Choosing a jurisdiction is 20% about fees and 80% about where you will actually be able to open a bank account, hire a compliance officer and clear shareholder vetting. A cheap licence that no bank will support is the most expensive mistake in this industry.
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UAE
VARA licence · Dubai
Activity categories, capital, the two-stage procedure and realistic timelines.
~2,784 searches/mo cluster
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EU
MiCA CASP licence · European Union
CASP authorisation: capital thresholds, passporting across 27 states, transitional periods.
~2,276 searches/mo cluster
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Singapore
MAS crypto licence · Singapore
The DTSP regime: why Singapore approves under 10% of applications and who should still apply.
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banking
Bank account for a crypto company
A licence without a bank does not work: what banks check and how to prepare the file in advance.
VASP licence calculator
Capital, fees and timelines across five jurisdictions — compared for your type of activity.