EADAS is the central supervisory authority for blockchain-based financial services and crypto-asset providers across all 27 EU Member States, operating under the MiCA regulatory framework.
Established in response to the growing complexity of crypto-related markets, EADAS provides a unified regulatory framework that promotes transparency, resilience, and public trust in Europe's digital financial future.
Ensuring citizens are protected from fraudulent entities and that licensed providers meet the highest standards of transparency and solvency.
Monitoring crypto-asset markets for insider trading, market manipulation, and unlawful disclosure across all EU trading venues.
Enforcing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing obligations, including KYC verification and suspicious transaction reporting.
Coordinating with ESMA, EBA, Europol, and national competent authorities to ensure consistent regulatory standards across Member States.
Providing regulatory guidance and sandboxes to support responsible innovation in DLT and blockchain-based financial services.
Maintaining a public register of all authorised crypto-asset service providers, issuers, and non-compliant entities across the EU.
EADAS derives its supervisory mandate from the following EU legal instruments.
The primary regulation governing issuers of crypto-assets and providers of crypto-asset services, including authorisation requirements and ongoing obligations.
Requires crypto-asset service providers to apply enhanced due diligence, customer identification, and suspicious activity reporting to competent authorities.
A temporary framework allowing market infrastructures to use distributed ledger technology for the trading and settlement of financial instruments.
All supervised entities must comply with EU data protection obligations in the collection, processing, and storage of personal data from customers.
Extends the travel rule to crypto-asset transfers, requiring originator and beneficiary information to accompany all transactions above threshold.
Establishes EADAS as an independent EU agency, defining its mandate, governance structure, enforcement powers, and relationship with national authorities.
Check whether a crypto-asset service provider, token issuer, or DLT operator is authorised to operate in the European Union.
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EADAS coordinates closely with the following EU institutions and national authorities to ensure regulatory convergence and consistent supervision across Member States.