EU MiCA Registry EMT Issuers Rise to 42 with Bridge Inclusion

Bridge joins EU MiCA registry, lifting EMT issuer count to 42. Three German CASPs also added, bringing total authorized CASPs to 324 under new regulatory framework.

Woofun AI reports that Bridge Building, a Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Stripe, has been added to the EU's crypto asset markets (MiCA) registry following approval from local authorities. This inclusion raises the number of Electronic Money Token (EMT) issuers approved under MiCA to 42. Bridge previously secured both a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) approval and an EMI license from Luxembourg's Financial Services Commission on July 2.

The same European Securities and Markets Authority update recorded three new German CASP entries: Volksbank Die Gestalterbank, VBU Volksbank im Unterland, and VR-Bank Erding. These additions bring the total number of authorized CASPs in the EU registry to 324. No changes were noted regarding Asset-Referenced Token (ART) approvals, with zero ART issuers currently listed.