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🇬🇮 Gibraltar

GFSC, DLT Provider licence

Last verified 2026-07-02 Next review 2026-07-16

Licence type

Authorised EMI or Registered EMI under the Financial Services (Electronic Money) Regulations 2011. A real EMI regime, unlike the pure analogues.

Verified 2026-07-02 Source: GFSC

Regulator

Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC).

Verified 2026-07-02 Source: GFSC

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Passporting 🔒

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Recent changes

Alignment with the UK market-access regime; separate DLT provider framework since 2018.

Verified 2026-07-02 Source: GFSC

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