7 Things you need to know about the AML/CFT Implementing Procedures to the Virtual Financial Assets Sector
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7 Things you need to know about the AML/CFT Implementing Procedures to the Virtual Financial Assets Sector

It is the moment all MLROs and Com­pli­ance Offi­cers with­in the local Vir­tu­al Finan­cial Asset sphere have been wait­ing for – the pub­li­ca­tion of the legal­ly bind­ing Imple­ment­ing Pro­ce­dures (IPs) (Part II) in rela­tion to the VFA sec­tor! Issued on the 3rd of Feb­ru­ary by the Finan­cial Intel­li­gence Analy­sis Unit, these Imple­ment­ing Pro­ce­dures set out...

Getting ready for an ICO in Malta
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Getting ready for an ICO in Malta

Hav­ing cho­sen Mal­ta as the place to set up an ICO giv­en all the reg­u­la­to­ry, lan­guage and the work­force tal­ent ben­e­fits asso­ci­at­ed with this juris­dic­tion, ICO busi­ness­es need to be aware that there are a num­ber of con­sid­er­a­tions which must be tak­en into account before the actu­al offer­ing of their cryp­to-asset to the pub­lic. These...

4 Different Crypto Licenses in Malta explained
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4 Different Crypto Licenses in Malta explained

A lot of hype is being gen­er­at­ed (and right­ly so!) about how Mal­ta is going to reg­u­late and licence vir­tu­al finan­cial assets (VFAs) when oth­er coun­tries are treat­ing VFAs as hot pota­toes. But what exact­ly IS reg­u­lat­ed licenced? Is it the VFA itself? Is it the com­pa­ny issu­ing the VFA? What about ser­vices relat­ing to...