ESMA Adds 14 MiCA-Licensed Firms as Europe’s Crypto Market Reshapes
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On July 16 ESMA added 14 firms to its MiCA register — including Ripple Payments Europe, Portugal’s Bison Bank, Croatia’s Hrvatska poštanska banka, two German cooperative banks and Liechtenstein’s Kaiser Partner — raising MiCA-authorized providers in Europe to 294 and signaling growing bank participation in custody, execution and digital-asset payments. The expansion boosts cross-border commercial adoption and regulatory clarity for crypto and DeFi activity, but major CEXs such as Binance, Bitget, MEXC and HTX remain outside full MiCA authorization, posing potential market and security risks for users and counterparties.
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- ESMA added 14 firms, lifting Europe’s MiCA-authorized provider total to 294.
- Bank participation is expanding as MiCA licensing becomes a cross-border asset.
- Binance, Bitget, MEXC, and HTX remain outside full MiCA authorization in Europe.
The European crypto market shifted after ESMA added 14 crypto-asset service providers to its register on July 16. The additions raised the authorized total under MiCA to 294, expanding participation beyond specialist digital-asset companies.
The group includes Ripple Payments Europe, Portugal’s Bison Bank, Croatia’s Hrvatska poštanska banka, two German cooperative banks, and Liechtenstein’s Kaiser Partner Privatbank. Their inclusion reflects how banks are entering custody, execution, and digital-asset payment services across Europe.
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