EU Regulators & Authorities

Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)

Malta NCA for MiCA — established crypto-asset supervisory experience from the 2018 Virtual Financial Assets Act.

Definition

The MFSA is the Maltese financial services regulator. Malta was an early-mover on crypto-asset regulation with the 2018 Virtual Financial Assets Act. Under MiCA the MFSA applies its established VFA supervisory experience to CASP authorisation; substance bar is moderate.