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Pinned 🇳🇱 Netherlands partly open Verified 2026-11-01
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🇸🇪 Sweden
partly open
Verified 2026-11-01
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| Licence type | MiCA CASP Authorisation (Crypto-Asset Service Provider), granted by AFM; DNB co-assesses fitness/propriety and AML for licence holders | 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 | Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) - lead conduct regulator and licensing authority; De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) supports with prudential/AML input | Finansinspektionen (FI), Sweden's single competent authority for CASP authorisation and supervision under MiCA. |
| Capital requirement | Netherlands capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. | Sweden capital requirement is included in the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Netherlands timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. | Sweden timeline to authorisation is included in the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Netherlands local substance is included in the £349 pass. | Sweden local substance is included in the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Netherlands application cost is included in the £349 pass. | Sweden application cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Netherlands ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. | Sweden ongoing cost is included in the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Netherlands passporting is included in the £349 pass. | Sweden passporting is included in the £349 pass. |
| MiCA CASPs approved | Netherlands mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. | Sweden mica casps approved is included in the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Netherlands key restrictions is included in the £349 pass. | Sweden key restrictions is included in the £349 pass. |
| Recent changes | Netherlands became one of the highest-volume MiCA jurisdictions through H1 2026 as the 1 July 2026 EU-wide transitional deadline approached; notable authorisations include Bitvavo, Amdax, MoonPay, Finst, Fiat Republic, and Banxa (Oct 2025); dedicated 'ARI10' authorisation added Feb 2026 per one tracker | 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 | Netherlands difficulty rating is included in the £349 pass. | Sweden difficulty rating is included in the £349 pass. |
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