EU Adds 12 More MiCA-Authorized Crypto Asset Service Providers

Twelve crypto-asset service providers, or CASPs, have been granted authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets, or MiCA, framework.

Cointelegraph reported on August 5 that the European Securities and Markets Authority updated its list of MiCA-registered firms on July 31, adding 12 new CASPs. The update brought the total number of MiCA-authorized CASPs to 321.

The newly registered firms include Germany’s cooperative banks Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Oberbayern Südost, VR Bank Schleswig-Holstein Mitte and VR-Bank Landau-Mengkofen. Other additions include BaskPay, FintechPayments, Finery, Uurton, Blockchain Process Security and Shares Financial Assets.

ESMA also added three firms to its list of non-authorized entities in the latest update. Italy-based Servo Lendisco, Flandenzo and Corona Fondenza were added to the unregistered list.