EU's MiCA Register Swells to 300 as Standard Chartered Secures Authorization

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its register to include 57 new crypto-asset service providers, bringing the total to 300. This includes major banks, institutional trading firms, and digital asset companies that can now offer regulated services across the EU under a single authorization.

Among the additions is Standard Chartered, which received MiCA authorization from Luxembourg's financial regulator on June 25. The bank also obtained an Electronic Money Institution license, allowing it to use MiCA's passporting system to provide crypto services throughout all 27 EU member states without seeking separate approvals in each country.

The updated list includes institutional crypto trading firm FalconX, digital asset bank Sygnum Europe, Ronin EM, and CACEIS, the asset servicing business owned by Crédit Agricole and Santander. CACEIS is also reportedly in talks to acquire French crypto investment platform Meria.

The MiCA deadline has reshaped Europe's regulated crypto market, with firms that failed to obtain a license required to stop onboarding new customers and begin winding down regulated operations within the bloc. The new regulatory environment has already produced visible market changes, including Tether's $USDT no longer having a MiCA-compliant route to remain on regulated EU exchanges.