Business plan case study
Compliance-first business plan for a regulated crypto firm
Produce a comprehensive, compliance-first business plan positioning a non-custodial crypto-services firm for MiCA authorisation in the EU.
What we did
- Ran market and industry analysis: crypto market sizing, the European peer-to-peer landscape, adoption trends and a clearly defined market problem.
- Built the regulatory and compliance framework: MiCA alignment, KYC and AML with automated identity verification and risk scoring, GDPR data protection and continuous internal audits.
- Documented the non-custodial business model and commission-based revenue structure with a full order-execution process flow.
- Prepared a financial performance review and multi-year forecasts covering revenue, staffing, salary and employment cost, and an operational cost breakdown by category.
- Designed a licensing roadmap with quarterly milestones and an AML / CFT controls framework, including suspicious-activity reporting to the national financial-intelligence unit.
- Developed governance and risk-management measures, a stress-test scenario, and a multi-rail business-continuity and disaster-recovery plan.
What was delivered
- A complete multi-section business plan, compliance-first throughout.
- Market overview and regulatory-framework sections (MiCA, KYC / AML, GDPR).
- Business model, governance and risk-management sections with a stress-test scenario.
- A financial forecast set, a licensing roadmap and an AML / CFT controls framework.
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