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This architectural issue also ties to the notion of Privacy by Design as included within Article 25 of the GDPR.

Malta's Digital Economy is steadily on the rise. Since the 1990s, Malta has emerged as a dynamic force in the ICT Sector. The island's proactive approach in nurturing tech start-ups, fostering innovation...

Blockchain technology offers the opportunity to make shipping paperless, says Adrian Attard.

The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit has published a guidance note applicable to the banking sector and to subject persons carrying out activities involving cash deposits and or withdrawals.

While the market is still adapting to Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), the European Union (EU) has moved quickly to reshape the payments landscape...

Generally, cryptoassets, including cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, are transferrable digital assets which utilise DLT to verify and secure transactions without the intervention of any middleman, that is, a decentralised structure.

Considering the recent position paper on fund tokenisation issued by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), CCFundServices (CCFS) has entered a strategic alliance with Fume...

On 30 September 2025, the European Commission announced two complementary initiatives designed to advance the Savings and Investments Union ("SIU")...

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published draft regulatory technical standards recalibrating the clearing thresholds under EMIR 3, fundamentally shifting the framework from a distinction between OTC...

For decades, digital trust has relied on a foundational assumption: that the cryptographic systems securing financial infrastructure are effectively unbreakable within any realistic business horizon. That assumption is now being re‑examined.

While we live in an age of exponential technological in­novation, true black-swan breakthroughs are still rare.

Tax law, practice and jurisprudence are struggling to keep up with the rapidly evolving space of digital technology. Web 3.0, crypto, NFTs and blockchain technologies...

In the world of cryptocurrencies, the term "mining" has become synonymous with the creation and validation of digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Organisations should approach blockchain technology in a very similar manner.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its Peer Review report for the period 2022 to 2024 in relation to authorisation of EMIs and Payment Services applications under PSD2. This report is a follow-up on the outcomes of its predecessor report.

Following the issue of a consultation document which presented the Malta Financial Services Authority's ("MFSA") proposals on the Systems Audit and Live Replication Server requirements laid down in Chapter 3 of the Virtual Financial Assets Rulebook.

Following the issue of a Consultation Document (the ‘Consultation Document'), on the 15th October 2019, presenting the MFSA's proposals on the Systems Audit and Live Replication Server requirements laid down in Chapter 3.

On the 6th of January 2025 the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA") published...