DLT Malta

Blockchain technology and many Distributed Ledger Technology applications amongst them Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have become a huge growth area in IT across all sectors in recent years. However many DLT applications have struggled to find a coherent regulatory framework to exist within.

In the space of several years, the small independent archipelago nation of Malta has vaulted into the digital conscious as the Blockchain Island, thanks to a public/private vision led by the Prime Minister.

Created by industry association Blockchain Malta, this book is a review of the thinking behind the Blockchain Island and its strategy.

With a Foreword by the Prime Minister, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation, this is the book which discusses Blockchain thinking by one of the world's pioneering jursidctions in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology and its myriad potential applications.

The book is edited by the author of the original fintech bestseller, "Capital Market Revolution!" Patrick L Young who chairs the Blockchain Malta Association, ably assisted by a local expert Joseph Anthony Debono.

Contributors include:

Ramona Azzopardi, Tyron Baron, Leonard Bonello, Diane Bugeja, Christopher Buttigieg, Charlene Cassar, Joshua Ellul, Jean Paul Fabri, Stephanie Fabri, Kenneth Farrugia, Max Ganado, Ian Gauci, Joseph Muscat, Simon Mercieca, Gordon Pace, Gerd Sapiano, Silvio Schembri, Lara Tanti, Sophia Tillie, Rachel Vella Baldacchino, and David Zammit.