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The Malta Financial Services Watchdog Issues Warning on Cryptocurrency Trading Platform

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The Malta Financial Services Authority has issued a warning against Primetradingbot, describing it a scheme of ‘dubious nature’. The Malta Financial Services Authority has warned that an online trading platform claiming to operate from Malta is not licenced by it and operates a “dubious” scheme. The entity flagged by the MFSA is called Primetradingbot and […]

Malta: Two-thirds Fail Cryptocurrency Agents Exam

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Nearly two-thirds of those applying for cryptocurrency agent certification failed the official assessment process despite last-second changes intended to boost the pass rate. Under the Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) Act coming into force in November, financial services practitioners looking to act as agents in the field, which includes cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, had to undergo a short […]

Malta Regulator Issues Virtual Assets

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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has now published a Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) Rulebook specifically pertaining to the regulation of Issuers of VFAs under the Virtual Financial Assets Act (VFAA). However, it seems that the publication of this rulebook has not got down very well with financial services providers who spoke to CCN. Some […]