{ "name": "cryptolicencecosts.com Licence Fee Table", "title": "Licence Fee Table", "url": "https://cryptolicencecosts.com/datasets/licence-fee-table/", "csv": "https://cryptolicencecosts.com/datasets/licence-fee-table.csv", "markdown": "https://cryptolicencecosts.com/datasets/licence-fee-table/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-09-26", "license": "https://cryptolicencecosts.com/terms", "headline": "The Licence Fee Table carries 1 published figure read from 2 sources' own pages, from 8,450 to 8,450 GBP, read 26 September 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Licence Fee Table carries 1 published figure read from 2 sources' own pages, from 8,450 to 8,450 GBP, read 26 September 2026.", "2 of the 20 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 26 September 2026.", "Licence Fee Table, jurisdiction United Kingdom: median 8,450 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "Licence Fee Table, jurisdiction Netherlands: median 100,000 EUR across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 8,450 GBP across 10)." ], "citation": "\"cryptolicencecosts.com Licence Fee Table\", updated 2026-09-26, https://cryptolicencecosts.com/datasets/licence-fee-table/.", "changed_since": { "since": "2026-09-25", "previous_median": 8450, "delta": 0, "direction": "unchanged", "sentence": "The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 8,450 GBP across 10)." }, "national": { "unit": "GBP", "n": 1, "median": 8450, "min": 8450, "max": 8450, "p25": 8450, "p75": 8450, "mean": 8450, "units": { "EUR": 1, "GBP": 1 }, "published_sources": 2, "named_sources": 24, "read_sources": 20, "not_published": 18, "published_share": 0.1 }, "by_axis": { "jurisdiction": { "United Kingdom": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 8450, "min": 8450, "max": 8450, "p25": 8450, "p75": 8450, "mean": 8450 } }, "Netherlands": { "EUR": { "n": 1, "median": 100000, "min": 100000, "max": 100000, "p25": 100000, "p75": 100000, "mean": 100000 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "figure": "£280 ", "value": 280, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Category 1: £280 fee", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "77ea562208686e40f7485228bc26b0518637161f263aeb0a9d508c36619d36cd" }, { "source": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "figure": "£560 ", "value": 560, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Category 2: £560 fee", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "77ea562208686e40f7485228bc26b0518637161f263aeb0a9d508c36619d36cd" }, { "source": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "figure": "£1,130 ", "value": 1130, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Category 3: £1,130 fee", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "77ea562208686e40f7485228bc26b0518637161f263aeb0a9d508c36619d36cd" }, { "source": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "figure": "£2,820 ", "value": 2820, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Category 4: £2,820 fee", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "77ea562208686e40f7485228bc26b0518637161f263aeb0a9d508c36619d36cd" }, { "source": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "figure": "£5,640 ", "value": 5640, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Category 5: £5,640 fee", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "77ea562208686e40f7485228bc26b0518637161f263aeb0a9d508c36619d36cd" }, { "source": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "figure": "£11,260 ", "value": 11260, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Category 6: £11,260 fee", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "77ea562208686e40f7485228bc26b0518637161f263aeb0a9d508c36619d36cd" }, { "source": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "figure": "£28,150 ", "value": 28150, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Category 7: £28,150 fee", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "77ea562208686e40f7485228bc26b0518637161f263aeb0a9d508c36619d36cd" }, { "source": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "figure": "£56,300 ", "value": 56300, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Category 8: £56,300 fee", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "77ea562208686e40f7485228bc26b0518637161f263aeb0a9d508c36619d36cd" }, { "source": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "figure": "£112,590 ", "value": 112590, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Category 9: £112,590 fee", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "77ea562208686e40f7485228bc26b0518637161f263aeb0a9d508c36619d36cd" }, { "source": "FCA - 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VASP registration information", "url": "https://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism/virtual-asset-service-providers/vasp-registration-information", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "FCA - cryptoasset registration: information for applicants", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets-aml-ctf-regime/cryptoasset-registration-information-applicants", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "VARA (Dubai) Company Rulebook", "url": "https://rulebooks.vara.ae/rulebook/company-rulebook", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Czech National Bank - supervision of the financial market", "url": "https://www.cnb.cz/en/supervision-financial-market/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-19", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "KNF (Poland) - Polish Financial Supervision Authority", "url": "https://www.knf.gov.pl/en/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "FMA Liechtenstein - TT service providers", "url": "https://www.fma-li.li/en/media-public/client-protection/safeguarding-client-protection-in-different-sectors/tt-service-providers", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Cabinet Office Order on Cryptoasset Exchange Service Providers (Japan, official translation)", "url": "https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4315/en", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-19", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "FCA Handbook FEES App 4.3 - periodic fees payable by cryptoasset businesses", "url": "https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/FEES/App/4/3.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "FCA - cryptoassets: how to apply for registration", "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets/how-apply-registration", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "DNB (Netherlands) - supervision of crypto service providers", "url": "https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-information/open-book-supervision/open-book-supervision-sectors/crypto-service-providers/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "FMA Austria - information for CASP applicants", "url": "https://www.fma.gv.at/en/cross-sectoral-topics/markets-in-crypto-assets-regulation-micar/information-for-casp-applicants/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "VARA (Dubai) Schedule 2 - supervision and authorisation fees", "url": "https://rulebooks.vara.ae/rulebook/schedule-2-supervision-and-authorisation-fees", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/apply/fees", "label": "FCA - authorisation and registration application fees", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.finma.ch/en/authorisation/fintech/dlt-handelssystem/", "label": "FINMA - licensing as a DLT trading facility", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.bafin.de/EN/unternehmen-maerkte/erlaubnis-registrierung/geschaefte-krypto/kryptoverwahrgeschaeft/kryptoverwahrgeschaeft_node_en.html", "label": "BaFin - qualified crypto custody business", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.austrac.gov.au/enrol-and-register-dce", "label": "AUSTRAC - enrol and register as a digital currency exchange", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj/eng", "label": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA) - Official Journal text", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.dfs.ny.gov/virtual_currency_businesses", "label": "NYDFS - virtual currency businesses", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://sso.agc.gov.sg/act/psa2019", "label": "Singapore Statutes Online - Payment Services Act 2019", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.lb.lt/en/markets-in-crypto-assets", "label": "Bank of Lithuania - markets in crypto-assets", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism/virtual-asset-service-providers/vasp-registration-information", "label": "Central Bank of Ireland - VASP registration information", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets-aml-ctf-regime/cryptoasset-registration-information-applicants", "label": "FCA - cryptoasset registration: information for applicants", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://rulebooks.vara.ae/rulebook/company-rulebook", "label": "VARA (Dubai) Company Rulebook", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cysec.gov.cy/en-GB/entities/crypto-asset-services-providers-casps/", "label": "CySEC - crypto-asset service providers", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cnb.cz/en/supervision-financial-market/", "label": "Czech National Bank - supervision of the financial market", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.knf.gov.pl/en/", "label": "KNF (Poland) - Polish Financial Supervision Authority", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.fma-li.li/en/media-public/client-protection/safeguarding-client-protection-in-different-sectors/tt-service-providers", "label": "FMA Liechtenstein - TT service providers", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://en.adgm.thomsonreuters.com/rulebook/authorisation-and-supervision-fees-0", "label": "ADGM Rulebook - authorisation and supervision fees", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4315/en", "label": "Cabinet Office Order on Cryptoasset Exchange Service Providers (Japan, official translation)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/FEES/App/4/3.html", "label": "FCA Handbook FEES App 4.3 - periodic fees payable by cryptoasset businesses", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets/how-apply-registration", "label": "FCA - cryptoassets: how to apply for registration", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.afm.nl/en/sector/cryptopartijen/vereisten-en-vergunningen/kosten", "label": "AFM (Netherlands) - cost of licensing or notification", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-information/open-book-supervision/open-book-supervision-sectors/crypto-service-providers/", "label": "DNB (Netherlands) - supervision of crypto service providers", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.fma.gv.at/en/cross-sectoral-topics/markets-in-crypto-assets-regulation-micar/information-for-casp-applicants/", "label": "FMA Austria - information for CASP applicants", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://rulebooks.vara.ae/rulebook/schedule-2-supervision-and-authorisation-fees", "label": "VARA (Dubai) Schedule 2 - supervision and authorisation fees", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-and-data/registers-and-data", "label": "esma.europa.eu", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "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). 2 of the 20 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 18 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 4 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; 33 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. Derivation as chartered: one row per regime per fee, each read from the authority's own fee instrument with its currency and effective date, then NORMALISED - application fee and first-year supervision fee converted to one currency on a dated rate, and the per-activity multipliers (VARA charges per VA activity, Malta by service class, Cyprus a fixed plus a turnover-linked variable) expanded into what a named business model actually pays. That comparison is the thing no regulator publishes and every adviser publishes differently: the ranked table of what the STATE charges, separated from what an adviser charges, with the regimes that publish no fee at all marked as such rather than dropped", "embed": "

8,450 to 8,450 GBP

1 published figures, Licence Fee Table, across 2 sources, read 26 September 2026

Source: cryptolicencecosts.com Licence Fee Table
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