ESMA adds BingX and YouHodler to MiCA crypto register, bringing total to 375 providers

The European Securities and Markets Authority expanded its Markets in Crypto-Assets register on October 16, 2026, adding nine crypto-asset service providers to reach 375 total unique entities. New additions include BingX's Austrian entity, YouHodler's Italian unit, and Banco Santander's Openbank Deutschland AG. Meanwhile, the non-compliant provider list rose to 178 entries, while e-money token entries remained unchanged at 50.

Updates across ESMA crypto registers

• ▪The European Securities and Markets Authority's register of non-compliant crypto-asset service providers increased by five entries to 178 on October 16, 2026, following information supplied by Italian regulators.
• ▪Spanish firm Prakma Markets, affiliated with the Goin crypto savings and investment application, joined the European Securities and Markets Authority's MiCA register on October 16, 2026.
• ▪Denmark's Penning Financial Services disappeared from the European Securities and Markets Authority's MiCA register in the October 16, 2026 update, despite Penning stating its authorization remains unchanged and unnotified by regulators.
• ▪The European Securities and Markets Authority's e-money token register remained at 50 entries representing 25 unique entities, while the asset-referenced token register stayed at zero in the October 16, 2026 update.
• ▪The European Securities and Markets Authority's October 16, 2026 MiCA register update reflected a net increase of eight providers, expanding from 367 to 375 listed firms after nine additions and one removal.

BingX secures Austrian MiCA authorization

• ▪BingX's Austrian MiCA license covers four specific services: custody and administration of crypto-assets, exchanges between crypto-assets and funds, exchanges between different crypto-assets, and transfer services.
• ▪BingX EU Chief Executive Officer Daniel Lai stated that obtaining MiCA authorization provides a regulatory framework as BingX prepares to launch regulated digital asset services across 29 European Economic Area markets.
• ▪Cryptocurrency exchange BingX joined the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets register through its Austrian subsidiary MEGE zweite GmbH after receiving authorization from Austria's Financial Market Authority on October 13, 2026.

YouHodler obtains Italian MiCA authorization

• ▪Crypto lending platform YouHodler entered the MiCA register through subsidiary YouHodler Italy S.r.l., which obtained authorization from Italy's CONSOB under resolution No. 24156 on October 8, 2026.
• ▪YouHodler Italy S.r.l. announced plans to provide regulated crypto services across all 27 European Union member states using the Markets in Crypto-Assets cross-border passporting procedure.
• ▪YouHodler's Italian MiCA authorization covers five regulatory permissions: custody and administration, crypto-to-fiat exchange, crypto-to-crypto exchange, execution of customer orders, and crypto-asset transfers.

German banks added to MiCA register

• ▪Banco Santander's German digital banking subsidiary Openbank Deutschland AG was listed in the European Securities and Markets Authority's MiCA register in the October 16, 2026 update.
• ▪German cooperative lenders VR-Bank Alb-Blau-Donau and VR Bank im südlichen Franken were added to the European Securities and Markets Authority's MiCA register on October 16, 2026.