# Ripple Wins European Union-Wide Access as ESMA Adds It to the MiCA Register

Ripple Payments Europe joined 14 firms added to the bloc's crypto register, lifting the count of authorized providers to 294 as licensing becomes the price of EU operation.

- Published: 2026-07-18T05:32:08.869Z
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) added Ripple Payments Europe to its register of authorized crypto-asset service providers under the bloc's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, granting the firm access across the E…

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