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Pinned 🇪🇪 Estonia partly open Verified 2026-07-02
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🇸🇪 Sweden
partly open
Verified 2026-07-03
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| Licence type | MiCA CASP authorisation; implemented via the Crypto-Assets Market Act (Kruptovarade turu seadus, KrüTS), in force 1 July 2024. | MiCA CASP authorisation under EU Regulation 2023/1114, administered directly by Finansinspektionen (FI) under Sweden's existing financial supervisory framework (no major new primary legislation was flagged as required, unlike Belgium/Poland). Sweden's national transitional period for pre-MiCA providers closed 30 September 2025. |
| Regulator | Finantsinspektsioon (Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority) | Finansinspektionen (FI), Sweden's single competent authority for CASP authorisation and supervision under MiCA. |
| Capital requirement | Estonia capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Sweden capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Estonia timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Sweden timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Estonia local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Sweden local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Estonia application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Sweden application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Estonia ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Sweden ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Estonia passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Sweden passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| MiCA CASPs approved | Estonia mica casps approved is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Sweden mica casps approved is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Estonia key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Sweden key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Recent changes | Estonia's VASP population collapsed from 641 valid licences (mid-2021 peak) to 36 remaining by early 2026; as of recent reporting only one entity (Lightspark Payments Europe AS) had received full MiCA CASP authorisation. From 18 March 2026, CASP applications must go through FI's new application portal. | Sweden's transitional period closed 30 September 2025, after which all CASPs needed full MiCA authorisation to continue operating, a materially earlier cutoff than the EU default. As of 3 March 2026, Sweden had 1 CASP authorisation (source: Bank of Lithuania comparative announcement). No update since; the current figure may be marginally higher. |
| Difficulty rating | Estonia difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Sweden difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
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