ESMA adds 12 companies to the MiCA registration list, bringing the total number of CASPs authorized to 321

According to Twitter, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated the Crypto Asset Market Regulation (MiCA) registration list on July 31, adding 12 new companies. This is the fourth update after the transition period on July 1, bringing the total number of authorized crypto asset service providers (CASP) under MiCA to 321.

New entities added include three German partner banks Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Oberbayern Südost, VR Bank Schleswig-Holstein Mitte and VR-Bank Landau-Mengkofen, Spain's Basque Pay, Fintech Payments, and France's Finary, Woorton, and Blockchain Process Security and Shares Financial Assets. ESMA also added Cervo Rendisco, Flandenzo, and Corona Fondenza to the list of non-compliant entities, with the relevant marks from Italian securities regulator Condemned One Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB). The list of non-compliant entities currently contains 167 entries.

This update does not involve any other MiCA-related registration list changes. The number of authorized electronic currency token (EMT) issuers remains at 41, and there are currently no entities on the Asset Reference Token (ART) issuer registration list.