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Pinned 🇩🇪 Germany partly open Verified 2026-07-03
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🇱🇺 Luxembourg
partly open
Verified 2026-07-02
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| Licence type | MiCA CASP authorisation granted by BaFin under national law FinmadiG/KMAG; replaces the legacy KWG crypto-custody business licence, with a simplified transition for existing KWG-licensed firms. | MiCA CASP Authorisation granted by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) |
| Regulator | BaFin (Bundesanstalt fur Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) with Deutsche Bundesbank involvement; applications go to both. Widely regarded as the EU's most demanding CASP regulator. | Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) |
| Capital requirement | Germany capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Luxembourg capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Germany timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Luxembourg timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Germany local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Luxembourg local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Germany application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Luxembourg application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Germany ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Luxembourg ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Germany passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Luxembourg passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| MiCA CASPs approved | Germany mica casps approved is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Luxembourg mica casps approved is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Germany key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Luxembourg key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Recent changes | FinmadiG + KMAG in force 27 Dec 2024; Germany used a 12-month grandfathering (apply before 8 Oct 2025; effective end-2025). By mid-2026 the EU's #1 hub - ~57 CASP authorisations (~23% of the EU's ~244), incl. Trade Republic, N26, Commerzbank, Bitpanda. | Rapid growth in H1 2026: as of 30 June 2026, 11 active CASPs including B2C2 Europe, Banking Circle, Bitstamp Europe, Bridge Building, Clearstream Banking, Coinbase Luxembourg, Stokr, Standard Chartered Luxembourg, Swissquote Bank Europe, Zodia Custody Europe and BitFlyer; BitFlyer authorised 26 June 2026, Stokr 22 June 2026, Bridge Building 29 June 2026, all just before the transitional deadline expired on 1 July 2026 |
| Difficulty rating | Germany difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Luxembourg difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
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