Crypto readiness score
1/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-04
Only 1 of 3 status dimensions (commercial, regulatory, technical) are verified for this institution; at least 2 are required before a score is shown. We show this rather than guess.
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | 15 | Notified (MiCA Art. 60) · initiative |
| Technical delivery | 20 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-03-06 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Custody & trading · Germany (EU/EEA MiCA)
Berenberg: MiCA Article 60 notification (custody, exchange, execution, RTO, transfers)
- regulatory
- Notified (MiCA Art. 60)2026-03-06
- technical
- Unknown
- commercial
- Unknown
Hamburg private bank Berenberg is listed in BaFin’s company database with six MiCA crypto-asset services granted on 6 March 2026 (custody, exchange for funds and for other crypto-assets, execution, reception and transmission of orders, transfers), matching its Article 60 notification in ESMA’s register; its execution policy for retail clients covers crypto-asset orders.
Scope: Germany; services listed in the BaFin and ESMA registers.
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-04
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
- Notified (MiCA Art. 60) Berenberg: MiCA Article 60 notification (custody, exchange, execution, RTO, transfers)
BaFin (Germany), ESMA · 6 Mar 2026
PrimaryESMA interim MiCA register — CASPs (row: Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG) (opens source in new tab)
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
No partner or provider named in our verified sources yet.
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
- 2026-11-03Primary record · Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (Germany)BaFin company database — Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (MiCA crypto-asset services) (opens source in new tab)
- 2026-03-06Primary record · European Securities and Markets AuthorityESMA interim MiCA register — CASPs (row: Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG) (opens source in new tab)
Markets (from stated target markets): European Union / EEA · Germany
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-03-06 · Status
Article 60 notification to BaFin; six MiCA services granted 6 Mar 2026 (BaFin database, ESMA register).
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