Greece has entered the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework with 4 crypto-asset service providers appearing on the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) register marking the country’s first entries under the bloc’s new licensing regime.

The firms are

• BCash,
• Xenios Blockchain Group,
• Capital Wallet Greece, and
• Piraeus Bank.

Three are overseen by Greece’s Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) while Piraeus Bank falls under the Bank of Greece reflecting the country’s division of responsibility for crypto-asset supervision.

The additions came as ESMA’s MiCA register expanded to 359 unique crypto-asset service providers, according to the latest…