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title: "MiCA — Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation — KYE Protocol™ coverage"
description: "MiCA — Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation coverage by KYE Protocol™ — every requirement bijection-mapped to the KYE™ artefact that enforces it."
url: https://kyeprotocol.com/compliance/mica/
lang: en
source: "KYE Protocol"
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> MiCA — Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation coverage by KYE Protocol™ — every requirement bijection-mapped to the KYE™ artefact that enforces it.

MiCA — Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation

# MiCA — Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation — 95% of in-scope requirements covered.

12 requirements · 10 in scope (9 enforced · 1 designed) · 2 out-of-scope (outside KYE™’s authority layer). The 95% is weighted over the in-scope base.

**Source:** Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA). Titles III–IV (asset-referenced and e-money tokens) applied from 30 June 2024; Title V (crypto-asset service providers) applied from 30 December 2024.

## By category

| Category | Reqs | Enforced | Designed | Advisory | Deferred | Coverage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AML / Travel Rule overlap for crypto-asset transfers (TFR 2023/1113 + MiCA conduct) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| CASP conduct, conflicts of interest & complaints handling (Title V, Articles 66–71) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **88%** |
| Custody & administration of crypto-assets for clients (Title V, Articles 70, 75, 76) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| Token issuance: white paper, authorisation & reserve of assets (Titles III–IV, Articles 16, 36, 54) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **0%** |

## Every requirement → the KYE™ artefact that enforces it

| ID | Title | Status | KYE™ enforcement |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mica.tfr.travel-rule` | Crypto-asset transfers carry originator and beneficiary information (Travel Rule — Reg (EU) 2023/1113, applied alongside MiCA conduct obligations) | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1`, `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1` **engines**: `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:travel-rule-fatf-r16` **dictionaries**: `internal` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md` |
| `mica.aml.suspicious-activity` | CASPs screen crypto-asset activity for money-laundering / terrorist-financing risk and route flagged activity to oversight (AML overlay) | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1`, `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:aml-financial-crimes` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md` |
| `mica.A66` | Article 66 — CASPs act honestly, fairly and professionally in the best interests of their clients | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1`, `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:financial-services` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md` |
| `mica.A71` | Article 71 — CASPs establish and maintain effective and transparent procedures for the prompt, fair and consistent handling of client complaints | designed | **audit\_events**: `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1`, `kye.comms.dispatched.v1` **engines**: `internal` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/38-COMMS-RAIL.md` |
| `mica.A72` | Article 72 — CASPs identify, prevent, manage and disclose conflicts of interest | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1`, `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:financial-services` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md` |
| `mica.A68` | Article 68 — CASPs have sound administrative arrangements, business-continuity policy and ICT systems and security access protocols (operational resilience) | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.audit.event.v1`, `kye.evidence.pack.v1` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/13-RESILIENCE-LOOP.md`, `constitution/30-AUDIT-WORM-RETENTION.md` |
| `mica.A75.1` | Article 75(1) — Crypto-asset service providers providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients hold clients' crypto-assets segregated from their own | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1`, `kye.evidence.pack.v1` **engines**: `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:mica-custody` **dictionaries**: `internal` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/29-PROFILES-LITE.md` |
| `mica.A75.7` | Article 75(7) — CASPs maintain a register of positions and ensure secure key management for clients' crypto-assets | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:mica-custody` **dictionaries**: `internal` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/29-PROFILES-LITE.md` |
| `mica.A75.8` | Article 75(8) — Clients' withdrawal and transfer instructions are executed only on a validated authority | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1`, `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:mica-custody` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md` |
| `mica.A75.9` | Article 75(9) — Every custody action is recorded so the CASP can demonstrate, on request, the safekeeping and administration it performed | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.evidence.pack.v1`, `kye.audit.event.v1` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:mica-custody` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/30-AUDIT-WORM-RETENTION.md`, `constitution/13-RESILIENCE-LOOP.md` |
| `mica.A16.A36.reserve` | Articles 36 & 54 — Issuers of asset-referenced tokens / e-money tokens constitute and maintain a reserve of assets with 1:1 backing and a direct redemption-at-par claim for holders | out-of-scope | **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/26-COMMERCIAL.md` |
| `mica.A6.A16.whitepaper` | Articles 6 & 16 — Crypto-asset white paper drawn up, notified to the competent authority, and the offeror/issuer authorised before offering to the public | out-of-scope | **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/26-COMMERCIAL.md` |

Canonical KYE™ surfaces referenced on this page: [KYE Protocol™](https://kyeprotocol.com/).