Recent Developments, Statements on Preparing for MiCA, Transitionals, etc.
An overview of regulatory statements on MiCA preparations, transitionals, etc.
Last updated 9 October 2026.
Recent developments in MiCA and cryptoassets
ESMA opinion on the provision of cryptoasset services in relation to non-MiCA-compliant ARTs and EMTs
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
ESMA response to the European Commission consultation on the review of MiCA
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
AMLA response to the European Commission targeted consultation on the review of MiCA
- Status: N/A
- Source: AMLA
EBA response to the European Commission targeted consultation on the review of MiCA
- Status: N/A
- Source: EBA
European Commission Delegated Regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1108 as regards RTS relating to central contact points for CASPs under MLD4
- Status: N/A
- Source: European Commission
European Parliament non-legislative report on digital assets
- Status: N/A
- Source: European Parliament
ESA Joint Report on recent developments in crypto-assets, including DeFi, lending, borrowing and staking, and self-custody wallets
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESA
ESMA press release on launching a Common Supervisory Action on CASPs’ digital operational resilience for custody
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
EBA consultation paper on a methodology for setting fines under Article 131 MiCA
- Status: Consultation closed; responses were due by 28 September 2026
- Source: EBA
ESMA Q&As
ESMA Q&A on an issuer’s direct delivery of newly issued cryptoassets to purchasers’ wallets
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
ESMA Q&A on the perimeter of advice under MiCA and MiFID II
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
ESMA Q&A on custody and transfer services for newly issued cryptoassets
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
ESMA Q&A on cryptoasset lending under MiCA
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
Transitional measures
European Parliament priority question on Poland and the end of the MiCA transitional period
- Status: N/A
- Source: European Parliament (see also European Commission answer)
ESMA public statement on the end of the MiCA transitional period and the orderly wind down of unauthorised CASPs
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
ESMA statement on MiCA transitional measures coming to an end
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
ESMA letter to Member States encouraging a smooth transition to MiCA and limiting transitional measures
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
ESMA statement encouraging market participants and competent authorities to start preparing for the transition to MiCA
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
ESMA Statement on MiCA Transitional Measures
- Status: N/A
- Source: ESMA
List of grandfathering periods decided by each Member State under MiCA
- Status: N/A
- 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
- Status: N/A
- 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
- Status: N/A
- Source: EBA
EBA template for financial institutions and other undertakings to notify their competent authority of their ART / EMT activities
- Status: N/A
- 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
Targeted consultation on the review of MiCA (Articles 140 and 142)