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Cryptoasset authorisation
Authorisation for cryptoasset firms — the UK's incoming FCA regime, the EU's MiCA framework, and the digital-asset regimes emerging across the Gulf and Asia.
Crypto is moving from the edge of regulation into the perimeter. We help cryptoasset firms prepare for authorisation under the new regimes — analysing which activities fall in scope, building the financial-crime and custody controls that regulators focus on, and producing the application itself.
What we cover
- Perimeter analysis — which activities require authorisation
- Financial crime, AML and the Travel Rule
- Custody and safeguarding of client assets
- Prudential and capital requirements
- Stablecoin, trading, custody, dealing and staking activities
The application suite
- Regulatory business plan
- Financial-crime and custody frameworks
- Compliance and risk management frameworks
- Financial model and capital position
- The authorisation application, start to finish
Where we authorise
United Kingdom
The FCA's new cryptoasset regime, with the authorisation gateway opening in 2026.
European Union
A single authorisation for crypto-asset service providers across the EU.
Middle East & Asia
Established and developing digital-asset regimes.
Applications close on 28 February 2027 and the regime takes effect in October 2027. Pre-application meetings with the regulator are already available. If you will need UK authorisation, the time to start the application is now.
Why firms use Pitchsd
We have led authorisations, run compliance functions and operated regulated firms — and dealt directly with regulators and the Financial Ombudsman. Our applications are written by people who have had to live with the frameworks they produce.
We also build the technology the business runs on, so the platform and the permission arrive together rather than being someone else's problem. And we can put senior people into the business — a fractional MLRO, non-executive directors, a CFO — through our network.