Greece becomes 27th of 30 EEA states with Greek MiCA CASP entries

What happened

On September 24, 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority updated its Markets in Crypto-Assets register to add Greek crypto-asset service provider entries, making Greece the 27th of 30 European Economic Area states with such listings after more than a year with none.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

Greek customers previously relied on foreign firms using passported licenses, which let a firm approved in one European Union country serve clients across the bloc. Local Greek licensing means those firms now face Greek supervision, potentially changing competition, costs, and how investors can access crypto services.

Analyst inference

Most European Economic Area states already had crypto-asset service provider entries before Greece, so Greece was a late addition rather than a first mover. That gap let foreign providers build Greek customer relationships under passports, and local licensing may shift that business toward Greek-approved firms.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Whether the newly registered Greek crypto-asset service providers attract customers who previously used foreign passported firms, which would shift revenue between local and cross-border providers. Analyst inference
2. How Greek supervision of these providers affects their costs and compliance workloads, since licensed firms must meet local rules that foreign passported firms did not face directly. Analyst inference
3. Investors should watch whether remaining European Economic Area states without crypto-asset service provider entries follow Greece, since more local licensing could reduce reliance on passported services across the bloc. Proposed

Evidence

• en.cryptonomist.ch