MiCA Regulators by Country

MiCA regulators in the ESMA register

Counted from ESMA's interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), downloaded 24 October 2026. One firm can appear more than once if it holds several entries.

What MiCA regulators do

• Assess applications and grant or refuse authorisation.
• Supervise authorised firms on an ongoing basis.
• Forward passport notifications to other countries, ESMA and the EBA.
• Take action against firms that break the rules, including unauthorised firms.
• Publish registers and warnings for consumers.

Regulators usually do not resolve individual disputes, as the guide to complaints about a crypto exchange explains.

Why the number of firms per regulator differs

Some countries host many crypto firms, often banks, investment firms and fintechs that added crypto services to an existing business.

Others have only a handful, and some have none listed in the register at the time of download.

A large number does not mean a regulator is stricter or looser; it reflects where firms chose to set up.

MiCA regulators and the home state

For each exchange on this site, the regulator shown on the card is the competent authority of its home Member State, taken from the ESMA register.

Regulator, home state and authorisation date of each listed exchange, from the ESMA register.

MiCA regulators and ESMA

ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority, coordinates supervision, publishes the interim MiCA register and issues guidelines and technical standards.

It does not authorise exchanges itself; national regulators do.

For stablecoins, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has its own role, especially for significant tokens.

How to use a regulator's website

1. Find the regulator: from the ESMA register or the MiCA licence checker.
2. Open its website yourself: not through a link from the firm.
3. Search its register: for the firm's legal name.
4. Read its warnings: many regulators list unauthorised firms, as the guide to regulator warning lists explains.

MiCA regulators: types of authority

The authorities that supervise crypto-asset service providers differ between countries.

• Securities or financial markets authorities: such as France's AMF or Spain's CNMV.
• Integrated financial supervisors: such as Germany's BaFin, Austria's FMA or Finland's FIN-FSA.
• Central banks: such as the Central Bank of Ireland, the Bank of Lithuania or Latvijas Banka.

The names shown in the table above come directly from the register.

MiCA regulators of the listed exchanges

The exchanges compared on this site are authorised by a range of regulators, with Malta, Austria, Ireland, Cyprus and Luxembourg among the home states.

Under MiCA's common rules, the choice of home state does not change the core protections a customer receives.

MiCA regulators and consumer contact

Most regulators publish consumer information pages, warning lists and contact forms for reporting suspected unauthorised firms.

When contacting a regulator, include the firm's name, website, how you were contacted and any payment details, and keep a copy.

MiCA regulators and the European level

ESMA works with national regulators to promote consistent supervision and publishes the interim register built from their information.

The European Banking Authority has a role for stablecoins, and both authorities issue guidelines and draft technical standards under MiCA.

MiCA regulators: authorisations and notifications

Counted from ESMA's interim CASP register file downloaded on 24 October 2026, 387 entries.

The split may help explain why some countries have many entries: their regulators supervise many banks and investment firms that can use the notification route.

MiCA regulators: what they can and cannot do for you

MiCA regulators: contacting one about a provider

1. Find the right authority: the competent authority named in the provider's register entry.
2. Complain to the provider first: using its published complaints procedure.
3. Prepare the facts: dates, amounts, screenshots and the provider's reply.
4. Use the official channel: the consumer or complaints page on the regulator's own website.
5. Expect limits: the regulator may use your information in supervision without solving your individual case.

The guide to complaints about a crypto exchange covers the whole process.

MiCA regulators: beware of impersonation

Scammers sometimes pretend to be regulators, police or ESMA, often to sell fake recovery services.

A real regulator will not ask you to pay a fee to release funds or to move money to a "safe" account.

If in doubt, contact the regulator through the address on its own website, never through details given in the message.

MiCA regulators: questions readers ask

Is a firm supervised in another country less safe? Under MiCA, the same rules apply in every Member State, and a passported firm is supervised by its home regulator.

Can I complain to my own country's regulator? You can contact it, but the home regulator in the register supervises the firm, so your regulator may pass the matter on.

Who publishes the register? ESMA publishes the register based on information from national regulators, as Articles 109 and 110 of MiCA provide.

MiCA regulators: where to find their warning lists

Most national regulators publish warnings about firms offering financial or crypto services without authorisation.

ESMA's register also contains a list of non-compliant entities, which this site summarises on the not MiCA-authorised page.

The guide to regulator warning lists explains how to search them.

A firm that appears on a warning list should not be trusted with money, whatever it promises.

MiCA regulators: reading the register's authority names

The register gives each authority's full name, such as the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) in Germany or the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) in France.

Searching that exact name online, and checking that the result is the regulator's own website, leads you to the right contact details.

Saving the regulator's official website as a bookmark protects you from fake sites that copy its name.

Use that bookmark whenever you need to check a warning or send information about a provider.

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