EU Regulator Identifies Gaps in Malta Crypto Licensing Practices
The post EU Regulator Identifies Gaps in Malta Crypto Licensing Practices appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Malta crypto licensing under scrutiny as ESMA finds weak oversight areas. ESMA wants uniform crypto rules across EU under new MiCA regulation. Europe aims to lead digital finance with tighter checks and trusted rules. Malta’s way of giving licenses to crypto firms is now under review. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a new report on Thursday. This report indicates that there are weak areas in the way the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) verifies and licenses crypto asset service providers (CASPs). ESMA Pushes EU Crypto Rule Uniformity with Malta Review The review is included as a larger initiative to ensure uniformity of crypto regulations in the European Union, which is run by ESMA. The principal guide to this is the new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). This review is part of ESMA’s bigger plan to keep crypto rules the same across the European Union. In a positive light, the report notes that Malta MFSA is adequately staffed and continues to monitor crypto companies. However, there were apparent issues in the review as well. In one illustration, it can lead to licensing issues because the MFSA often licenses without resolving certain major problems. Besides, the review states that there are important areas that were not given much emphasis. These are the speed at which the companies are intending to expand, how they manage the conflict of interest, how they carry out their day-to-day work, and the strength of their technology. In spite of these gaps, ESMA observed that the technical skills of Malta team are good. They are also amenable to cooperating with other EU regulators. The cooperation is crucial since the crypto market transforms rapidly and impacts a vast number of countries simultaneously. After this, the report states the rationale of the review. It is not the…
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Malta crypto licensing under scrutiny as ESMA finds weak oversight areas. ESMA wants uniform crypto rules across EU under new MiCA regulation. Europe aims to lead digital finance with tighter checks and trusted rules. Malta’s way of giving licenses to crypto firms is now under review. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a new report on Thursday. This report indicates that there are weak areas in the way the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) verifies and licenses crypto asset service providers (CASPs). ESMA Pushes EU Crypto Rule Uniformity with Malta Review The review is included as a larger initiative to ensure uniformity of crypto regulations in the European Union, which is run by ESMA. The principal guide to this is the new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). This review is part of ESMA’s bigger plan to keep crypto rules the same across the European Union. In a positive light, the report notes that Malta MFSA is adequately staffed and continues to monitor crypto companies. However, there were apparent issues in the review as well. In one illustration, it can lead to licensing issues because the MFSA often licenses without resolving certain major problems. Besides, the review states that there are important areas that were not given much emphasis. These are the speed at which the companies are intending to expand, how they manage the conflict of interest, how they carry out their day-to-day work, and the strength of their technology. In spite of these gaps, ESMA observed that the technical skills of Malta team are good. They are also amenable to cooperating with other EU regulators. The cooperation is crucial since the crypto market transforms rapidly and impacts a vast number of countries simultaneously. After this, the report states the rationale of the review. It is not the…
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