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# providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients

Definition of providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients from Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, Article 3(1), point (17).

|                  |                                                                            |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Defined term** | providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients |
| **Source**       | MiCA                                                                       |
| **Reference**    | Article 3(1), point (17)                                                   |
| **Status**       | Published                                                                  |
| **Refresh rule** | Regenerate after source legal-text changes                                 |

## Definition

> **(17)** '**providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients**' means the safekeeping or controlling, on behalf of clients, of crypto-assets or of the means of access to such crypto-assets, where applicable in the form of private cryptographic keys;

## Source

[MiCA, Article 3(1), point (17)](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/3/).

## Used In MiCA

* [Article 10](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/10/)
* [Article 4](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/4/)
* [Article 37](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/37/)
* [Article 45](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/45/)
* [Article 60](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/60/)
* [Article 75](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/75/)
* [Article 119](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/119/)
* [Article 122](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/122/)
* [Article 125](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/125/)


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