BingX, YouHodler and Santander’s Openbank join EU MiCA register

The European Union’s MiCA register has reached 375 crypto-asset service providers after adding nine firms, including BingX, YouHodler and Santander-owned Openbank Deutschland, while removing one previously listed Danish company. Summary ESMA’s latest MiCA register lists 375 crypto service providers after nine additions and one removal. BingX’s Austrian subsidiary joins the register with authorization covering four specified cryptocurrency services. YouHodler’s Italian entity received approval for five services, including custody, exchanges and order execution. Santander’s Openbank Deutschland appears alongside German cooperative banks as traditional lenders expand regulated crypto services. Denmark’s Penning Financial Services disappeared from the register, although the company says its authorization remains unchanged. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s latest register, published October 16, the new entries include cryptocurrency businesses, investment firms and traditional banks operating under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. The updated list contains eight more providers than the previous snapshot, which recorded 367. The additions include ...