Tagged: albert isola

April 27, 2022 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

HM Government of Gibraltar has published new regulations aiming to set a standard for market integrity in the digital asset sector.  The goal is to the prevention of market manipulation and insider trading as well as additional disclosure and outlined trading standards. According to a… Read More

June 28, 2021 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Gibraltar Finance, the business development arm of HM Government of Gibraltar, is partnering with NFT Vision Hack, to encourage creative solutions to the NFT [non-fungible token] sector.  The global hackathon takes place from July 3 to August 30, 2021. Gibraltar has long sought to position… Read More

November 3, 2020 @ 7:58 am By JD Alois  |  

HM Government of Gibraltar has joined the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) an industry association for the blockchain technology industry. Gibraltar has targeted the digital asset sector of Fintech – including digital securities and cryptocurrency. The jurisdiction has created a digital asset friendly ecosystem in… Read More

September 17, 2020 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) reports that it is updating its regulatory approach pertaining to Distributed Ledger Technology Providers (DLT). Gibraltar describes the update as a “natural evolution of the defined regulatory principles.” Gibraltar was quick to embrace digital assets – both securities and cryptocurrencies…. Read More

August 27, 2020 @ 7:58 am By JD Alois  |  

HM Government of Gibraltar has issued a statement welcoming Gibraltar-domiciled company INX, a digital securities issuer that is kicking off its security token offering this week.  Gibraltar is a self-governing and self-financing democracy that is a British Overseas Territory. The country has targeted the digital… Read More

April 12, 2020 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Albert Isola, Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services, has confirmed that the territory will be introducing regulatory guidelines specifically for eliminating or reducing market manipulation – which is allegedly being carried out by crypto and blockchain companies. Isola explained in a recent interview with… Read More

September 5, 2019 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Huobi, an Asia based digital asset trading and management platform, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Gibraltar. According to a release, Huobi University has signed an MoU with Albert Isola MP, Gibraltar’s Minister for Commerce. A document was formally exchanged… Read More

October 18, 2018 @ 7:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

According to the GFSC, Gibraltar “is committed to being a sound and safe place to do business with and is considering a complementary regulatory framework covering the promotion and sale of tokens, aligned with the DLT framework.” As expected, crypto platforms are taking advantage the… Read More

December 15, 2017 @ 12:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) announced on Friday it has published new rules for a finance service license dedicated to fintech firms using blockchain distributed ledger technology. The GFSC shared that from the 1st January 2018, any firm carrying out by way of business,… Read More

October 15, 2017 @ 4:17 pm By Joey Garcia and Joshua Ashley Klayman  |  

  On September 22, 2017, the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) issued a Statement on Initial Coin Offerings (ICO).   With the GFSC Statement, Gibraltar joined a growing number of jurisdictions that have provided token sale guidance, including, among others, the United States, Canada,  Singapore,  Hong… Read More