The EU Crypto Register is an independent directory tracking MiCA-authorised entities and DLT Pilot market infrastructures across Europe, maintained by Ryan King.
What is this project?
EU Crypto Register was created to solve a simple problem:
There is no single, easy-to-navigate location to see which firms have received licenses under the EU’s digital-asset frameworks.
The information exists, but it is spread across:
- National competent authority registers
- ESMA’s centralised databases (MiCA)
- PDFs and official bulletins
- Individual firm announcements
- Press releases
- Trade press coverage
This project consolidates that information into a single, neutral reference.
What MiCA covers
MiCA is the European Union’s rulebook for crypto-assets and the companies that provide services around them.
It does three main things:
- Defines the types of crypto-assets that are regulated in the EU (including asset-referenced tokens, e-money tokens, and other crypto-assets).
- Creates licences for CASPs (crypto-asset service providers), covering activities such as custody, trading platforms, and advice.
- Sets conduct, governance, and disclosure rules to protect users and create a unified EU market.
From 2024–2025 onward, any company that wants to offer regulated crypto-asset services or issue certain types of tokens in the EU must comply with MiCA.
What the DLT Pilot Regime covers
The DLT Pilot Regime is the EU’s experimental framework for using blockchain (DLT) to build and operate market-infrastructure - such as trading venues and settlement systems - for traditional financial instruments.
In practice, it:
- Allows regulated firms to apply for special exemptions from parts of existing securities law.
- Makes it possible to trade and settle tokenised shares, bonds, and other instruments directly on DLT systems.
- Is time-limited and designed as a learning environment, allowing European regulators to observe what works before building long-term policy.
The DLTR is narrower than MiCA, but much deeper in technical and regulatory complexity. It sits at the intersection of crypto-assets, securities law, and market infrastructure.
Who maintains this?
My name is Ryan King, and I work professionally in digital-asset regulation and market-infrastructure design. I have hands-on experience with both MiCA and the DLT Pilot Regime through direct involvement in applications and industry projects. I built this site as a side project to:
- Track the EU regulatory landscape more easily
- Provide something useful to people in compliance, law, market infrastructure, fintech, and traditional finance
- Enable better transparency around the digital-asset industry in Europe
I'm also available for consulting engagements on MiCA and DLTR regulatory intelligence - competitive landscape, licensing patterns, jurisdiction analysis. This is not legal advice; it's operational and strategic context from someone who tracks this space closely. Get in touch
This is an independent project - not affiliated with ESMA, the EC, or any national regulator.
How the data is gathered
The primary source for all entries is ESMA's official CSV data, published to their website for both MiCA and the DLT Pilot Regime. If an entry appears in ESMA's records, it is included here. If ESMA removes an entry, it is removed here too. No entry is added on the basis of company announcements, press coverage, or social media alone.
For Other Crypto Assets (notified whitepapers), each whitepaper link provided by ESMA is checked individually. Where a link is dead or resolves to an incorrect document, this is noted in the register. Where a whitepaper is available, it is reviewed to determine whether it appears to meet MiCA standard format.
For EMT issuers, issuer whitepapers are consulted to identify which blockchain protocols the token is issued on, as this information is not included in ESMA's records.
Token names and abbreviations are cross-referenced against sources such as CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko to identify the name by which an asset is most commonly known in practice, which often differs from the formal name used in the whitepaper or ESMA's records.
Known limitations
ESMA's records reflect what national competent authorities have submitted, and NCAs differ in their interpretation of certain fields. For example, some list all authorised countries including the home jurisdiction; others exclude it. Where such discrepancies exist, the register reflects the ESMA data faithfully and notes the limitation.
Duplicate entries in ESMA's records are carried through to the register and flagged, with a note indicating which appears to be the superior record where this can be determined.
Update frequency
The register is updated once per month, typically around the 26th, by downloading the latest ESMA CSV files and comparing them against the previous month's data.
Who this is for
This resource is designed for: • Compliance professionals
• Regulators and supervisors
• Market infrastructure operators
• Researchers and journalists
• Fintech/legal practitioners
• Anyone tracking EU digital-asset regulation
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