Under MiCA, a CASP is a legal person or other undertaking professionally providing one or more crypto-asset services to clients and authorised to provide those services.
01 / THE DETAILS
Services can include
- Custody and administration
- Trading-platform operation
- Exchange of crypto-assets for funds
- Exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets
- Execution of orders
- Placement
- Reception and transmission of orders
- Advice
- Portfolio management
- Transfer services
02 / THE DETAILS
Why authorisation matters
MiCA Article 59 establishes an authorisation requirement for persons providing crypto-asset services in the Union, subject to specified exceptions and routes available to certain regulated financial entities.
03 / THE DETAILS
Verification
Always check: