ESMA Adds 12 Firms to the MiCA Registry, Bringing the Total Authorized CASPs to 321

ChainCatcher report: On July 31, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its MiCA registration list, adding 12 new companies. This is the fourth update since the transition period ended on July 1, bringing the total number of authorized Crypto-Asset Service Providers (CASPs) under MiCA to 321. The newly added entities include three German cooperative banks—Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Oberbayern Südost, VR Bank Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, and VR-Bank Landau-Mengkofen—as well as Spain’s Basque Pay and Fintech Payments, and France’s Finary, Woorton, Blockchain Process Security, and Shares Financial Assets. ESMA also added Cervo Rendisco, Flandenzo, and Corona Fondenza to its list of non-compliant entities, based on markings from Italy’s securities regulator, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB). The non-compliant entities list now contains 167 entries. This update did not involve any other changes to MiCA-related registration lists. The number of authorized Electronic Money Token (EMT) issuers remains at 41, and there are currently no registered Asset-Referenced Token (ART) issuers.