Crypto-asset service provider (CASP)
A firm permitted under MiCA to provide crypto-asset services, such as custody or transfers, to clients in the EU.
Source
Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, Article 3(1)
Last reviewed
October 16, 2026
CASP is MiCA's term for a firm that provides one or more crypto-asset services as a business. The services MiCA lists include custody, operating a trading platform, exchange between crypto-assets and money, executing orders and transfer services.
A firm becomes a CASP through an Article 63 authorisation, or, if it is already a regulated financial institution such as a bank, through an Article 60 notification. Outside the EU, the equivalent term is usually VASP.
VASPnet recorded 372 MiCA-permitted CASPs on 13 October 2026, 105 of them in Germany.