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Pinned 🇮🇹 Italy partly open Verified 2026-07-02
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🇪🇸 Spain
partly open
Verified 2026-07-02
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| Licence type | 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. | MiCA CASP Authorisation granted by the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV); Banco de España separately supervises stablecoin (ART/EMT) issuance |
| Regulator | 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). | Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) - lead CASP authority; Banco de España co-supervises stablecoin issuers |
| Capital requirement | Italy capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Italy timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Italy local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Italy application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Italy ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Italy passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| MiCA CASPs approved | Italy mica casps approved is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain mica casps approved is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Italy key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Recent changes | 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. | By early 2026, CNMV had granted MiCA CASP licenses to six banks (BBVA, Cecabank, Openbank, Renta 4, CaixaBank and Kutxabank) plus five fintechs, reflecting a bank-led adoption pattern distinct from most other EEA jurisdictions; CNMV published updated MiCA Q&A guidance in Dec 2025 ahead of full application from 1 July 2026 |
| Difficulty rating | Italy difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
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