A huge palazzo in the heart of Malta’s capital, Valletta, is now up for grabs with a €3 million price tag. The snag, however, is that the property can only be purchased with cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has acquired a 10% stake in Malta-based blockchain company Palladium, the Times of Malta reported.
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has now published a Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) Rulebook specifically pertaining to the regulation of Issuers of VFAs under the Virtual Financial Assets Act (VFAA).
Yet another cryptocurrency exchange is joining the growing list of blockchain and crypto companies setting up in Malta, which calls itself ‘the Blockchain Island.’
Malta is ready to welcome the delegates, speakers and companies at one of the biggest gambling and blockchain events - Malta Blockchain Summit.
Malta, the ‘Blockchain Island,’ is currently top of the list of those countries when it comes to cryptocurrency exchange trading volume, a new study has found.
AlphaBit CryptoCurrency (ABCC) Exchange, currently based in Singapore, recently announced that it will be setting up an office in Malta.
Berlin-based Neufund and Polish cryptocurrency exchange BitBay have teamed up to set up what they are claiming will be Malta’s first cryptocurrency to fiat exchange.
The consultation exercise to implement the three virtual currency and blockchain bills into Maltese legislation continues at a fast pace with further developments going on almost on a weekly basis.
Founders Bank has been marketing itself as the world’s first decentralized and community-owned bank, yet the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) said it wasn't aware that the company has been publicly—and illegally—calling itself as a "bank."
The Malta Financial Services Authority is currently involved in a consultation exercise to ensure that all stakeholders are well informed on what the three blockchain and crypto laws that were passed recently, entail.
The laws may have been passed, but the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector in Malta will have to wait a little bit longer before they can start operations.
