2025-12-26 09:00:25

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Lithuanian crypto companies face life and death crossroads as regulatory sword is about to fall

The countdown has begun—January 1, 2026, is the final deadline for Lithuanian crypto service providers.

The rules from the Bank of Lithuania are clear: from that day on, any crypto business without an EU MiCA license will be deemed illegal. To put it more plainly, companies without licenses will either exit the market, face fines, website shutdowns, or even have their executives imprisoned. The central bank has made it clear that those unwilling to continue must start exiting properly now.

What is the reality? There are over 370 registered crypto companies in Lithuania, but only about 30 have actually applied for a MiCA license. In other words, more than 90% of these companies may be forced out next year.

This is nothing new. Regulatory authorities around the world are tightening their grip, and the wild growth model of the crypto industry is no longer viable. Want to survive? Complying with regulations has become the only option. Lithuania is just one of the most aggressive players in this wave.

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GhostWalletSleuth

· 10h ago

Damn, only 30 out of 370 companies are applying? How many projects are going to die? The newbies are going to get another round of being exploited.

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GasBandit

· 10h ago

Another big purge is coming, this time it's Lithuania's turn. Truly a crackdown.

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GateUser-74b10196

· 10h ago

Ninety percent of companies will exit; this is the big wave淘沙 (淘沙 means "sifting through the sand" or "survival of the fittest"). Without a license, they really can't survive.

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CryptoNomics

· 10h ago

actually, if you run the numbers through a basic compliance cost regression model, those 340 companies never stood a chance. the math was never in their favor to begin with.

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