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The European Securities and Markets Authority added 12 companies to its authorized crypto-asset service provider register in its July 31 update, lifting the total to 321 at that date.
The release was the fourth weekly register update after MiCA’s final transitional period expired across the European Union on July 1. ESMA updated the live files again on August 5, meaning the 321 figure should be treated as a July 31 snapshot rather than the current total.
Three German cooperative banks entered the July 31 register
The additions included Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Oberbayern Südost, VR Bank Schleswig-Holstein Mitte and VR-Bank Landau-Mengkofen.
The register also added Spanish providers Basque Pay and Fintech Payments. Four French companies appeared in the update: Finary, Woorton, Blockchain Process Security and Shares Financial Assets.
Each company may provide only the crypto services covered by its authorization and any cross-border notifications. ESMA’s data identifies the authorized legal entity, home country, regulator, commercial name and approved services.
ESMA warns that MiCA protections apply to the specific EU legal entity listed in the register, not automatically to other companies operating under the same commercial brand.
July 1 deadline ended the EU transition period
MiCA’s transitional period expired across the EU on July 1. After that date, companies providing regulated crypto services to EU clients require authorization unless their activity falls within the narrow reverse-solicitation exemption.
ESMA instructed unauthorized providers to implement wind-down plans, notify customers and arrange orderly transfers to authorized CASPs or self-hosted wallets. National authorities were also told to act against businesses continuing unauthorized services.
Non-compliant list reached 167 entries on July 31
The July 31 update added Cervo Rendisco, Flandenzo and Corona Fondenza to ESMA’s non-compliant register after Italy’s Consob reported the names for alleged unauthorized crypto-asset services.
Those additions lifted the file to 167 entries. The July 31 release also contained 41 e-money token register records and no asset-referenced token issuer entries.
ESMA republishes the five interim MiCA register files weekly using information submitted by national authorities and the European Banking Authority.
