{"id":621571,"date":"2026-06-29T10:53:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/germany-leads-mica-crypto-authorization-race-as-europes-deadline-looms\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:53:54","slug":"germany-leads-mica-crypto-authorization-race-as-europes-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/germany-leads-mica-crypto-authorization-race-as-europes-deadline-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany leads MiCA crypto authorization race as Europe&#8217;s deadline looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/coin-table-sensor-sci-fi-germany.jpg\" alt=\"Germany leads MiCA crypto authorization race as Europe's deadline looms\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MiCA crypto licensing data shows 244 approved companies across EU and EEA jurisdictions, led by Germany with France and the Netherlands also among top hubs ahead of July 1 cliff.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union\u2019s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework is producing uneven crypto licensing across member states and European Economic Area (EEA) jurisdictions, with Germany leading approvals under the new regime that takes effect on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) interim register, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esma.europa.eu\/esmas-activities\/digital-finance-and-innovation\/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">compiled<\/a> on Friday, shows Germany has 57 MiCA-authorized crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), accounting for about 23% of the 244 total licenses issued.<\/p>\n<p>France follows with 26 companies, or roughly 11% of all approvals, placing it alongside the Netherlands as the bloc\u2019s second-largest hub for MiCA licensing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/mica-licenses-cluster-germany-total-reach-244\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MiCA crypto licensing data shows 244 approved companies across EU and EEA jurisdictions, led by Germany with France and the Netherlands also among top hubs ahead of July 1 cliff. The European Union\u2019s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework is producing uneven crypto licensing across member states and European Economic Area (EEA) jurisdictions, with Germany leading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":621572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-621571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}