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Pinned 🇦🇹 Austria partly open Verified 2026-08-15
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🇨🇾 Cyprus
partly open
Verified 2026-08-15
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| Licence type | MiCA CASP Authorisation granted by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) | MiCA CASP Authorisation granted by CySEC; existing Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) can extend their licence to cover crypto-asset services under a simplified process |
| Regulator | Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) Österreich | Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) - sole National Competent Authority for MiCA in Cyprus |
| Capital requirement | Austria capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. | Cyprus capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Austria timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. | Cyprus timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Austria local substance is included in the £349 pass. | Cyprus local substance is included in the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Austria application cost is included in the £349 pass. | Cyprus application cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Austria ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. | Cyprus ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Austria passporting is included in the £349 pass. | Cyprus passporting is included in the £349 pass. |
| MiCA CASPs approved | Austria mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. | Cyprus mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Austria key restrictions is included in the £349 pass. | Cyprus key restrictions is included in the £349 pass. |
| Recent changes | Austria set 30 June 2026 as the end of its transitional regime (shorter runway than the EU default 1 July 2026 deadline), creating pressure for existing FM-GwG registered VASPs to secure full CASP authorisation; Bybit reported as licensed in Austria per exchange-tracking source OSL EU GmbH was authorised on 7 July 2026 (per ESMA's interim register), the eleventh Austrian CASP. | CySEC set a hard 27 February 2026 deadline for existing national-regime CASPs to submit MiCA applications; preliminary assessment phase opened 13 Nov 2024, formal applications from 1 Jan 2025; national transitional regime and full MiCA regime now running in parallel toward the 1 July 2026 EU-wide cutover |
| Difficulty rating | Austria difficulty rating is included in the £349 pass. | Cyprus difficulty rating is included in the £349 pass. |
Informational only, not legal advice. A delta compares the sortable figure only (capital, timeline, cost, difficulty, passporting, approvals); it is not a judgement on overall suitability. Verify with qualified counsel before acting.
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