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Glossary termPublished inMiCA

Host Member State

What does "Host Member State" mean under MiCA?

The Member State where an offeror or person seeking admission to trading has made an offer to the public of crypto-assets or is seeking admission to trading on a trading platform for crypto-assets, or where a crypto-asset service provider provides crypto-asset services, when different from the home Member State

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Last updated: 22 August 2026.

Regulations

  • Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA)

    MiCA is Regulation (EU) 2023/1114. Full application began on 30 December 2024 and the EU-wide transitional period expired on 1 July 2026, so there is now no grandfathering anywhere in the EEA. Around 325 crypto-asset service providers are authorised. Not one asset-referenced token issuer appears on ESMA's register.

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    Commission final report under Art. 140, covering DeFi, third-country equivalence, thresholds and consensus-mechanism environmental impact

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