{"id":2594,"date":"2024-03-14T11:55:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalbison.com\/?page_id=2594"},"modified":"2026-05-22T06:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:33:02","slug":"lithuania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legalbison.com\/id\/crypto-license\/lithuania\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto License in Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CASP Authorization under MiCA<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EU-Wide Passporting for Crypto-Asset Service Providers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lithuania offers one of the EU&#8217;s most direct paths to regulated crypto-asset services. 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