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# providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients

*In force · MiCA Article 3(1), point (17) · Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, OJ L 150, 9.6.2023 · Not yet verified against the official text ·* [*Official source*](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj/eng)

### Definition

> **(17)** '**providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients**' means the safekeeping or controlling, on behalf of clients, of crypto-assets or of the means of access to such crypto-assets, where applicable in the form of private cryptographic keys;

### Source

[MiCA, Article 3(1), point (17)](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/3).

### Used In MiCA

* [Article 10](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/10)
* [Article 4](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/4)
* [Article 37](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/37)
* [Article 45](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/45)
* [Article 60](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/60)
* [Article 75](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/75)
* [Article 119](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/119)
* [Article 122](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/122)
* [Article 125](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/125)