Original Vantegris data from the License Index, updated 2026-10-18
The state of gaming & crypto licensing in 2026
The high-risk licensing industry runs on public registers, and almost nobody reads them end to end. We do, every week, straight from the regulators. This page is the roll-up: the headline figures across every register we track, free to cite with attribution.
Key figures
- As of 2026-10-18, Vantegris tracks 7,945 active gaming and crypto licences across 14 official regulator registers. Those registers hold 9,611 records in total, including revoked, expired and ceased entries.
- Of the active licences, 4,879 are gaming or gambling licences and 3,066 are crypto or VASP licences.
- The largest single register Vantegris tracks is FINTRAC's MSB registry, with 2,568 active licences (Canada).
- The fastest-growing register so far in 2026 is FINTRAC's MSB registry, with 1,056 new licences issued this year.
- Across the registers that publish issue dates, 2,110 new licences have been issued so far in 2026.
- 303 licences across these registers are marked revoked, expired or ceased, which is why a licence list needs re-checking against the live register before anyone relies on it.
By register
Every figure below is the official regulator register, mirrored and normalised by Vantegris. Each links to the full dataset with a machine-readable JSON download.
| Register | Type | Active | Issued 2026 | Revoked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anjouan Gaming Licence Registry | Gaming | 1,295 | +491 | — |
| Curaçao (LOK) Online Gaming Licence Registry | Gaming | 613 | +220 | 47 |
| Kahnawake Client Provider Authorizations | Gaming | 234 | — | — |
| Tobique Gaming Licence Holders | Gaming | 167 | — | — |
| Isle of Man Online Gambling Licence Holders | Gaming | 50 | — | — |
| UKGC Remote Gambling Licensees | Gaming | 2,140 | +109 | — |
| Malta Gaming Authority Licensee Register | Gaming | 311 | — | — |
| Ontario iGaming Registered Operators | Gaming | 49 | — | — |
| Alderney (AGCC) eGambling Licensees | Gaming | 20 | — | — |
| EU MiCA CASP Register | Crypto | 376 | +215 | — |
| Dubai VARA Public Register | Crypto | 59 | +19 | — |
| Hong Kong SFC Licensed VATPs | Crypto | 13 | — | — |
| Canada Crypto MSBs (FINTRAC) | Crypto | 2,568 | +1,056 | 256 |
| EU Stablecoin Issuers (MiCA EMT) | Crypto | 50 | — | — |
Methodology & citation
Figures are counted from each regulator's own public register, pulled weekly and normalised into a common schema. "Active" follows each regulator's own status wording (valid, active, authorised, licensed, granted or registered). Counts change between weekly pulls; verify a specific operator against the source register before relying on it. Reuse under CC BY 4.0.
Cite this page
Vantegris (2026). The State of Gaming & Crypto Licensing in 2026. Vantegris License Index. Retrieved 2026-10-18 from https:/
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