MiCA register: 397 entries, 16 more from Germany

ESMA's MiCA register lists a total of 397 entries for crypto-asset service providers on 5 November 2026, covering 394 legal entities. In our article of 21 October there were 379 entries and 376 legal entities, so 18 have been added. Of those, 16 come from Germany, almost all of them banks that have notified their crypto service. The number of German entries rose from 109 to 125.

This is a follow-up to BingX EU and YouHodler in the MiCA register and German banks in the MiCA register. We opened ESMA's file again ourselves and counted. Below you will find what changed, what the register does not tell you and what that means for you.

MiCA register in short

• 397 entries, 394 legal entities. Three legal entities appear twice in the file, with different dates. On 21 October there were also three.
• 18 entries added in 15 days, from 379 to 397. That matches the number of legal entities: from 376 to 394.
• Germany: 125 entries, 31.5% of the total (125 of 397). On 21 October there were 109. Of the 125, 117 carry the Article 60 label (notification) and 8 the Article 63 label (CASP authorisation).
• Other countries almost unchanged. The Netherlands is still on 29 entries, France on 36, Spain on 16, Belgium on 2 and Portugal on 1, as on 21 October. Poland has no entry as home country.
• Five German entries carry a date after 5 November: 12, 13, 18, 19 and 25 November 2026. The file does not explain what that date means.
• Three dates for the file itself. ESMA's page says ‘Last update: 30 October 2026’; the server gave the file a modification time of 5 November 2026 14:07 GMT; and the ‘last update’ field (ac_lastupdate) in the entries runs up to 3 November 2026. That field is not the same as the date in the file for a notification.

What has been added since 21 October?

In our copy, 15 German entries have a date from 19 October onwards. All of them are Article 60 notifications by banks, and all but one cover only the order execution service. Three of them were already in our article of 21 October (Openbank Deutschland, Raiffeisenbank Rehling and VR Bank Lahn-Dill). That is why ‘15 entries with a new date’ is not the same as ‘15 entries added’.

All fifteen name the German regulator BaFin and list only Germany in their passport list. So these are not new crypto exchanges, but banks that let their customers buy and sell crypto through their own app or branch.

Comparison with the article of 28 October

In our article of 28 October we counted 19 German entries with the Article 60 label and a date from 2 October onwards. In the file of 5 November there are 26: 21 with a date up to and including 5 November and 5 with a later date. That is seven more. Six of them have a date in November: VR-Bank Ostalb, Raiffeisen-Volksbank Ebersberg, Raiffeisenbank Wittelsbacher Land, Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Regensburg-Schwandorf, VR Bank Neuburg-Rain and Raiffeisenbank Kirchweihtal.

What the register does not say

• Not being in the register is not the same as being illegal. ESMA calls it an interim register. A provider may operate through a different entity or have a notification that has not been processed yet.
• A notification is not an authorisation. In the file, Article 63 stands for a CASP authorisation and Article 60 for the notification by a bank or investment firm. A bank notifies the services it wants to offer; the file lists them for each entry.
• The label has been filled in. On 21 October we counted 180 entries without a label; now there are 115. In the file of 5 November, 144 entries carry the label ‘Article 60 - Notification’, 6 the label ‘Article 60’, 119 the label ‘Article 63 - CASP authorisation’, 10 the label ‘Article 63’ and 3 the label ‘Both Article 60 & 63’. We therefore do not compare the numbers per label with those of 21 October: the file has been amended in the meantime and we cannot see exactly what was changed.
• Dates are not equally usable everywhere. One entry has an empty date field. Five German entries have a date after the file's modification time. We therefore use the words ‘date in file’ and not ‘authorisation granted on’.
• A register entry is not advice. An entry says nothing about costs, the safety of your balance or the quality of the service.

What does this mean for you as a European investor?

In the Netherlands. The AFM is still the home regulator for 29 entries: 22 with the Article 63 label and 7 with Article 60. That number has stayed the same since 21 October.

In Belgium. Two entries have Belgium as home country, as on 21 October.

In Germany. Do you have an account with a Volksbank or Raiffeisenbank? Then your bank may be on the list. Check this in your own bank's terms and on ESMA's page, not just on the basis of this article: we only name the banks that appear in the file.

In France, Spain, Portugal and Poland. France is on 36 entries, Spain on 16 and Portugal on 1. Poland has no entry as home country; Polish readers depend on providers that hold a passport from another country. Whether that applies to a particular provider is shown in the entry's passport list.

Want to know whether a provider is in the register? Look it up yourself on ESMA's page, or use our overview of MiCA authorisations.

What is not certain yet

• What the dates after 5 November mean. We assume it is the date from which the bank may offer the service, but the file does not say so.
• When ESMA updates the file. There is no fixed day. The page mentions 30 October, while the file was modified on 5 November.
• Which 18 entries exactly were added. We compare counts between two days, not entry by entry against a copy from 21 October. That is why we only name the entries with a date after that day.
• Whether the label was changed in older entries. The number of entries without a label fell from 180 to 115, but the file does not say which entries were amended.

This article is not investment advice. Crypto can lose a lot of value and you can lose your entire investment.

Frequently asked questions

How many providers are in the MiCA register?

In the file we opened on 5 November 2026: 397 entries and 394 legal entities. On 21 October there were 379 entries and 376 legal entities.

Why are there so many German banks in the MiCA register?

A bank that wants to offer crypto to its customers must notify its regulator under Article 60 of MiCA. In Germany many Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken do so. In the file, Germany has 125 entries, 117 of them with the Article 60 label.

Is a notification the same as an authorisation?

No. In the file, Article 63 is called a CASP authorisation and Article 60 a notification. A bank notifies the services it wants to offer; the file lists them for each entry.

What does a date after 5 November mean in the register?

The file does not explain this. Five German entries have a date between 12 and 25 November 2026. Do not assume the bank already offers the service.

Is a provider that is not in the register illegal?

You cannot conclude that from the register. It is interim and not complete everywhere. If necessary, check with the regulator in the provider's home country.

Sources

Read on 5 November 2026.

• ESMA: interim MiCA register, page with files and ‘Last update: 30 October 2026’, accessed 5 November 2026.
• ESMA: CASPS.csv file with crypto-asset service providers, modification time 5 November 2026 14:07 GMT, counted by us on 5 November 2026.
• Cryptocode: MiCA register of 21 October 2026, for the figures of that date.
• Cryptocode: German banks in the MiCA register of 28 October 2026, for the count of 19 German entries.