# Crypto compliance: Crypto Authorisation Requirements

> The Crypto Authorisation Requirements carries 10 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 280 to 225,170 GBP, read 15 September 2026.

Issafu · https://issafu.com/datasets/crypto-authorisation-requirements/ · computed 2026-09-15

**Median of the published figures:** 8,450 GBP (range 280 to 225,170 GBP; 10 sources with a figure; 3 of 15 sources read publish one).

3 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 15 September 2026.

## By fee-category

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| fee-category 1 | 280 GBP | 280 to 280 GBP | 1 |
| fee-category 2 | 560 GBP | 560 to 560 GBP | 1 |
| fee-category 3 | 1,130 GBP | 1,130 to 1,130 GBP | 1 |
| fee-category 4 | 2,820 GBP | 2,820 to 2,820 GBP | 1 |
| fee-category 5 | 5,640 GBP | 5,640 to 5,640 GBP | 1 |
| fee-category 6 | 11,260 GBP | 11,260 to 11,260 GBP | 1 |
| fee-category 7 | 28,150 GBP | 28,150 to 28,150 GBP | 1 |
| fee-category 8 | 56,300 GBP | 56,300 to 56,300 GBP | 1 |
| fee-category 9 | 112,590 GBP | 112,590 to 112,590 GBP | 1 |
| fee-category 10 | 225,170 GBP | 225,170 to 225,170 GBP | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 225,170 GBP | 10 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 112,590 GBP | 9 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 56,300 GBP | 8 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 28,150 GBP | 7 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 11,260 GBP | 6 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 5,640 GBP | 5 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 2,820 GBP | 4 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 1,130 GBP | 3 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 560 GBP | 2 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) | 280 GBP | 1 | 2026-09-12 |
| [FinCEN, money services business registration](https://www.fincen.gov/money-services-business-msb-registration) | 180 day |  | 2026-09-12 |
| [FCA, registration under the MLRs ahead of the new FSMA regime](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/new-regime-cryptoasset-regulation/registration-under-mlrs-ahead-new-fsma-regime) | 3 month |  | 2026-09-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (12)

- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 10: £225,170 fee"
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 9: £112,590 fee"
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 8: £56,300 fee"
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 7: £28,150 fee"
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 6: £11,260 fee"
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 5: £5,640 fee"
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 4: £2,820 fee"
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 3: £1,130 fee"
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 2: £560 fee"
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees), read 2026-09-12: "Category 1: £280 fee"
- [FinCEN, money services business registration](https://www.fincen.gov/money-services-business-msb-registration), read 2026-09-12: "Registration Form - Each MSB must initially be registered by filing a completed form, FinCEN Form 107, Registration of Money Services Business, within 180 days after the date on which the MSB is established"
- [FCA, registration under the MLRs ahead of the new FSMA regime](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/new-regime-cryptoasset-regulation/registration-under-mlrs-ahead-new-fsma-regime), read 2026-09-12: "Our deadline for determining applications for registration is 3 months from receiving the application form (or from receiving any further information required)."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA), full text](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R1114), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [EUR-Lex, MiCA summary](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/european-crypto-assets-regulation-mica.html), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ESMA, Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ESMA, MiCA interactive single rulebook](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-and-data/interactive-single-rulebook/mica), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [MFSA, crypto-assets](https://www.mfsa.mt/firms/regulated-activities/crypto-assets/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Central Bank of Ireland, Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation](https://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/markets-in-crypto-assets-regulation), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [FCA, cryptoassets: how to apply for registration](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets/how-apply-registration), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [FCA, cryptoasset registration: information for applicants](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets-aml-ctf-regime/cryptoasset-registration-information-applicants), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [FCA Handbook, FEES 3 application, notification and vetting fees](https://handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/fees3), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [FCA Handbook, FEES Appendix 4.2, fees payable by cryptoasset businesses](https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/FEES/App/4/2.pdf), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [AUSTRAC, enrol and register as a DCE](https://www.austrac.gov.au/enrol-and-register-dce), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [esma.europa.eu](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 15 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 12 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 37 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. Derivation as chartered: one comparable row per regime from the primary instruments: licence name, the activities it covers, minimum own funds (MiCA's Annex IV classes at EUR 50,000 / 125,000 / 150,000 against the fixed-overheads test), application fee, statutory determination period, and the authority - which nobody publishes side by side because each authority publishes only its own. Then the register count per jurisdiction from ESMA's CASP register, so the cost of entry can be read against how many firms actually cleared it.

## Sources

- [EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA), full text](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R1114) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [EUR-Lex, MiCA summary](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/european-crypto-assets-regulation-mica.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ESMA, Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ESMA, MiCA interactive single rulebook](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-and-data/interactive-single-rulebook/mica) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [MFSA, crypto-assets](https://www.mfsa.mt/firms/regulated-activities/crypto-assets/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Central Bank of Ireland, Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation](https://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/markets-in-crypto-assets-regulation) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FCA, cryptoassets: how to apply for registration](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets/how-apply-registration) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FCA, cryptoasset registration: information for applicants](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets-aml-ctf-regime/cryptoasset-registration-information-applicants) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FCA, registration under the MLRs ahead of the new FSMA regime](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/new-regime-cryptoasset-regulation/registration-under-mlrs-ahead-new-fsma-regime) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FCA Handbook, FEES 3 application, notification and vetting fees](https://handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/fees3) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FCA, authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FCA Handbook, FEES Appendix 4.2, fees payable by cryptoasset businesses](https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/FEES/App/4/2.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [AUSTRAC, enrol and register as a DCE](https://www.austrac.gov.au/enrol-and-register-dce) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FinCEN, money services business registration](https://www.fincen.gov/money-services-business-msb-registration) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NYDFS, virtual currency businesses](https://www.dfs.ny.gov/virtual_currency_businesses) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [esma.europa.eu](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Crypto Authorisation Requirements carries 10 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 280 to 225,170 GBP, read 15 September 2026.
- 3 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 1: median 280 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 2: median 560 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 3: median 1,130 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 4: median 2,820 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 5: median 5,640 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 6: median 11,260 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 7: median 28,150 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 8: median 56,300 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 9: median 112,590 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Crypto Authorisation Requirements, fee-category 10: median 225,170 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

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