Category: malta

  • Wanchain (WAN) Support Added to Binance Trust Wallet

    Cryptocurrency wallet Binance Trust users will enjoy wallet support for Wanchain, the decentralized interoperability asset transfer protocol, as stated on an announcement on Sept. 26. As announced, the integration combines Binance’s secure mobile offering with Wanchain’s cross-blockchain payments solution. With the addition, Wanchain joins an exhaustive list of cryptocurrencies supported by the Trust Wallet–including obscure ERC20…

  • PR: Crypto Exchange Bleutrade Confirms Its Presence In Malta

    PR: Crypto Exchange Bleutrade Confirms Its Presence In Malta

    This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. The company, founded in Brazil, emerged in 2014 in the…

  • Bittrex to Launch Crypto Exchange in Malta Next Month

    Bittrex to Launch Crypto Exchange in Malta Next Month

    US-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is reportedly launching a crypto exchange in Malta at the beginning of next month. Bittrex says the new platform will allow them to list coins “a lot faster.” It will operate within the regulatory framework established by the European Union and the Maltese government. Also read: 160 Crypto Exchanges Seek to Enter…

  • Paris Saint-Germain Soccer Club to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency

    Paris Saint-Germain Soccer Club to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency

    Through blockchain and cryptocurrency, it’s becoming easier for communities to interact and exchange value with each other in an efficient, trustless way. In the sports industry, cryptocurrency is enabling fans to participate in the decisions of their favorite teams. PSG Partners With Socios Based in Malta, Socios is a tokenized sports voting platform that aims to…

  • The Daily: Malta Sees No Issue With Unlicensed Crypto Firms, Valletta Mansion on Sale for Crypto

    The Daily: Malta Sees No Issue With Unlicensed Crypto Firms, Valletta Mansion on Sale for Crypto

    Malta is not worried about crypto companies operating while their applications for licenses are still pending as the loophole does not mean they are free from obligations under the current regulations, officials from the island nation commented. Also in The Daily, a €3 million palazzo in Valletta has been put up for sale and the…

  • South Africa Reserve Bank Wins Award for Blockchain Payments System

    South Africa Reserve Bank Wins Award for Blockchain Payments System

    After successfully trialing blockchain-based payments for wholesale interbank settlement, South Africa’s central bank has scooped up the award for Best Distributed Ledger Initiative at Central Banking’s “FinTech RegTech Global Awards 2018.” Central Banking, a global research and intelligence watchdog for the world’s reserve banks, lauded and awarded the South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) for “Project…

  • [ANN] Explore Blockchain Hubs Around the World with ‘CryptoSlate Places’

    [ANN] Explore Blockchain Hubs Around the World with ‘CryptoSlate Places’

    The blockchain community is undoubtedly a global, decentralized assortment of people and companies working collectively on an ever increasing wide scope of projects and potential use cases. Accordingly, the extensive breadth of valuable blockchain information can be quite difficult to parse. In an effort to unify and integrate this domain, our newest feature, CryptoSlate Places, is designed…

  • More Than 250 Coders to Battle at Malta Blockchain Summit

    More Than 250 Coders to Battle at Malta Blockchain Summit

    More than 250 developers will be hacking their way through Blockchain Island’s inaugural Malta Blockchain Summit, yet the organizers of the event’s official Hackathon are calling for more talent to join, what it describes as, the “hottest coding competition around.” Malta to Welcome Industry Heavyweights, Aspiring Developers Opening just prior to the government-backed conference, Oct.…

  • University of Malta to Launch €300,000 Blockchain Scholarship

    University of Malta to Launch €300,000 Blockchain Scholarship

    Few governments may be pushing harder to cultivate a regulatory blockchain oasis than Malta, whose top-down enthusiasm for the emerging technology now seems to have spread to the world of academia. In joint sponsorship, the University of Malta and the Malta Information Technology Agency have unveiled a €300,000 blockchain and distributed technology (DLT) scholarship fund…

  • ZBX CEO Puts His Money on Malta, Says “Come and Operate in Our Jurisdiction”

    ZBX CEO Puts His Money on Malta, Says “Come and Operate in Our Jurisdiction”

    As a handful of states scramble for the first draw in a pro-blockchain regulatory arms race, the CEO of Malta-based, “regulation-ready” cryptocurrency exchange ZBX has claimed the Maltese government’s plans may be forging a crypto-utopia like no other. Speaking in an interview with Bitcoin Club Malta, chief executive David Pulis painted the tiny island as…