MiCA Definitions

Definitions extracted from MiCA Article 3 and maintained as generated reference pages.

MiCA Article 3 defines the vocabulary used by the regulation. This section turns those definitions into navigable pages, shows where each term is used in MiCA, and follows imported definitions into other EU instruments where MiCA relies on them.

• alternative investment fund manager
• applicant issuer
• asset-referenced token
• client
• close links
• competent authority
• consensus mechanism
• credit institution
• crypto-asset
• crypto-asset service
• crypto-asset service provider
• deposit
• distributed ledger
• distributed ledger technology
• DLT network node
• electronic money
• electronic money institution
• electronic money token
• exchange of crypto-assets for funds
• exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets
• execution of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients
• financial instrument
• funds
• home Member State
• host Member State
• investment firm
• issuer
• management body
• matched principal trading
• offer to the public
• offeror
• official currency
• online interface
• operation of a trading platform for crypto-assets
• payment institution
• payment service provider
• payment services
• personal data
• placing of crypto-assets
• providing advice on crypto-assets
• providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients
• providing portfolio management of crypto-assets
• providing transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients
• qualified investors
• qualifying holding
• reception and transmission of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients
• reserve of assets
• retail holder
• structured deposit
• UCITS management company
• utility token