MiCA — ART authorisation
European Union regime for stablecoin issuance. National competent authority + EBA issues the authorisation. Typical lead time is 12–18 mo. Tags on company profiles are checked against public registers before they publish.
1 company in the directory holds MiCA — ART authorisation, with holders based in India. It permits issue asset-referenced tokens including baskets and commodity-referenced tokens. Typical lead time is 12–18 mo.
What ART authorisation actually signals
European Union regime for stablecoin issuance. National competent authority + EBA issues the authorisation; for a buyer it signals which regulated activity a provider claims on its profile.
1 companies in this directory hold MiCA — ART authorisation, with holders based in India. Each tag links to the regulator's public register where a reference is supplied. Typical lead time is 12–18 mo.
The register entry matters more than the marketing label. Check which entity name is authorised, which activity scope is listed, and whether the permission is still in force before you treat the tag as compliance approval.
What the authorisation does and does not permit
Read against EMT authorisation, which is routinely confused with it.
The authorisation sequence
12–18 mo in practice. The order matters because step two gates the rest.
Which legal entity will hold the authorisation and where it is registered with National competent authority + EBA.
Issue asset-referenced tokens including baskets and commodity-referenced tokens
Public register entry with a reference number matching the entity name on the application.
Reserve, transaction, or conduct reporting depending on the regime and the activity authorised.
ART authorisation, answered
From real buyer questions. Marked up as FAQPage.
Everyone reads complex regimes as a single authorisation. Check which activity the register actually shows — custody, transfer and issuance are frequently separate permissions, and the marketing label rarely matches the register entry exactly.