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Standard Chartered holds a MiCA license as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Luxembourg.
- Legal name
- Standard Chartered Luxembourg S.A.
- Home country
- Luxembourg
- Regulator
- Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
- Status
- Authorized
- Authorized on
- June 25, 2026
- Other EEA countries notified
- 29
- Website
- sc.com
- LEI
- 213800HAR45C9K18O294
- Register entry last changed
- June 26, 2026
- Checked on
Standard Chartered Luxembourg S.A., which trades as Standard Chartered, is listed in ESMA’s interim MiCA register as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorized in Luxembourg by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), with an authorization date of June 25, 2026. Under MiCA it may provide custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients and transfer services for clients. It has notified the register that it intends to offer these services in 29 other EEA countries under the MiCA passport.
ESMA publishes the interim MiCA register weekly. This entry reflects the version updated on September 24, 2026; the firm’s own record was last changed on June 26, 2026.
- MiCA services
- Custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients
Transfer services for clients - Custody
- Yes
- Transfer services
- Yes
- Countries notified for cross-border services
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Sources
Page URL ESMA interim MiCA register: crypto-asset service providers (CASPS.csv) https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2024-12/CASPS.csv ESMA: Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica
Questions
Does Standard Chartered have a MiCA license?
Yes. ESMA’s interim MiCA register lists Standard Chartered Luxembourg S.A. as a crypto-asset service provider authorized in Luxembourg since June 25, 2026.
Which crypto services can Standard Chartered provide under MiCA?
Its authorization covers custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients and transfer services for clients.
Can Standard Chartered serve clients in other EU countries?
It has notified the register that it intends to offer its services in 29 other EEA countries under the MiCA passport.
Who supervises Standard Chartered under MiCA?
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), its home regulator in Luxembourg. Its LEI is 213800HAR45C9K18O294.
Source: the European Securities and Markets Authority’s interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers (CASPS.csv), which ESMA updates weekly. Each firm’s page shows the date its entry was checked.
