MiCA Knowledge and Competence Training Programme
A structured training programme built to meet ESMA's knowledge and competence requirements under MiCA, developed with industry sponsors for the professionals who give information and advice on crypto-assets.
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Obtain your MiCA Knowledge and Competence Certification
The programme
This is a structured training programme for professionals in banks and crypto-asset service providers who give information or advice on crypto-assets. Each module is led by an expert, drawn from across the MiCA Crypto Alliance and the regulatory and academic community.
Two tracks
The ESMA guidelines set a higher bar for staff who give advice than for staff who only give information. The programme reflects this: most modules are taken by everyone, two are for advice-giving staff only, and each track has its own examination.
How it works
The modules are pre-recorded and available on demand. Participants work through them at their own pace, and the programme runs continuously rather than to a fixed calendar. New staff can start at any point.
Hours and credits
ESMA requires a minimum of 80 hours for staff providing information and 160 hours for those providing advice, paired with supervised experience. Continued professional development is set at 10 and 20 hours respectively.
Programme format
Each module combines recorded sessions, guided reading, exercises and an assessment.
Assessment and certification
Each track includes an examination. Participants who pass receive certification from the MiCA Crypto Alliance.
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Become a Training Partner
We are inviting organisations across the industry, including specialists in cryptoasset and cyber risk, crypto valuation, portfolio management and advice, market structure and abuse, investor protection, and crypto regulation, to contribute to specific modules.
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Get in touch to discuss module availability and requirements.
Why this programme is needed
Starting from 28 July 2026, the ESMA guidelines on knowledge and competence under MiCA apply. Crypto-asset service providers must ensure that staff giving information or advice on crypto-assets have the knowledge and competence to do so, and the guidelines set the criteria.
What does this require in practice?
Building and maintaining this training is a specialist task. It requires subject-matter expertise, regular updates as the regulation and the market evolve, and records that can withstand review by a competent authority.
We are creating this programme to meet that need directly, working with industry participants to build training that satisfies the ESMA criteria.
