Cryptocurrency

This article was written by Dr. Christina Scicluna & Dr. Jonathan Tonna. A new land of opportunity for stakeholders in the cryptocurrency revolution has emerged. The Maltese Parliament has, on Friday 20th July approved three new pieces of legislation, laying the foundations for Malta's so-called "Innovative Technology" sector, and establishing the smallest EU member state as one of only a handful of jurisdictions worldwide with a fully regulated industry for businesses operating in distributed ledger technology ("DLT") sector.  The content of the three laws have been discussed in previous Mamo TCV publications, particularly as they pertain to the regulation of ICO and cryptocurrency exchanges. What…

This article was written by Dr. Luke Mizzi & Dr. Paul Felice. The Maltese Parliament has approved and enacted three Acts aimed at regulating Distributed Ledger Technology (hereafter referred to as "DLT") and the services ancillary thereto. One of the said Acts is the Virtual Financial Assets Act (hereafter referred to as the "VFA Act") which regulates, amongst other aspects, the issuing of ICO/Virtual Financials Assets, (hereafter referred to as a 'VFAs') in or from within Malta.One of the central activities regulated by the VFA Act is the setting up and operation of a DLT exchange and a VFA exchange. The VFA…

This article was written by Dr. Luke Mizzi & Dr. Paul Felice. The Maltese Parliament has approved and enacted three Acts aimed at regulating Distributed Ledger Technology (hereafter referred to as "DLT") and the services ancillary thereto. One of the said Acts is the Virtual Financial Assets Act (hereafter referred to as the "VFA Act") which regulates, amongst other aspects, the issuing of ICO/Virtual Financials Assets, (hereafter referred to as a 'VFAs') in or from within Malta.One of the central activities regulated by the VFA Act is the setting up and operation of a DLT exchange and a VFA exchange. The VFA…

This article was written by Dr. Christina Scicluna & Dr. Jonathan Tonna. A new land of opportunity for stakeholders in the cryptocurrency revolution has emerged. The Maltese Parliament has, on Friday 20th July approved three new pieces of legislation, laying the foundations for Malta's so-called "Innovative Technology" sector, and establishing the smallest EU member state as one of only a handful of jurisdictions worldwide with a fully regulated industry for businesses operating in distributed ledger technology ("DLT") sector.  The content of the three laws have been discussed in previous Mamo TCV publications, particularly as they pertain to the regulation of ICO and cryptocurrency exchanges. What…