What’s next for Malta’s FinTech and virtual assets landscape?
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Malta claims one of the world’s most advanced digital‑assets frameworks and reports an ESMA peer review: overall positive praising MFSA expertise and supervision. The regulator lists about 30 VFA licenses and 6–7 CASP licenses, says CASP approvals can be fast if MiCA/DORA readiness is shown, and warns DORA raises the compliance bar. PSD2/EMI rules force many CASPs to seek PI/EMI status by March 2026; MFSA proposes a simplified, reuse‑based authorization and pushes tokenization via the EU DT pilot and B2B specialization.
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