Crypto license in Slovakia: MiCA CASP requirements (2026)

Yes. To provide crypto-asset services in Slovakia you need a MiCA CASP authorisation (Crypto-Asset Service Provider), supervised by Národná banka Slovenska (NBS), under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), Title V.

Národná banka Slovenska (NBS).

An application fee of roughly €5,000–€25,000, plus ongoing supervisory fees.

Typically about 40 working days of substantive review; 1–3 months for a well-prepared application.

The application file centres on programme of operations describing each crypto-asset service you will provide; business plan with three-year financial projections; evidence of prudential safeguards (own funds or qualifying insurance); governance arrangements, organisational chart and internal-control description; plus fit-and-proper evidence for directors and qualifying shareholders.

Incorporate a legal entity with a registered office in the member state, with at least one director resident in the EU. Build the application file: programme of operations, business plan, governance, AML/CFT, ICT resilience and client-asset segregation. The authority then assesses the file and, once authorised, you can begin operating.

Yes — a single MiCA CASP licence passports across all 27 EU member states.

Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA) and its Level 2/3 implementing acts apply in Slovakia. NBS publishes guidance on its 'Crypto-assets' supervision pages and is responsible for authorising CASPs, supervising white-paper notifications, and enforcing market-abuse and conduct rules for crypto activities.

Slovakia did not extend the optional MiCA transitional period; from 1 January 2026 firms that previously operated under the Slovak VASP trade-licence regime can no longer provide crypto-asset services unless authorised as a CASP by NBS or passported in from another EU competent authority.

Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (DORA) has applied to Slovak CASPs since 17 January 2025, imposing ICT risk-management, incident-reporting, and third-party concentration rules. Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 (TFR) requires Travel Rule data on all crypto-asset transfers and is enforced via NBS / Financial Intelligence Unit oversight.

The Slovak Parliament approved an amendment to the Act on Automatic Exchange of Information on Financial Accounts for Tax Administration on 10 June 2025, transposing Directive (EU) 2023/2226 (DAC8) and the OECD CARF. CASPs become reporting financial institutions for crypto from 1 January 2026, with first reporting due in 2027.

Under the Slovak Income Tax Act, gains on the sale of crypto-assets held for at least 365 days are taxed at a preferential 7% personal income-tax rate, with no health-insurance levy. Sales of coins held under one year are taxed as ordinary income at progressive brackets, and mining/staking-as-business is treated as business income.

NBS confirms that private buying, selling and holding of crypto-assets by consumers does not require authorisation. NBS has also published ESMA's February 2025 guidelines on the narrow scope of the reverse-solicitation exemption, signalling active supervision against unauthorised cross-border solicitation of Slovak clients.