Europe’s ESMA Launches CSA to Increase Crypto Compliance
The post Europe’s ESMA Launches CSA to Increase Crypto Compliance appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. ESMA launched a CSA to assess digital operational resilience of CASPs, focusing on custody services. NCAs will carry out the exercise on a risk-based sample of authorized CASPs, targeting DLT-related risks. The findings from NCAs will be submitted to ESMA’s Board of Supervisors after the exercise ends in H2 2027. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is launching a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) focused on the digital operational resilience of Crypto Asset Service Providers (CASPs), with particular attention to custody services. National competent authorities (NCAs) will conduct the review on a risk based sample of authorized CASPs during the first half of 2027. ESMA Launches CSA on Crypto Custody Providers On July 8, 2026, ESMA, the EU regulator and supervisor, announced the launch of a CSA targeting the digital operational resilience of CASPs, with a particular focu