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Pinned 🇱🇺 Luxembourg partly open Verified 2026-08-15
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🇲🇹 Malta
partly open
Verified 2026-08-15
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| Licence type | MiCA CASP Authorisation granted by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) | MiCA CASP authorisation under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (Cap. 647); replaces the legacy VFA licence (VFA Act 2018) via a fast-track conversion. Malta granted one of the EU's first full CASP licences (Jan 2025). |
| Regulator | Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) | Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) - single competent authority; a long-standing crypto supervisor since the 2018 VFA regime. |
| Capital requirement | Luxembourg capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. | Malta capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Luxembourg timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. | Malta timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Luxembourg local substance is included in the £349 pass. | Malta local substance is included in the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Luxembourg application cost is included in the £349 pass. | Malta application cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Luxembourg ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. | Malta ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Luxembourg passporting is included in the £349 pass. | Malta passporting is included in the £349 pass. |
| MiCA CASPs approved | Luxembourg mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. | Malta mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Luxembourg key restrictions is included in the £349 pass. | Malta key restrictions is included in the £349 pass. |
| Recent changes | 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 | First-mover: Crypto.com licensed 27 Jan 2025; ~13 CASPs now authorised (OKX, Gemini, Gate, Blockchain.com). ESMA's 10 Jul 2025 peer review criticised the MFSA's authorisation of one CASP, tightening scrutiny. Transition ends 1 Jul 2026. |
| Difficulty rating | Luxembourg difficulty rating is included in the £349 pass. | Malta difficulty rating is included in the £349 pass. |
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