EUROPEAN SUPERVISION
European Securities and Markets Authority
ESMA is an independent European Union authority responsible for contributing to effective and consistent financial-market regulation and supervision.
Visit the ESMA MiCA RegisterTHE CONTEXT
Overview
Its work focuses on areas including:
- Investor protection
- Effective and orderly markets
- Financial stability
- Supervisory convergence
- Regulatory standards
- Market data and risk analysis
ESMA works with national competent authorities and other European authorities.
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ESMA and MiCA
ESMA has an important role in supporting the consistent implementation of MiCA.
Its responsibilities include developing regulatory and implementing measures within its mandate, supporting supervisory convergence and maintaining the EU-level MiCA registers.
The ESMA MiCA register includes information relating to:
- Crypto-asset white papers
- Asset-referenced-token issuers
- E-money-token issuers
- Authorised CASPs
- Non-compliant entities providing crypto-asset services
The register is supplied with information from relevant national competent authorities and other European authorities.
THE CONNECTED FRAMEWORK