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Bitpanda secures its third MiCA license, in Austria, expanding its regulatory footprint across the EU as questions emerge over multi-license necessity.
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Malta News
Malta is an island country in southern Europe. It is one of the smallest states in terms of area and population, with 317 square kilometers of territory and 460,000 citizens. Malta is one of the richest states in terms of GDP per capita, having an innovation-driven, advanced, highly industrialized and service-based economy. Malta has no Bitcoin regulations. There are no restrictions on exchange, mining, trading and investing in Bitcoin in Malta. Also, Malta has no issued Bitcoin tax. The Maltese government sees cryptocurrency and blockchain as promising and useful technologies that should be promoted and studied. Joseph Muscat — the prime minister of Malta — announced an approved national strategy for Bitcoin and blockchain technology promotion. The Maltese government especially focuses on blockchain immutability and decentralization for information storage.
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MiCA-licensed OKX has significantly improved compliance in the past 18 months, but the Maltese regulator said it could not ignore its past failures.
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After setting up a dedicated MiCA hub in Malta in July 2024, OKX crypto exchange is inching toward receiving a full MiCA license.
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The biggest challenge in MiCA compliance was allocating resources to build the required infrastructure, Gemini’s head of Europe said.
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Polish authorities have issued a cautionary alert on Crypto.com’s operations, citing possible regulatory noncompliance but stopping short of a ban.
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A Class 3 VFAA license will allow Socios.com to provide any digital asset service and hold or control clients’ assets as they provide virtual financial asset services.
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Samara Asset Group CEO Patrick Lowry said “it would be a dream” to stack as much Bitcoin as MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor.
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Malta has joined France and other EU nations in revising its existing crypto regulatory policies to align with MiCA, which comes into effect in December 2024.
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A state commission recommended that New Hampshire eliminate the gray area in which cryptocurrency companies currently operate.
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A new study by Uswitch revealed which countries are ready to embrace the metaverse by more technical standards, such as fixed broadband speeds and prices.
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The island nations of Malta and Cyprus are still ahead of their bigger neighbors when it comes to crypto regulation.
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Iconic Funds claims its index fund will be Europe’s first with direct exposure to crypto assets listed on a regulated market.
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CEO Hong Fang said Okcoin was focused on Europe as part of the firm's global growth plans.
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“Portraying this sector as one which is not subject to adequate supervision is not a reflection of reality and does not do justice to the work and efforts of the MFSA and VFA Agents,” said the VFA Agents Business Unit.
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The Financial Action Task Force, a membership body of 37 jurisdictions and two regional organizations, has flagged Malta’s initial push to attract cryptocurrency business as “problematic.”
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