The first list after the MiCA transition period has been released, with 280 CASPs licensed to operate. Traditional banks and crypto-native institutions are competing on the same stage, and the compliance competition has officially entered its second half.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released the first update of the registered list after the end of the MiCA transition period, adding 37 crypto asset service providers (CASPs), bringing the total number of licensed entities to 280. New additions include Standard Chartered, FalconX, Sygnum Europe, Ronin EM, among others. Standard Chartered had previously obtained MiCA and Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licenses from Luxembourg. The electronic money token (EMT) registration list has added CACEIS, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole. Among the newly licensed entities, Cyprus leads with 6 new additions, while France, Italy, and Malta each added 5.