Banks now account for nearly one in four crypto-asset service providers listed under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, highlighting the growing role of traditional lenders in the bloc’s regulated digital-asset market.
The number of banks on the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) MiCA register rose to about 80 as of September 16 2026, from roughly 40 on June 26 2026, according to an analysis of the regulator’s data. Over the same period, the total number of listed crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) increased from 243 to 349.
REGULATION | Europe Now Has Over 300 MiCA-Approved Crypto Firms – Custody Services Dominate at ~70%
That pushed banks’…
