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EU · MiCA12 May 202617 min read

MiCA CASP Authorisation: a practitioner guide for crypto-asset service providers in the EU

The transitional grandfathering window for legacy national-regime firms ends on 1 July 2026 — and is shorter in several member states. We unpack the ten CASP services, the ART and EMT title regimes, NCA selection, capital, and how MiCA interacts with PSD2/PSD3 and MiFID II.

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In this briefing

  • The ten CASP services and the three asset categories
  • NCA selection — the structural choice
  • PSD2 / PSD3 + EMI overlay for EMT issuers
  • The MiFID II carve-out for financial-instrument tokens

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