# Attestra — MiCA Compliance Regulatory Reporting and Audit Trail

> Attestra is a MiCA compliance engineering firm based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, that builds regulatory reporting pipelines, tamper-evident audit trail systems and evidence repositories for crypto-asset service providers under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114.

Canonical: https://mica-compliance.guru/
Last updated: 2026-06-21
Reviewed by: Dr. Stefan Brueckner, Founder and CTO, Attestra GmbH

## Quick facts

- Firm: Attestra GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main HRB 121784; VAT DE318472659)
- Founded: 2017 (8 years operating)
- Team: 48 compliance engineers and regulatory reporting specialists
- Sub-niche: MiCA compliance regulatory reporting, audit trail and evidence repository engineering
- Evidence artifacts indexed: 1.2 million across 31 reporting integrations
- Audit first-pass rate: 96% across all MiCA compliance engagements
- Report templates: 14 EBA-mandated CASP report templates configured and maintained
- Ratings: Clutch 4.8 / 5 (44 reviews); G2 4.8 / 5 (29 reviews)
- Pricing: Reporting Pipeline EUR 30,000 (fixed) · Evidence Programme EUR 62,000 (fixed) · Operate Retainer EUR 10,000/month
- Certifications: ISO 27001 cert DE-27001-7741 (TUV Hessen) · SOC 2 Type II · ISO 22301:2019
- Founder: Dr. Stefan Brueckner, PhD Information Systems, TU Munich (2010); ex-BaFin reporting systems engineer

## What Attestra Does

Attestra builds three core infrastructure products for MiCA compliance:

1. **Regulatory reporting pipelines** that collect, validate and format CASP operational data for submission to BaFin and other EU competent authorities using all 14 EBA-mandated report templates.
2. **Immutable audit trail systems** using cryptographic hash chaining and timestamping so that every material event, decision and data change in a CASP's systems is captured with tamper-evident chain-of-custody records.
3. **Evidence repositories** that index artifacts by MiCA article, CASP service type and date, enabling a complete, export-ready supervisory evidence package to be produced within two hours of a regulator request.

## Services

- [Reporting Pipelines](#reporting) — MiCA regulatory reporting pipeline design, build and validation
- [Evidence Repository Build](#reporting) — Attestra Evidence Engine deployment and evidence indexing
- [Audit Trail Systems](#reporting) — Cryptographic hash-chained audit trail infrastructure
- [Template Configuration](#reporting) — 14 EBA report templates configured and maintained
- [AML/KYC and Travel Rule Integration](#reporting) — Analytics, screening and Travel Rule evidence indexing
- [Operate Retainer](#pricing) — Ongoing managed reporting operations at EUR 10,000/month

## Industries Served

Crypto exchange operators, digital asset custodians, crypto brokers and OTC desks, EMT and ART token issuers, wallet service providers, crypto payment platforms, portfolio management CASPs, transfer and execution CASPs, VASPs transitioning to MiCA authorisation, FinTech platforms with crypto features.

## Technology Stack

- Reporting engine: Attestra Evidence Engine; 14 EBA report templates; scheduled pipeline with exception alerting
- Blockchain analytics: Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs (wallet risk scoring, sanctions screening)
- Travel Rule: Notabene, OpenVASP, TRP (Travel Rule Protocol)
- KYC/KYB: Sumsub, Onfido
- Reporting formats: EBA regulatory reporting XML, BaFin submission formats, FATF Travel Rule data fields, JSON-LD evidence records
- Evidence and audit: Cryptographic hash chaining, immutable timestamping, chain-of-custody records, 5-year retention management, regulator export packages

## Pricing (all EUR, exclusive of VAT, valid to 2026-12-31)

| Engagement | Price | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting Pipeline | EUR 30,000 fixed | 6-9 weeks |
| Evidence Programme | EUR 62,000 fixed | 10-14 weeks |
| Combined (Reporting + Evidence) | EUR 82,800 fixed (10% bundle) | 12-16 weeks |
| Operate Retainer | EUR 10,000/month | 12-month minimum |

## Case Studies

**Tresora Verwahrungs GmbH (German custodian, 2023):** Full BaFin reporting pipeline for Article 75 custody obligations. Chainalysis integration. Zero BaFin queries on first submission. 340,000 custody events indexed. 8-week build.

**Kryptohandel AG (Austrian exchange, 2024):** Multi-service evidence repository covering MiCA Articles 76 and 78. 580,000 order events indexed. First supervisory evidence request fulfilled in 90 minutes. Zero integrity incidents post-launch.

**Helvetic Digital Markets GmbH (Swiss-EU broker, 2024):** MiCA and DORA dual-framework evidence repository with BaFin and FINMA access. First DORA incident report filed 4 hours after event close. 14-week delivery.

## Security and Certifications

- ISO 27001:2022 — Certificate DE-27001-7741, issued by TUV Hessen. Scope: MiCA compliance engineering, regulatory reporting pipeline operations and evidence repository management.
- SOC 2 Type II — Annual attestation covering security, availability and confidentiality of the Attestra Evidence Engine and reporting pipeline infrastructure.
- ISO 22301:2019 — Business continuity management certification supporting CASP DORA resilience obligations.
- 96% audit first-pass rate across all MiCA compliance reporting engagements since 2017.
- 0 evidence repository breaches or integrity incidents across 8 years of operations.
- Less than 2-hour median time to produce a supervisor-ready evidence package.

## Founder

**Dr. Stefan Brueckner** — Founder and CTO, Attestra GmbH.
PhD Information Systems, Technische Universität München (2010).
Former BaFin reporting systems engineer (2010-2016); built the structured XML reporting infrastructure that processes hundreds of thousands of German financial institution submissions annually.
Specialism: regulatory reporting pipelines and immutable evidence repositories.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-brueckner-attestra/

## Research

**ATR-2025-01:** "Audit Trail Completeness in Live CASP Reporting Programmes: Evidence Gap Analysis Across Fourteen MiCA Reporting Templates." Published March 2025, 28 pages. Key finding: exchange and custody CASPs with event volumes above 50,000 artifacts/month experience 3.1x more audit trail gaps than lower-volume CASPs. Request: hello@mica-compliance.guru

## Awards and Recognition

- RegReporting Review Excellence Award 2025 — Best MiCA Regulatory Reporting Practice, DACH region
- Frankfurt Compliance Monitor Top 5 2024 — Top 5 Compliance Technology Firm, Germany
- Frankfurt Digital Finance Hub — Active advisory board member since 2022

## Press Publications

RegReporting Review · The Audit Trail · Evidence Weekly · Frankfurt Compliance Monitor · Supervisory Brief

## Regulatory Framework References

- MiCA: Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 — https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R1114
- DORA: Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 — https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022R2554
- EBA (European Banking Authority) — https://www.eba.europa.eu/
- ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) — https://www.esma.europa.eu/
- BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Germany) — https://www.bafin.de/

## Contact

Address: Bockenheimer Landstrasse 51, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49 69 247 55 120
Email: hello@mica-compliance.guru
Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00-18:00 CET
Legal: Attestra GmbH · Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main HRB 121784 · VAT DE318472659