Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 2 initiatives · last verified 2026-10-24
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 3.5 | Announced / exploring · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 4 | Developing / partnership established · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 10 | 2 product categories with a verified status: Stablecoin issuance, Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-05-20 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (2)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Stablecoin issuance · EU / EEA
Qivalis: bank-consortium MiCA euro stablecoin
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Developing / partnership established2025-12-02
- commercial
- Announced / exploring2026-05-19
A consortium of European banks formed Qivalis, an Amsterdam-based company seeking DNB authorisation as an e-money institution to issue a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin, planned for the second half of 2026; membership grew from nine founders (Sep 2025) to 37 banks (May 2026).
Scope: Founding members (Sep–Dec 2025) plus members named in the May 2026 expansion that we track; the consortium reports 37 members in total.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-24
Custody & trading · Belgium (EU/EEA MiCA)
Bitcoin and ether trading on Bolero (MiCA CASP notification)
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Unknown
- commercial
- Announced / exploring2026-01-15
KBC announced in January 2026 that from the week of 16 February 2026 Belgian retail investors could buy and sell crypto assets on its Bolero investment platform, saying it had submitted a full MiCA CASP notification.
Scope: Belgian retail investors on Bolero.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-24
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
- consortium:qivalis · named role (tracker) · consortium member
Qivalis: bank-consortium MiCA euro stablecoin — UniCredit (opens source in new tab)
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): European Union / EEA
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-05-20 · Status
Scope change: 25 more banks join (37 in total), incl. Erste Group, Intesa Sanpaolo, Nordea and Piraeus (status unchanged).
2026-01-15 · Status
Launch on Bolero announced for the week of 16 February 2026.
2025-12-02 · Status
Qivalis incorporated in Amsterdam; BNP Paribas joined on 1 Dec 2025.
2025-09-25 · Status
Nine banks announce a MiCAR-compliant euro stablecoin, expected to be first issued in 2H 2026.
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