While Initial Coin Offerings were recently only much discussed among crypto fans and commonly considered to be scams, they are now receiving more and more attention from the general public. As venture capital firms and start-ups explore whether they are suitable as alternative forms of financing, conservative and institutional investors are also beginning to take...
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...
Let’s start off by comparing the evolution of the internet with the evolution of blockchain to understand the whole concept of Blockchain and how the world could shift towards digitisation, and potentially change; here is all you need to know. The internet as we know it was first launched in 1994 and people were sceptic...
The Maltese financial supervisory authority MFSA warns the public against a fraudulent online provider called “Bitcoin Revolution”. In the statement from 25 January on the MFSA website, attention is drawn to the illegal activities of the company. The previously unknown perpetrators advertise their project on a variety of domains, most recently on the website https://the-bitcoin-revolution.org....
For innovative start-ups and tech companies working with blockchain and DLT technology, choosing the right operating site is not easy. Unclear legal frameworks, often sceptical regulatory authorities or inadequate infrastructure can represent significant obstacles to the company’s development and growth. One country stands out here as a particularly striking positive example: Malta. Known as “Blockchain...
Security Token Offerings — “STOs” — are currently one of the hottest topics in the blockchain scene. Some experts even claim that they are “The Next Big Thing” and predict that they will soon outgrow ICOs in number and investment volume. But is that actually true? Or is it more of a hype than reality?...
In the second part of our three-part series on crypto-exchanges, we described the central challenges and problems that the exchange markets are currently facing. We then described the “Blockchain Island” Malta as an attractive location where crypto exchanges are welcomed with open arms and benefit from a clear legal framework and the possibility of obtaining...
Crypto-exchanges are currently the most exciting area of the crypto-sphere. In the first article of our three-part series about crypto-exchanges we have therefore focused on their basic functionality and properties. In addition, we considered advantages and disadvantages of central and decentralized exchanges. Whether centralized or decentralized, crypto-exchanges are confronted with a multitude of problems and...
Crypto currency exchanges are becoming more and more popular. That’s little surprise: the greater the number of crypto currencies or tokens in circulation, the more important the ability to freely and efficiently trade individual tokens for another. As more and more venture capital firms and institutional investors discover the market for digital assets as an...
What has been achieved with the focus on blockchain technology, the adoption of an innovative framework for distributed ledger technology and the organisation of blockchain conferences — namely to position Malta as “Blockchain Island” — is now to serve as an example for a new initiative. Malta is to receive a national strategy for artificial...
