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Most Cryptocurrency Trading Is Moving to Malta, at Least Legally

Photographer: Daro Sulakauri/Bloomberg

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Digital-coin exchanges have found a new haven in an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.

Most cryptocurrency trading now happens on marketplaces based in Malta, the European island nation that’s seeking to boost its fortunes by becoming one of the world’s friendliest jurisdictions for a sector that’s caused concern among other regulators.