Crypto readiness score
1/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-05
Only 1 of 3 status dimensions (commercial, regulatory, technical) are verified for this institution; at least 2 are required before a score is shown. We show this rather than guess.
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 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | 15 | Notified (MiCA Art. 60) · initiative |
| Technical delivery | 20 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-10-02 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Custody & trading · Malta (EU/EEA MiCA)
Sparkasse Bank Malta: MiCA Article 60 notification (custody, execution, RTO)
- regulatory
- Notified (MiCA Art. 60)2026-10-02
- technical
- Unknown
- commercial
- Unknown
Sparkasse Bank Malta Plc notified the MFSA under MiCA Article 60 on 2 October 2026 that it may provide crypto-asset custody and administration, execute orders and receive and transmit orders, according to ESMA’s interim register (MFSA acknowledgment noted in the register comment).
Scope: Malta; three MiCA services (custody, order execution, RTO).
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-05
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
- Notified (MiCA Art. 60) Sparkasse Bank Malta: MiCA Article 60 notification (custody, execution, RTO)
MFSA (Malta), ESMA · 2 Oct 2026
PrimaryESMA interim MiCA register — CASPs (row: Sparkasse Bank Malta Plc) (opens source in new tab)
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
No partner or provider named in our verified sources yet.
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
- 2026-10-02Primary record · European Securities and Markets AuthorityESMA interim MiCA register — CASPs (row: Sparkasse Bank Malta Plc) (opens source in new tab)
Markets (from stated target markets): European Union / EEA · Malta
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-10-02 · Status
Article 60 notification to the MFSA (ESMA interim register) for custody, execution and RTO.
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