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Global Stablecoin Issuer Tracker.
Every stablecoin issuer a regulator has licensed or authorised, taken from the regulators' own registers, with the rules and next dates of each regime.
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Every stablecoin issuer a regulator has licensed or authorised, taken from the regulators' own registers, with the rules and next dates of each regime.
The short answer
As at 2 November 2026, regulators' own registers show 27 licensed or authorised stablecoin issuers: 25 in the European Union under MiCA, with 48 e-money token white papers notified, and 2 in Hong Kong. No issuer has yet been licensed under the US GENIUS Act, which takes effect on 18 January 2027, or by the FCA, whose regime starts on 25 October 2027. Singapore, Canada and Kenya have set their rules but not yet licensed anyone.
10 stablecoin issuer regimes, with who needs a licence, the rules and the next date. Open a row for the detail and sources.
Being checked against the regulator’s own publications before they are added: Australia: stablecoins in the payments licensing reforms; Brazil: central bank rules treating stablecoin payments as foreign exchange; Bermuda: digital asset business licences; Dubai: VARA rules on fiat-referenced virtual assets; New York: trust companies issuing US dollar stablecoins under DFS guidance.
27 issuers on regulators’ own registers as at 2 November 2026. Search by issuer, token or country.
27 issuers.
Lists of stablecoins that supervised firms may use. These are not issuer licences.
FSRA accepted fiat-referenced tokens
As at 1 September 2026. Source: FSRA
Stablecoins handled by Japan's registered electronic payment instrument intermediaries
As at 27 August 2026. Source: Kanto Local Finance Bureau register
| Date | Market | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Dec 2026 | Canada | Comments on the draft Stablecoin Regulations close |
| 8 Jan 2027 | European Union | ESMA's deadline for authorised firms to stop services in non-compliant stablecoins |
| 18 Jan 2027 | United States (federal) | GENIUS Act and the OCC final rule take effect |
| 28 Feb 2027 | United Kingdom | FCA application window for the cryptoasset regime closes |
Regulators’ own registers and publications only.
A firm on a register or list that a regulator publishes of stablecoin issuers it has licensed, authorised or accepted a white paper from. Approvals that only the issuer has announced, and in-principle approvals, are not counted.
Read from ESMA's interim MiCA register of e-money token white papers (EMTWP.csv) and asset-referenced token issuers (ARTZZ.csv), downloaded on 2 November 2026. One issuer can notify several white papers, one per token or version. Token names are shown only where the register entry or its white paper link names the token.
Each regime's status, rules and dates come from the regulator's own publications, linked under each regime. Where a regulator publishes no register of issuers, the tracker says so instead of counting announcements.
Some regulators publish the tokens their supervised firms may use, rather than issuers they license. These are shown separately and are not issuer licences.
The registers are kept by the regulators, not by Buckingham Capital Consulting. Before relying on an entry, check the regulator's own register, linked under each issuer.
The ESMA files are read again every month, and a regime is updated when its regulator publishes a new licence, rule or date.
Register entries published for information. They are not legal advice, and a listing is not an endorsement of any firm or token.
As at 2 November 2026, 27 issuers appear on regulators' own registers: 25 in the EU under MiCA and 2 in Hong Kong, Anchorpoint Financial and HSBC. The full list, with regulator, date and tokens, is above.
25 firms have notified e-money token white papers on ESMA's register, 20 as e-money institutions and 4 as banks, with 48 white papers in all. No asset-referenced token issuer has been authorised.
Yes. USDC and EURC are issued in the EU by Circle Internet Financial Europe SAS, an e-money institution supervised in France by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Resolution (ACPR).
Not yet. Issuing a qualifying stablecoin becomes an FCA regulated activity on 25 October 2027. Applications are open from 30 September 2026 to 28 February 2027.
The GENIUS Act takes effect on 18 January 2027, when the OCC's final rule for federal issuers also takes effect. Federal regulators decide a complete application within 120 days.
The ESMA register files are read every month, and each regime is updated when its regulator publishes a new licence, rule or date.
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