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Pinned 🇱🇹 Lithuania partly open Verified 2026-07-01
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🇵🇹 Portugal
partly open
Verified 2026-07-01
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| Licence type | MiCA Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) authorisation under Title V of Reg (EU) 2023/1114; replaced the national VASP registration. Single passportable licence covering the services applied for. | MiCA CASP authorisation implemented by Lei n.o 69/2025 (22 Dec 2025). Replaces the legacy Banco de Portugal VASP (AML) registration. |
| Regulator | Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos bankas) - single competent authority. Publicly selective stance: wants few, solid firms rather than the ~370-strong legacy VASP pool. | Twin-peaks: BANCO DE PORTUGAL is the CASP authorisation authority + prudential/AML supervisor (single application front door); CMVM is the conduct-of-business and market-abuse supervisor. (Corrects the seed - not CMVM-led.) |
| Capital requirement | Lithuania capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Portugal capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Lithuania timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Portugal timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Lithuania local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Portugal local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Lithuania application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Portugal application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Lithuania ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Portugal ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Lithuania passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Portugal passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| MiCA CASPs approved | Lithuania mica casps approved is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Portugal mica casps approved is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Lithuania key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Portugal key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Recent changes | Lithuania used a shortened 12-month grandfathering - legacy VASP cover ended 1 Jan 2026 (vs the EU 1 Jul 2026 backstop). First CASP: Robinhood Europe (29 May 2025); only ~4 CASPs authorised by Mar 2026. | Lei 69/2025 (MiCA) + Lei 70/2025 (Travel Rule) published 22 Dec 2025 - ~1 year late. Legacy-VASP transitional window closes 1 Jul 2026 (today). Few Portugal-AUTHORISED CASPs so far. |
| Difficulty rating | Lithuania difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Portugal difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
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