ESMA_QA_2550
Topic
Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP)
28/05/2025
Subject Matter
Payouts in fiat currency by CASPs in the context of exchange services
Question
Should the business model whereby a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) provides exchange services but only ever allows clients to collect their balance in fiat currency be allowed?
Level 1 Regulation
MiCA
ESMA_QA_2671
Topic
White paper
09/05/2025
Subject Matter
Exemption from white paper requirements when offering a crypto-asset other than an ART or EMT
Question
Is the preparation of a white paper under MiCA mandatory for crypto-asset offerings that fall under the exceptions in Article 4(2) and 4(3) of MiCA, where the offeror only intends to have the token traded on DEX platforms or CEXs in other jurisdictions (i.e. outside the European Union)?
Level 1 Regulation
MiCA
ESMA_QA_2711
Topic
Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP)
15/04/2025
Subject Matter
Scope of the term “trading platform for crypto-assets” in Article 78(5) of MiCA (executing client orders outside of a trading platform)
Question
Where a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) provides execution of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients (as defined in Article 3(1)(21) of MiCA), does the obligation under Article 78(5) of MiCA for the CASP to inform their clients about the possibility that their orders “might be executed outside a trading platform” and to obtain “the prior express consent of their clients before proceeding to execute their orders outside a trading platform” apply whenever a CASP’s order execution policy provides for the possibility that client orders might be executed outside of CASPs that are authorized in accordance with Article 59 of MiCA to provide the service of ‘operation of a trading platform for crypto-assets’ as defined in Article 3(1)(18) of MiCA?
Level 1 Regulation
MiCA
ESMA_QA_2486
Topic
Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP)
18/03/2025
Subject Matter
Interests earned from client funds deposited at credit institutions
Question
Does MiCA permit crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) to earn interest on client funds deposited in a savings account at a credit institution?
Level 1 Regulation
MiCA
ESMA_QA_2463
Topic
Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP)
12/03/2025
Subject Matter
Autotrading
Question
Do “copy trading services” (also referred as “auto trading services”) related to crypto-assets fall within the scope of portfolio management or any other crypto-asset services as listed in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA?
Level 1 Regulation
MiCA