News Malta: Malta's financial regulator explores bringing parts of DeFi under MiCA's orbit
Malta's financial regulator is exploring how decentralized finance (DeFi) could fit within the European Union's MiCA framework. The MFSA said many DeFi projects retain several centralized features in ...
News Malta: Malta imports almost double exports in 2024
VALLETTA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Malta's imports nearly doubled the amount it exported throughout 2024, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Statistics Office (NSO). The figures revealed ...
News Malta: Malta prices hit Tk550 per kg in Ctg as supply tightens despite higher imports
Traders claim Bangladesh’s daily demand is around 15-20 containers of malta, but only six to seven containers have been reaching the market each day over the past 10-15 days.
News Malta: Malta Inc. Announces Strategic Alliance and Investment with Kobe Steel to Strengthen Industrial Competitiveness and Advance Decarbonization
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 14, 2026--Malta Inc. & Kobe Steel announce a strategic alliance and investment to advance industrial heat pump technology & accelerate decarbonization.
News Malta: A US tourist in Malta has been refused a life-saving abortion, and is struggling to get permission to fly
Seattle couple Andrea Prudente and Jay Weeldreyer were celebrating the upcoming birth of their first child in the Mediterranean when Prudente began bleeding heavily. She was 16 weeks pregnant. Doctors ...
News Malta: Malta Bitcoin Schizophrenia: Government and Banks Send Mixed Signals
MSFA is the country’s main financial regulator, and it appears to be seeking guidance on how to proceed with financial innovations, be they initial coin offerings (ICOs), cryptocurrencies (referred to ...
News Malta: UPDATE ON STRATEGIC REVIEW OF HSBC BANK MALTA P.L.C.
Press Release 15 August 2025 UPDATE ON STRATEGIC REVIEW OF HSBC BANK MALTA P.L.C. Further to the strategic review of HSBC’s shareholding in HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c., a preferred bidder has been identified and HSBC Continental Europe has entered into exclusive discussions with CrediaBank S.A. (formerly known as Attica Bank) for a limited period with regard to selling its majority shareholding in HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c. No agreement has yet been reached, and the strategic review remains ongoing. Cont
News Malta: Malta Digital Exchange Relocates Operations to Malta Stock Exchange Premises
Malta Digital Exchange (MDX) is moving in with the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) in contemplation of the launch of its digital exchange division, the Times of Malta reported on March 5. MDX is reportedly in the process of obtaining a securities license to promote a multilateral trading platform that will introduce a secondary market for digital assets trading.
News Malta: No Insider Trading, Market Manipulation and Misleading Ads - Malta's New Crypto Law
A number of issues that can have an impact on traders and exchanges pop up when examining the new crypto law in Malta. A prohibition on insider trading, market manipulation and misleading ICO ads or whitepapers.
News Malta: Bittrex Launches Malta-Based ‘International’ Trading Platform, Minus US Customers
Bittrex International is launching a digital trading platform that will feature a “streamlined” token approval process and focus on international customers, the company’s blog revealed Monday, Oct. 29. The new platform will operate within the regulatory framework established by the E.U. and Maltese Government, using Malta’s Virtual Financial Assets Act (VFA) in particular. In 12 months the company is planning to apply to the Malta Financial Services Authority to become a regulated virtual financial asset exchange.
News Malta: Malta AML expert discusses how country is staying ahead of EU AML rules
Elena Tabone, deputy director of Malta’s Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU), first joined the unit in 2015 as a compliance officer with a background in insurance. Her role focuses on ...
News Malta: Prime Minister of Malta Dr. Joseph Muscat to UN: Cryptocurrencies – the Inevitable Future of Money
Last week, the Prime Minister of Malta, Dr. Joseph Muscat, addressed the United Nation’s General Assembly. As part of this speech, Dr. Muscat advocating on behalf of new technologies which “pose ...
News Malta: Malta's Prime Minister Tells UN That Crypto Is the 'Inevitable Future of Money'
The Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, has said that cryptocurrencies are the “inevitable future of money,” and that blockchain can galvanize a more transparent and equitable society. The Prime Minister made his remarks in a speech addressed to the general debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the U.N. September 27.
News Malta: Malta : MFSA Advances Financial Sector Resilience with New Anti-Fraud Alliance and Insurance Oversight Review
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has taken significant steps so far in April 2026 to bolster consumer protection and regulatory standards across the island’s financial landscape. On 8 ...
News Malta: Malta’s ‘trial of the century’ revives interest in murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
On the steps of the courts of justice in Valletta, there is a bronze statue of Malta’s late president. A bundle of papers in one hand, Guido de Marco stands on a plinth, looking out at passersby in ...
News Malta: Live Nation Enters Malta Market with 365 Entertainment Deal
Live Nation Entertainment has officially entered the Malta market with the acquisition of a stake in 365 Entertainment Group. The Malta promoter is also the operator of the country’s largest club, Uno ...
News Malta: Malta’s Financial Watchdog Warns Global Investors Against ‘Bitcoin Revolution’ Scam
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued a warning against an alleged global scam scheme known as “Bitcoin Revolution,” according to an official document published today, Jan. 25. The fraudulent entity also reportedly promotes its scheme by using advertising on unspecified social media platforms that redirects users to pages containing a number of prominent local personalities that claim to make large profits from crypto investments. The MFSA has stressed that to date no entity is authorized under its Virtual Financial Assets Act (VFA), which was passed in July 2018 to date.
News Malta: Crypto.com Becomes Malta's First Licensed Digital Currency Exchange to Offer Bank Transfers
The digital asset trading platform Crypto.com has announced the firm has become the first global cryptocurrency exchange to obtain an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the Malta ...
