Bridge, the stablecoin infrastructure company acquired by Stripe in February 2025, has entered the European Union’s MiCA register following authorization in Luxembourg. Bridge Building S.A. received its Crypto-Asset Service Provider license from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier on June 29, 2026, giving the company a regulated base for crypto-asset services in Europe. The same entity also holds an Electronic Money Institution license granted on the same date. The dual authorization places Bridge inside both the EU crypto-asset and electronic-money regulatory frameworks.
Bridge’s licensing documentation lists CASP permissions covering custody and administration of crypto-assets, crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto exchange, and transfer services. Its EMI license covers the issuance, distribution and redemption of electronic money as well as credit transfers. Bridge says services for European Economic Area residents are now provided through its Luxembourg entity, while ESMA’s register shows the company’s CASP permissions extending across EU member states and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Luxembourg Licenses Give Bridge a European Regulatory Base
The authorization expands the regulatory footprint of a company that Stripe has increasingly integrated into its stablecoin products. Stripe completed its acquisition of Bridge on February 4, 2025 and has since used Bridge technology for stablecoin orchestration across products including Treasury. The Luxembourg licenses give that infrastructure a regulated entity through which Bridge can serve EEA customers, rather than relying solely on its previous operating structure.
Bridge’s regulatory position also includes an electronic money token entry in ESMA’s MiCA register. The latest ESMA dataset, updated August 5, lists Bridge Building S.A. alongside a white paper for EURR. That entry connects Bridge’s European authorization with a specific euro-denominated electronic money token disclosure, while the company’s wider infrastructure supports businesses building stablecoin payment and issuance products.
ESMA Data Shows a Growing MiCA Authorization Base
The current registry requires some care when counting participants. ESMA’s August 5 CASP file contains 329 records representing 324 distinct provider names, while its electronic money token file contains 42 records representing 22 distinct issuer names. The 42 figure therefore refers to EMT registry entries, not 42 separate authorized issuers. Bridge appears in both the CASP and EMT datasets.
MiCA created a common authorization framework for crypto-asset services across the EU, with national competent authorities supplying registration data to ESMA’s central register. Luxembourg’s CSSF notes that authorized CASPs are subject to prudential, organizational and supervisory requirements under the regime. For Bridge, the new status moves its European stablecoin operations further inside the EU’s formal payments and crypto regulatory perimeter, while supervision remains anchored with Luxembourg’s financial regulator.
