard Chartered included
ESMA’s first MiCA register update after the transitional period added 37 licensed CASPs, including Standard Chartered, raising the interim list to 280 from 243.
The European Securities and Markets Authority published the first update to its Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation register after the MiCA transitional period ended, adding 37 licensed crypto-asset service providers on Friday, July 3, 2026. The interim register now lists 280 CASPs, up from 243 in the previous update.
The new entries include Standard Chartered, which received MiCA authorization from Luxembourg on June 25 and also secured an Electronic Money Institution licence that permits it to issue electronic money and provide payment services across the EU. The bank has recently launched digital asset custody services in Asia and the Middle East. Margaret Harwood-Jones, the bank’s global head of financing, described the licences as a key step in progressing the bank’s digital asset activity in Europe.
Other firms added to the list include digital asset prime broker FalconX, Sygnum Europe and Ronin EM. The register of electronic money tokens was updated to add CACEIS, the electronic money token from Crédit Agricole.
National supervisors reported the new approvals. Cyprus accounted for six of the latest authorizations. France, Italy and Malta each added five. The Czech Republic and Spain recorded four new CASPs apiece, Luxembourg added three, the Netherlands two, and Germany, Liechtenstein and Latvia one each. The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has granted 21 MiCA authorizations in total, while Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority remains the single regulator with the most MiCA approvals at 58.
The update left the asset-referenced tokens list empty; no ART issuers were recorded. The list of entities deemed non-compliant under MiCA remained unchanged at 162 names. ESMA’s interim register will serve as the central public record while member-state supervisors continue to process and finalize authorizations under the new regulatory framework.
MiCA took effect after a transitional period that required crypto firms operating in the EU to obtain formal authorization or meet the new rules. The July 3 update is the first set of authorizations published following that transition.
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