MiCA register: Transak, ABANCA and DriveWealth added

ESMA's MiCA register lists a total of 407 entries for crypto-asset service providers on 12 November 2026, spread across 404 legal entities. In our piece of 5 November there were 397 entries and 394 legal entities, so ten have been added. They include Transak GmbH (Austria, an authorisation under Article 63), the Spanish bank ABANCA (a notification under Article 60) and UAB DriveWealth Europe (Lithuania, a notification).

This is a follow-up to MiCA register: 397 entries, 16 more from Germany. 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

• 407 entries, 404 legal entities. Three legal entities appear twice in the file: Euwax AG, Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. On 5 November there were also three.
• Ten more entries in seven days, from 397 to 407. The number of legal entities rose by the same amount: from 394 to 404.
• Germany: 130 entries (125 on 5 November), with 122 notifications under Article 60. All five new German entries are banks offering only the service of order execution.
• Spain: 17 entries (16 on 5 November). The new entry is ABANCA.
• The Netherlands (29), France (36), Belgium (2) and Portugal (1) are at the same numbers as on 5 November. Poland still has no entry as a home country.
• One authorisation, the rest notifications. Only Transak has a clear authorisation under Article 63. ABANCA, DriveWealth and the five German banks are notifications under Article 60; VSMARKETS shows ‘Article 60 & 63’.
• Dates after 12 November. Six German entries have a date in the future: 13, 18, 19 and 25 November and 3 and 7 December 2026.

Who has been added since 5 November?

We can identify nine of the ten new entries by name and date: they have a date of 2 November or later. The table lists what the file says for each entry. The date is ESMA's column "authorisationNotificationDate"; we call it the “date in file”.

Transak: the only new authorisation

For Transak GmbH the basis is given as "Article 63 - CASP authorisation", with the FMA as supervisor. The passport in the file lists 30 countries of the European Economic Area, including Austria itself: among them the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and Poland. The website in the file is eu.transak.com. The file names one service: the exchange of crypto-assets for funds. How Transak offers that service in practice is not in the register.

ABANCA: a Spanish bank with a notification

ABANCA has notified the CNMV of three services: custody and administration, the reception and transmission of orders, and transfer services. The passport lists only Spain. It is a notification under Article 60: a bank that is already supervised notifies which crypto services it wants to offer. Whether ABANCA already offers them to customers is not something the register tells you.

DriveWealth Europe: a notification on an existing licence

DriveWealth Europe has a notification under Article 60 with the Bank of Lithuania, covering custody and administration, order execution and the reception and transmission of orders. The remarks column says: "Entity was licensed as a MiFID II entity in 2024". The passport lists 29 countries besides Lithuania itself.

The German banks

Five Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken have been added, all with only the service of order execution and only Germany in the passport. That fits the pattern in our piece of 5 November. A bank being in the file does not mean your account can already buy crypto: check with your own bank.

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 yet been processed.
• A notification is not an authorisation. In the file, Article 63 stands for a CASP authorisation and Article 60 for the notification of a bank or investment firm. A bank notifies the services it wants to offer.
• A date after 12 November is not an offer. Six German entries have a date after 12 November. Do not assume the bank already offers the service.
• The label is not filled in everywhere. In the file of 12 November, 84 entries have no label for the basis; on 5 November there were 115. We cannot see which entries ESMA has completed.
• 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 and Belgium. The number of entries with the Netherlands (29) and Belgium (2) as home country has stayed the same. Transak does list the Netherlands and Belgium in its passport, as does DriveWealth.

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 only on the basis of this piece: we only name the banks that are in the file.

In Spain. ABANCA is the new Spanish entry. The notification names only Spain, so the services apply to customers in Spain.

In France, Portugal and Poland. France stands at 36 entries and Portugal at 1, both unchanged. Poland has no entry as a home country; Polish readers depend on providers that hold a passport from another country, such as Transak or DriveWealth. Whether that applies to a particular provider is shown in the passport list of its entry.

Do you 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. You can read how a bank's cross-border notification works in Deutsche Bank crypto: MiCA notification in 29 countries.

What is not certain yet

• Which entry is the tenth. We can identify nine entries with a date of 2 November or later. The number rose by ten; we cannot pinpoint the tenth with certainty, because we compare totals rather than going entry by entry against a copy of 5 November.
• What the dates after 12 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. ESMA's page says "Last update: 11 November 2026" and the file has the same modification date.
• Whether providers have already opened their service. The register states only the basis, the services and the passport.

This article is not investment advice. Crypto can fall sharply in value and you can lose your entire stake.

Frequently asked questions

How many providers are in the MiCA register?

In the file we opened on 12 November 2026: 407 entries and 404 legal entities. On 5 November there were 397 entries and 394 legal entities.

Does Transak have a MiCA authorisation?

In ESMA's register, Transak GmbH appears with the basis "Article 63 - CASP authorisation", the FMA as supervisor and 10 November 2026 as the date in the file. The service is the exchange of crypto-assets for funds.

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 or investment firm notifies the services it wants to offer; the file lists them for each entry.

Can I buy crypto at ABANCA?

The register only says that ABANCA has notified the CNMV of custody and administration, the reception and transmission of orders, and transfer services. Whether the bank offers this to customers is something you can find out from ABANCA itself.

Is a provider that is not in the register illegal?

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

Sources

Read on 12 November 2026.

• ESMA: interim MiCA register, page with files and "Last update: 11 November 2026", accessed 12 November 2026.
• ESMA: CASPS.csv file with crypto-asset service providers, modification time 11 November 2026 13:55 GMT, counted by us on 12 November 2026.
• Cryptocode: MiCA register of 5 November 2026, for the figures of that date.