Regulatory and licensing support for crypto and digital-asset businesses entering international markets.
Jurisdiction selection, regulatory structuring, application preparation and compliance implementation — aligned with the business model and the requirements of the relevant regulator.
The pages below cover different legal outcomes: prudential authorisation, AML registration, SRO affiliation, digital-asset service provider registration or corporate-and-compliance market entry. The route must match the actual services, customers, transaction flows and target markets.
Full authorisation and activity-specific routes across several UAE regulatory perimeters. Best for businesses prepared for substantive governance, local implementation and regulator-facing evidence.
Institutional route for digital payment token and related payment businesses. High supervisory expectations; not a registration-only or low-substance option.
Statutory VASP licensing framework with activity-based licence classes, local governance, AML/CFT and operational-readiness requirements.
Federal AML registration for covered money-service and virtual-currency activities, with payment and provincial/securities overlays where applicable.
No single Swiss “crypto licence”. Route depends on financial-intermediation, custody, deposit-taking, securities and market-infrastructure functions.
CBA-supervised licensing framework for local legal entities providing regulated crypto-asset services, with governance, capital and AML/CFT obligations.
Dedicated digital-asset service provider regime administered by CNAD. Scope should be mapped carefully where Bitcoin-specific payment functions or token issuance are also involved.
Corporate and compliance-led market entry, not a regulator-issued VASP licence. Suitable only where the actual activity does not require another financial-services permission.
A credible licensing decision starts with the business model, not with a country list. LEX ARTA maps the regulated activities and then tests shortlisted jurisdictions against the requirements that determine whether the model can actually operate there.
Where more than one route is legally available, the comparison should distinguish regulatory burden, launch cost, local substance, ongoing compliance and scalability. A cheaper registration can be the wrong solution if it cannot support the intended clients, banking model or product roadmap.
International projects use the same LEX ARTA assessment architecture as the wider Licensing practice, rather than creating duplicate “international assessment” products.
Focused preliminary assessment of one defined business model in one selected jurisdiction.
Structured comparison of two shortlisted jurisdictions for one business model.
Detailed pre-application diagnostic once the jurisdiction and regulatory pathway have been selected.
The value is not in presenting a long list of “crypto-friendly” countries. LEX ARTA connects legal classification, AML/CFT, governance, operating evidence and cross-border implementation so that the selected route reflects the real business.
The business model, transaction flow and target clients are mapped before a jurisdiction is recommended.
AML/CFT is built into the licensing architecture instead of added after the application narrative is finished.
Business plan, governance, policies, financial assumptions, technology and outsourcing are reviewed as one regulator-facing file.
Local counsel, corporate providers, auditors and specialist technical providers are coordinated where the jurisdiction requires locally licensed input.
Identify regulated activities, assets, payment flows, customers and countries.
Test one jurisdiction or compare shortlisted alternatives against the operating model.
Define entity, ownership, governance, substance, capital and external dependencies.
Prepare or coordinate the regulatory, AML/CFT, governance, financial and operational evidence.
Support regulator questions, launch readiness and post-authorisation compliance where agreed.
No. EU/EEA CASP authorisation is addressed through the dedicated MiCA / CASP Licensing page. International routes may complement a group structure but do not create MiCA passporting rights.
Yes. The Jurisdiction Selection Report compares shortlisted routes for one defined business model. Additional jurisdictions are scoped separately.
No. That distinction is intentional. Some routes are licences, some are registrations or SRO affiliations, and Panama is presented as corporate/compliance market entry rather than a standalone VASP authorisation.
Delivery depends on local law. LEX ARTA leads the regulatory and compliance workstream; local filing, legal representation, audit or regulated appointments are coordinated with appropriately qualified local partners where required.
Banking and EMI readiness can be supported, but account opening is a separate institutional decision and cannot be guaranteed.
Start with a focused feasibility review or jurisdiction comparison before committing to incorporation, local staffing, capital or regulator fees.
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