European authorities added 14 cryptocurrency firms to the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework registry in a second update after deadline, signaling a slower pace of licensing after an initial surge.

European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its interim MiCA registry on Thursday, bringing the total number of licensed crypto asset service providers (CASPs) to 294.

New entries include Ripple Payments Europe, the European payments arm of blockchain-based Ripple, as well as Portugal’s Bison Bank and Croatia’s state bank, Hrvatska poštanska banka (HPB).

The update follows ESMA’s previous expansion of the register on July 3, when the regulator added 37 CASP entities in the first major, belated update following the end of the MiCA transition period.

Banks are deepening MiCA’s presence

Several newly added companies highlight the continued entry of time-honored financial institutions into Europe’s regulated cryptocurrency market.

In addition to Bison Bank and HPB, two cooperative banks from Germany have been entered into the MiCA register, namely Volksbank Schwarzwald-Donau-Neckar and Raiffeisenbank Auerbach-Freihung.

The update also extended to Liechtenstein-based Kaiser Partner Privatbank, expanding the presence of private banking groups offering regulated crypto services under MiCA.

14 newly approved CASPs in the MiCA register update of July 16, 2026. Source: ESMA

The register includes dozens of time-honored financial institutions, including Spain’s BBVA and CaixaBank, Germany’s Commerzbank, France’s CACEIS Bank and Standard Chartered Luxembourg.

The EMT and ART registers remain unchanged

ESMA did not report any changes to its registries for electronic money tokens (EMTs), a category of cryptoassets designed to maintain a stable value against a single official currency, or reference tokens (ARTs), which are pegged to multiple assets such as currencies or commodities.

According to the latest update, the EMT registry had 21 unique issuers, while the ART registry still had no approved issuers.

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The regulator also added two entities to its non-compliant register following action by Italy’s securities regulator, the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB).

New additions were Reversal Investment Group and Kortex, bringing the total number of entries on the non-compliant list to 164, including cryptocurrency exchange MEXC.

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