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Pinned 🇨🇾 Cyprus partly open Verified 2026-08-15
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🇮🇹 Italy
partly open
Verified 2026-08-15
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| Licence type | MiCA CASP Authorisation granted by CySEC; existing Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) can extend their licence to cover crypto-asset services under a simplified process | MiCA CASP authorisation under EU Regulation 2023/1114, transposed via Legislative Decree 129/2025 and implemented through Consob Resolution 23700/2025. Pre-MiCA VASPs (registered under the OAM register per AML Decree 90/2017) had to convert to full CASP authorisation; transitional regime for existing VASPs was extended to 1 July 2026. |
| Regulator | Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) - sole National Competent Authority for MiCA in Cyprus | Split regulator model: Consob (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa) is the lead competent authority issuing CASP authorisation and supervising conduct-of-business/market integrity; Banca d'Italia is consulted on and supervises prudential aspects (capital, governance, AML) and directly handles credit institutions/e-money institutions offering crypto services (e.g. Banca Sella's notification route). |
| Capital requirement | Cyprus capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. | Italy capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Cyprus timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. | Italy timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Cyprus local substance is included in the £349 pass. | Italy local substance is included in the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Cyprus application cost is included in the £349 pass. | Italy application cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Cyprus ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. | Italy ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Cyprus passporting is included in the £349 pass. | Italy passporting is included in the £349 pass. |
| MiCA CASPs approved | Cyprus mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. | Italy mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Cyprus key restrictions is included in the £349 pass. | Italy key restrictions is included in the £349 pass. |
| Recent changes | 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 | Consob Resolution 23700/2025 (introducing the EUR 20,000 fee) took effect 1 December 2025; the transitional regime for pre-MiCA VASPs was extended to 1 July 2026 (later than the original MiCA default cut-off), giving Italian firms extra runway. As of 1 July 2026, 8 firms hold full CASP authorisation, a sharp jump from near-zero conversions reported earlier in 2026, though still a small fraction of the pre-MiCA registered population. |
| Difficulty rating | Cyprus difficulty rating is included in the £349 pass. | Italy 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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