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Pinned 🇦🇹 Austria partly open Verified 2026-08-15
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🇪🇪 Estonia
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; implemented via the Crypto-Assets Market Act (Kruptovarade turu seadus, KrüTS), in force 1 July 2024. |
| Regulator | Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) Österreich | Finantsinspektsioon (Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority) |
| Capital requirement | Austria capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. | Estonia capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Austria timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. | Estonia timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Austria local substance is included in the £349 pass. | Estonia local substance is included in the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Austria application cost is included in the £349 pass. | Estonia application cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Austria ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. | Estonia ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Austria passporting is included in the £349 pass. | Estonia passporting is included in the £349 pass. |
| MiCA CASPs approved | Austria mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. | Estonia mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Austria key restrictions is included in the £349 pass. | Estonia 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. | Estonia's VASP population collapsed from 641 valid licences (mid-2021 peak) to 36 remaining by early 2026; as of recent reporting only one entity (Lightspark Payments Europe AS) had received full MiCA CASP authorisation. From 18 March 2026, CASP applications must go through FI's new application portal. |
| Difficulty rating | Austria difficulty rating is included in the £349 pass. | Estonia 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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