MiCA: Statements on MiCA Preparation, Transitionals, and Upcoming Texts
An overview of regulatory statements on MiCA preparations, transitional measures, and upcoming texts.
Last updated March 2026.
Recent developments in MiCA and cryptoassets
ESA Joint Report on recent developments in cryptoassets, including DeFi, lending, borrowing and staking, and self-custody wallets
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- Source: ESA
Transitional measures
ESMA statement on MiCA transitional measures coming to an end
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- Source: ESMA
ESMA letter to Member States encouraging a smooth transition to MiCA and limiting transitional measures
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- Source: ESMA
ESMA statement encouraging market participants and competent authorities to start preparing for the transition to MiCA
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- Source: ESMA
ESMA Statement on MiCA Transitional Measures
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- Source: ESMA
List of grandfathering periods decided by each Member State under MiCA
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- Source: ESMA
Preparing for MiCA in relation to ART / EMT activities
EBA statement for issuers and offerors of ARTs and EMTs to comply with MiCA and reminds consumers of risks
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- Source: EBA
EBA statement for financial institutions and other undertakings who carry out ART / EMT activities prior to 30 June 2024 to prepare for MiCA
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- Source: EBA
EBA template for financial institutions and other undertakings to notify their competent authority of their ART / EMT activities
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- Source: EBA
MiCA Upcoming Texts
Delegated Act in accordance with Article 139 MiCA to specify technical elements of the definitions in Article 3(1) MiCA, and to adjust them to market and technological developments
- Status: No material published to date, deadline 30 June 2026
- Source: European Commission
Commission report on the power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(2), 43(11), 103(8), 104(8), 105(7), 134(10), and 137(3)
- Status: No material published to date, deadline 29 June 2026
- Source: European Commission
Commission report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of MiCA, accompanied, when appropriate, by a legislative proposal, specifying at least the information in Article 140(2)
- Status: No material published to date, interim report deadline 30 June 2025, final report deadline 30 June 2027
- Source: European Commission
ESMA and EBA report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of MiCA and developments in markets in cryptoassets, specifying at least the information in Article 141
- Status: No material published to date, first report deadline 31 December 2025, and annually thereafter
- Source: ESMA and EBA
Commission report to the European Parliament and the Council, on the latest developments with respect to cryptoassets, in particular on matters that are not addressed in MiCA, accompanied, when appropriate, by a legislative proposal, specifying at least the information in Article 142(2)
- Status: No material published to date, deadline 30 December 2024 (see here for the joint report from the EBA and ESMA on recent developments in cryptoassets which will contribute to the European Commission’s report)
- Source: European Commission
Competent authorities and their compliance with MiCA guidance
ESMA table on Member States which intend to comply with the ESMA Guidelines on maintenance of systems and security access protocols
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- Source: ESMA
ESMA table on Member States which intend to comply with the Joint Guidelines on templates for explanations and opinions, and the standardised test for the classification of cryptoassets
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- Source: ESMA
ESMA table on Member States which intend to comply with the MiCA market abuse Guidelines
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- Source: ESMA
ESMA table on Member States which intend to comply with ESMA Guidelines on the conditions and criteria for the qualification of cryptoassets as financial instruments
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- Source: ESMA
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- Source: ESMA
ESMA table on Member States which intend to comply with the MiCA reverse solicitation Guidelines
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- Source: ESMA
ESMA table on Member States which intend to comply with the MiCA suitability requirements Guidelines
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- Source: ESMA