When Form Follows Substance

JAMES CATANIA SPEAKS TO THE BLOCK’S IVAN BORG ABOUT A MORE RATIONAL APPROACH TO CRYPTO.

Intelliblock, with James Catania at the helm, has been on an impressive streak of late. As a long-serving veteran in tech, and a man with many strings to his bow, he is a hardnosed workhorse who eschews excessive selfpromotion. Even before embarking on his journey in blockchain, James Catania had already put together a pretty storied career. He’s been working in the IT industry since 1997, having started to code at the age of six. He went on to work with some of the biggest companies in world, and eventually wound up in Geneva working as a consultant on security with the United Nations. His experience in encryption turned out to be a massive asset when James was introduced to blockchain and decided to take the leap.

I ask James if there’s any way to determine the likely success or failure of an ICO, but his response is measured. He explains that it is hard to determine if, how, and why and ICO would or wouldn’t turn out successfully. In fact, the factors seem to shift quite fluidly in these early days of the tech. “It’s very hard to say what determines the success or failure of an ICO,” James explains. “It varies with the market and its progression. The success factors are shifting and changing all the time. The jurisdiction chosen does make a difference, that’s why we’re seeing a lot of people coming to Malta. It’s fully regulated now, and that does help”.

However, he does identify other ‘clues’ he looks for when he evaluates ICOs. “The success and failure of an ICO is determined by the real strength of the project, and whether it actually needs blockchain to run,” James tells me. “We have a 100% success rate on ICOs to date because we have a very strict vetting process”.

He still believes the business background of the key players behind an ICO is a key consideration, starting with who backs the initiative, to where the advice is coming from – “Although most of the companies seem like start-ups, very successful ICOs are usually backed by very serious business individuals with lots of experience in successful business. The biggest determining factor, believe it or not, is the team of advisors who is guiding you through the ICO process. Obviously there’s a lot of attention given to marketing, because you can have the best product in the world but if no one knows about it, you’re not going to get funded”.

James, however, reminds me to beware of false prophets. “There’s still a bit of a play on the celebrity advisors,” he tells me. “We’re very against the celebrity advisor trend. We believe that it would eventually be more of a detriment to a project than a success factor”. James’ warning against relying on celebrities for advice somewhat typifies him – he always expects style to be backed by substance.

James explains why the process of sourcing the right advice is such a big issue. “Like every new technology, at the very beginning, everyone claims they’re an expert,” he tells me. “Unfortunately, as you know, that’s not always the case. That’s why it’s hard to get real advice”. James tells me that even seasoned businessmen can fall into this trap, as the space is new and there is a technical deficit that needs to be addressed – “What we actually recommend is to actually call, crosscheck references and not just go on word of mouth”. He also makes a similar recommendation, in fairness, when it comes to would-be investors – it always pays to do your homework. “There is a lot of what we call industry noise,” James continues. “There is just so much noise out there, but this won’t last long. In about a year’s time, all the small wannabes will just die out because they just don’t have the capability, and clients will eventually get more familiar with the technology. Once there is more knowledge out there, this will become a much clearer industry”.

I ask him about his vision for Intelliblock. “Our vision is to make as many partnerships as we can, across the globe – that’s why we’re travelling so much.” says James. “We just finalised an agreement in China. Now we’re in Turkey trying to do the same thing. We’re trying to scale up slowly but surely”.

I ask him what he considers Intelliblock’s core mission to be. “Our core mission is to provide real expertise, advice and quality advice based on experience. One of the major policies at Intelliblock is we never call ourselves ‘experts’, we let other people do that. We like to think we know what we’re doing, because we’re one of the most experienced companies in Europe, especially on blockchain solutions. Our core mission is to help our clients achieve their project goals. Our catchphrase is ‘We simply deliver’, because that’s what our mission is – to deliver. One of our biggest clients was in a pinch recently, because they trusted a bunch of amateurs. Intelliblock stepped in and cleaned up the mess in about five days – and a few sleepless nights!”

“As for Malta as a primary jurisdiction, the legislation is out and it’s very good. They have done a very good job of it, but now we need to move forward. There’s a need to get the infrastructure ready. Everything will come into effect in October”. James warns against adding restrictive measures to the current regime that would translate into an overly onerous additional burden – if such an industry is over-regulated in Malta, efforts to establish itself as its most competitive jurisdiction will be for naught: “We highly recommend a light touch on regulation. We need clarity and transparency, but also balance”. However, James’ view on the new legislation is overwhelmingly positive – and he hopes that when they come into force it will be less complicated for blockchain enterprise to interact with ‘traditional’ legacy banks.

I talk to James about the upcoming release of version 2.0 of the Teros platform, which is something of a big entry on the Intelliblock platform. It’s designed to handle both STOs (Security Token Offerings) as well as ICOs. “We’re accepting KYC and client accounts for individuals, corporate accounts and accredited investor accounts. They all have their own KYC and on-boarding process, which is completely independent and suited to the requirements for the different jurisdictions that it runs. We are accepting KYC procedures for over 121 jurisdictions”. James points out that Teros 2.0 can issue and accept funding a wide variety of tokens, which is a real strong competitive advantage for such a platform. He expects it to be exceptionally well-received.

James Catania’s earnest personal style is earning rave reviews for Intelliblock – and is exceptionally on brand for a company that doesn’t promise activity without accomplishment, but actual delivery. In an industry full of the self-styled, his approach is uniquely refreshing. Our conversation was a case of being taken to school – one that emphasises the substance at the heart of blockchain.

IN MALTA’S BLOCKCHAIN ECOSYSTEM

See the world from a new perspective with Soft Galaxy Virtual Reality platform: 4PlayVR. We unravel behavior in 360 VR content, tracking across mobile devices and VR headsets to increase conversion, improve engagement and enable retention. 4PlayVR has the mission to change the way people interact with each other. The official ICO launch will be made at Malta Blockchain Summit on 1-2 November 2018.

www.4playvr.com www.aetoken.io

AEToken provides blockchain enabled secure payment solutions for the affiliate marketing industry. Affiliate marketing is the primary lead driver for the Casino, Gaming and Adult industry and AEToken revolutionises these processes by eliminating the need for minimum payouts, reducing complaints with built in dispute resolution and minimising fraud by smart contracts.

CHRIS DABNEY Founder & CEO

AGOPOLIS is a groundbreaking social network that provides a much needed platform for today’s independent music artists to be discovered. It employs a utility token-based model (AGOPOLIS Coin) for artists to take control of their own music’s destinies by readily broadcasting and selling their tracks throughout the network’s platform.

www.agopolis.com www.amlexa.com www.advendor.net www.afilexion.com/about-afilexion www.almond.io

IT Legals Ltd (ITL) specialised in “Anti-Money Laundering (AML)” and “Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF)” web applications and due diligence back-office services for the Blockchain industry. ITL’s AMLEXA, is the first Artificial Intelligence Platform for the “Remote Customer Due Diligence”, that automates Identification, Risk Assessment and On-going Monitoring.

Advendor is a brand new affiliate network using CPA model (cost-peraction). The CPA model was not chosen by chance. It’s precisely that model which allows for building up the most effective cooperation between publishers and advertisers. For the advertisers this means that their budget is spent only on target actions, thereby providing a more flexible and economically efficient way to work with the system.

Afilexion was initially established as a joint venture project between Avviza Advisory and GTG Advocates in 2016, to service gaming clients they had in common. Over time, the partners at GTG Advocates and the founder of Avviza Advisory, realised that whilst both firms were already amongst the leading mid-tier firms in their respective fields, their expertise and experience, when combined together, created exponential value to their clients.

Almond is a new blockchain-based ecosystem that aims to create an alternative goods market to better benefit consumers, the planet and purpose-driven brands. A secure, hidden code is included on partner products to allow brands to share supply-chain data, the product’s CO2e footprint and offer brand cryptocurrency token rewards.

ANTONELLA BONANNO Director

Avanzia Taxand is a corporate service provider licensed by the MFSA. Whilst offering a plethora of services including the formation of your business and the provision of ancillary services thereto, Avanzia Taxand remains highly focused on taxation matters. Avanzia Taxand maintains a standard of excellence and a personalised service.

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AVINOC is a consistent, integrated and permissionless base data layer for decentralised, transparent and worldwide coordination of business flights within the general aviation, to achieve optimal utilisation and reduce costs significantly. Every user involved in AVINOC possesses a local copy of all relevant data. This creates new opportunities for global, direct, permissionless, and fast communication between participants involved in the complex aviation business.

B2Broker is a global liquidity and technology provider for Forex and Cryptocurrency Brokerages, Cryptocurrency Exchanges and other financial institutions.

A professional trading platform with a wide range of financial assets. In addition to classic investment opportunities and the most profitable trading conditions, Binomo offers trading with cryptocurrency pairs - Bitcoin, Litecoin, and the Crypto Index. The undisputable advantages of these new assets are high volatility and the ability to trade around the clock, including on weekends. Bitcoin’s market cap is the largest among other virtual coins and its intensive rate growth creates good opportunities for earning.

ALEXEY ERMAKOV CEO

We created an app that facilitates quick deposit and exchange of funds, provides secure storage and easy withdrawal options. The Aximetria bank card gives our clients total freedom to use cryptocurrencies in any part of the world.

www.aximetria.com

MARK ATTARD CEO

For the past 40 years, BDO Malta has acted as auditors, tax advisers and consultants for numerous Maltese and international companies, including online gaming companies. BDO Malta provides professional advice to projects that are blockchain-related, including but not limited to the setting up of ICOs, crypto-funds, cryptocurrency exchanges and platforms, structuring them in a way which enables efficient audits of DLT setups.

www.bdo.com.mt

STEVE MÜLLER Brand Ambassador & Social Media

Established on 24th of April 2017, Bitcore aims to be the #1 solution for direct payments. Bitcore has one of the lowest transaction fees on the market while possibly providing the best on-chain scaling solution in the entire crypto-sphere.

www.bitcore.cc www.bitemycoin.com www.bitfury.com

BiteMyCoin is one of the fastest growing online publications that translates blockchain technology and cryptocurrency into plain English, created after realising there aren’t many places which would understandably explain the new technology without using nittygritty technicalities. Currently, BiteMyCoin is one of the most rapidly growing brands within the digital space that builds a bridge between a complicated world of emerging technologies and the audience through qualitative and educational content.

The Bitfury Group is the world’s leading full-service blockchain technology company and one of the largest private infrastructure providers in the blockchain ecosystem. Bitfury develops and delivers both the software and the hardware solutions necessary for businesses, governments, organisations and individuals to securely move an asset on the blockchain.

DMITRY PRUDNIKOV CEO

Bitsane is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2016. Bitsane’s priorities are community needs, security and a comfortable environment for trading and customers’ interaction. For 2 years, the exchange has developed a reliable security system and comfortable functionality, which is already appreciated by 236,000 users from more than 200 countries.

www.bitsane.com

OLEG SEYDAK Founder & CEO

Blackmoon is a platform which allows cryptocurrency owners to purchase blockchain tokens linked to investment funds’ performance. Blackmoon allows asset managers to issue and distribute blockchain tokens linked to their funds’ performance, access previously unavailable classes of investors, raise capital and increase liquidity of the investment proposition. The company’s vision is to create a new standard for the asset management industry that will bridge the gap between the traditional and crypto financial universes.

www.blackmoonplatform.com

JONATHAN GALEA Managing Director

Blockchain Advisory Limited is one of the very few Maltese advisory firms which has actively worked on past and present ICOs, STOs, exchanges, and crypto-funds, with its Managing Director, Jonathan Galea, and Partner Anton Dalli, being active in the field of blockchain and cryptocurrencies collectively for more than nine years.

www.bca.com.mt www.cctradercrypto.com

CCTrader Crypto™ is built upon the award-winning online trading platform CCTrader which supports over 40 international stock exchanges. CCTrader Crypto™ provides access to the most popular digital currencies, 24/7 support and many other features including limit orders, real time charting, live statement & portfolio, price alerts and push notifications.

SRDJAN KAPOR Marketing & Affiliate Manager

BitStarz is big and we really do mean big. With a 10-minute average cashout time, crypto and fiat support, 1,600+ games, 24/7 customer support, and more than 1 million registered players, we’re not just an award-winning crypto casino - we’re the online casino that everyone is talking about!

www.bitstarz.com

MANUEL DE LUQUE MUNTANER Founder & CEO

Managing the world´s first blockchain/cryptocurrency fund of funds and founded in October 2017, Block Asset Management was created by a group of Financial Services professionals with over 100 years combined experience in Fund & Asset Management, Fund Creation Services, Compliance, Private Banking & Fund distribution. The team shares a common interest in Blockchain Technology & Cryptocurrencies. Block Asset Management bring to market a holistic approach to the world’s newest and fastest growing asset class.

www. blockassetmanagement.com

FRANCESCO DE SANTIS Chief Marketing Officer

Bloomio is redesigning the venture capital industry. We are an equity crowdfunding platform powered by blockchain, connecting startups with individual investors. The platform allows startup founders to raise capital by tokenizing equity, and gives investors the ability to trade startup stakes through a secure blockchainbased marketplace.

www.bloomio.com

ROBERT SPITERI Group General Manager

With 30 years’ experience as a Customer Service Centre of Excellence, and a leading company in Europe within the Outsourcing Industry, Centrecom offers a variety of solutions specialising in Customer Support via telephone, email, live chat and social media, Content Writing, Airline Representation, Back Office Support, Document Management, Revenue Accounting, Fraud Prevention and Sales/VIP Client Management.

www.centrecom.eu www.ccmalta.com www.coincme.com

Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates is one of the largest law firms in Malta and enjoys a history of tech-oriented work, serving clients in the online gambling, digital games, crypto and blockchain sectors. Besides familiarity with the legal aspects of blockchain technology, the firm strongly bridges technology with the financial regulatory aspects and has positioned itself as a top legal and tax advisor to the Fintech and Blockchain sector.

CoinCME is a crypto-currency (Virtual Financial Assets) exchange based in the Republic of Malta. The management team consists of veterans from the FX and blockchain industries. The exchange employs in-house developed breakthrough technology that aggregates liquidity from major exchanges around the world, giving the tightest spreads with highest depth-of-market execution.

CARR Vice President

Leah Carr is the Vice President of Licensing at Coinsquare. Leah launched this division in March of 2018 with the mission of enabling people worldwide to harness the power of security of Coinsquare’s technology. Leah was employee 9 at Coinsquare and has also launched Coinsquare Wealth which is a premium service for Coinsquare’s highest traders. Leah is also the host of FintechTO, a bi-monthly event featuring inspiring presentations from leaders of the Fintech community.

www.coinsquare.com

SERGEI SERGIENKO Founder & CEO

ChronoBank is reimagining hiring for the blockchain age. Founded in Australia following its successful token sale in February ’17, the company has developed the most sophisticated blockchain-based hiring ecosystem in the world. ChronoBank boasts strong technical and product teams and is well-funded to innovate in all sectors of HR.

www.chronobank.io

coincodex

DAVID CERNUTA CEO

CoinCodex offers a complete cryptocurrency market coverage with real-time coin prices, charts and crypto market cap featuring over 2,600 coins on more than 110 exchanges on top of over 500 listed ICOs.

www.coincodex.com www.coinpoint.net www.cointraffic.io

We offer cutting-edge services and solutions that empower small-scale businesses and multinational companies. Whatever it is you are looking for, we have you covered and more in the expanding markets of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.

Cointraffic - The Premier Digital Advertising Partner in the blockchain and crypto sectors. We serve over 300 million unique ad impressions a month across a network of 400+ crypto websites including CoinMarketCap, CCN, and CoinGecko to name a few. Cointraffic helps advertisers engage visitors and boosts conversion rates in a number of ways including tailored banner ads - which allow publishers to gain a stable income stream from their websites by publishing the relevant crypto advertising.

TOBY GILBERT CEO

Our mission is to make blockchain more personal, more connected and mainstream. Leading with our innovative Hyperlayer, a Layer 2 solution that seamlessly connects blockchains. Use it to build powerful solutions that span multiple blockchains, without requiring any underlying code changes. You can create smart contracts, trade and even issue custom tokens that use multiple blockchains, like one blockchain for fast transactions and another for lower costs.

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Corrieri Cilia is a leading law firm based in Malta specialising in international business and taxation. Our experienced team of tax and corporate lawyers, accountants and professionals provide high quality advisory services to cryptocurrency and blockchain businesses.

Craftchain is a leading blockchain software house from Poland. We provide end to end blockchain services and support. Our solutions include consultancy and business planning, platform design, backend development and roll out. Our goal is to help your Blockchain business grow. Unlock the disruptive potential of Blockchain and a free consultation.

Cryptonity is the combination of two words: Crypto & Community. Simple but strong and meaningful, our goal is to be an exchange that is respected by the Cryptocurrency Community. We aim to provide the most comprehensive, secure, transparent and collaborative exchange platform in the market.

CSB Group (est. 1987) provides its clients with a spectrum of specialised business and commercial services, offering a complete turnkey solution to clients wishing to setup or relocate their business to Malta. Areas of specialisation include: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation, Regulatory & Compliance, Tax & Accounting, Company Incorporation, Trust & Fiduciary Services, iGaming Licensing Advice & Assistance, Recruitment and Property Sales & Letting.

CountryProfiler (CP) is an international media company that specialises in the publication of country reports and investment guides on the world’s most innovative and high growth markets for trade, foreign investment and international financial services.

CryptoLaw Partners is passionate about crypto and blockchain law. Its legal practice includes working with startups, securities law, ICOs, fund formation, AML/KYC compliance, money transmitter regulation, jurisdiction selection, and related areas. The firm is dedicated to advancing the global state of the law and works with government regulators. Mr. Einstein, its founding attorney, frequently speaks and educates both in the United States and abroad.

TOM

Founded in 2013, Cryptopay has made bitcoin accessible to consumers and businesses for years. We provide merchants with a simple and secure gateway, so they can accept bitcoin from customers instantly, with zero friction. We settle daily in traditional currency – or immediately in bitcoin!

www.cryptopay.me www. cubits.com

Founded in early 2014 with offices in London, Malta, Berlin, Hong Kong and currently applying for a licence in Japan. Registered under applicable Anti-Money Laundering Regulations and Laws with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in the United Kingdom. Launched the bitcoin wallet and merchant solutions in January 2015, its own in house and proprietary and market leading software platform: Wallet: secure storage for buying/selling Bitcoin.

ULRICH SCHOBER CEO

DACONOMY is building the world’s first universal, decentralised, practical and secure Data Trading and Utlilisation System for businesses and individuals. An intelligent, AI-driven Data Ecosystem for data from all sources and all protocols as a product or service. Generate additional income streams with DACONOMY: Get deeper insights and optimise your processes, products and services to increase revenues.

www.daconomy.io www2.deloitte.com/mt

Deloitte is a global leader in providing multi-disciplinary blockchain audit & assurance, advisory and technology delivery. It has over 1500 dedicated blockchain practices across different service lines as well as dedicated blockchain centres of excellence in New York (Americas), Dublin (EMEA) and Hong Kong (Asia Pacific).

KRISTIAN HAEHNDEL Founder & CEO

Our mission at DQR is to build the foundations of a more inclusive financial system and to empower people through blockchain technology. We do this by making cryptocurrencies and the wider applications of blockchain technology accessible, comprehensible, and generous.

www.dqr-group.com www.ellulschranz.com

E&S Group is a boutique multi-disciplinary firm able to assist clients in all matters in relation to carrying out an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in or from Malta as well as a number of ancillary and related services. It is also the first corporate and legal firm in the world to tokenise its streams of income with a wealth of experience from having assisted in excess of 70+ Clients in relation to their ICOs.

JOSEPH BEDMINSTER CEO & Founder

Daneel provides unchallenged news curation and market emotions analysis through an AI assistant, which understands natural language. It is powered by the reference of the market in the fields of natural language and emotion analysis: IBM Watson.

www.daneel.io

ADAM TODD Founder & CEO

The Digitex Futures Exchange is a zero-fee futures trading platform where traders can buy and sell futures contracts without transaction fees or centralised account balances. By creating its own native cryptocurrency and by using state channels to settle trading profits and losses, Digitex is at the forefront of using blockchain technology to revolutionise the 200 year old futures trading industry.

www.digitexfutures.com www.drwerner.com www.egg.com.mt

Dr Werner & Partner – if you’re looking for next level chakkawanga: ICOs, blockchain and crypto licence advisory services for businesses, entrepreneurs and start-ups who are looking for a next level consultant, to turn next level ideas into next level reality.

At Egg Recruitment our aim is to enrich businesses with the bestin-class talent, and support job seekers in their quest for a fulfilling and rewarding career. We are a recruitment solutions company that exists to connect the best people to the best jobs.

MATTHIAS KLEES Founder & Maintainer

Europecoin Financecloud API emerged from a thought-experiment, named Federated Blockchains. The paradigm shift behind it is to place “features” into a decentralised, blockchain-agnostic protocol, rather than into a single currency. The Europecoin team predicts, that in the near future, inter-connectivity will out-compete unique features as an advantage. The resulting product is a “cryptocurrency smarthub” for the home-network.

www.europecoin.eu.org

PAUL SEUNG-HO PARK CEO & Co-founder

FLETA is the blockchain platform to resolve the issues of current blockchain platforms and create a sustainable blockchain ecosystem. Aiming to satisfy the needs of the platform participants, our platform technology solutions include Multi-chain structure, new consensus algorithm, PoF (Proof-of-Formulation), Block Redesign, LEVEL Tree, and Parallel Sharding.

www.fleta.io www.forestalsgroup.com www.ganadoadvocates.com

The Forestals Group is renowned for its high-end brands such as HP, Sony, CTOUCH, Miele, Smeg, Pergo and many others. By consolidating all products and services offered by the Group of Companies, we specialise in providing a one-stop shop for complete office fit-out solutions complemented with cuttingedge technology required in demanding industries.

GANADO Advocates is a leading commercial law firm with a particular focus on the corporate, financial services, and maritime sectors, predominantly servicing international clients doing business in or out of Malta. The firm traces its roots back to the early 1900s, and is today one of Malta’s foremost law practices, consistently ranking as a leading firm in all its core sectors.

FARUK AYDIN Sales Director

ExpertSender is a blockchain-friendly Multichannel Marketing Hub designed for fast-growing businesses. Manage your personalisation, segmentation and automation needs via the email, web and SMS channels with dedicated support. ExpertSender sends 15+ billion messages annually for 1000+ brands worldwide. We have offices in: Moscow, Beijing, Barcelona, São Paulo, and Gdynia.

www.expertsender.com

ANTHONY VARVARO Director of Business Development

Available globally at 50,000 shops, Flexepin is a prepaid cash voucher allowing you to make fast, secure and hassle-free online payments. Flexepin eliminates the risk of having your identity and banking information exposed online - making it safer than conventional online payment methods for crypto-currency, gaming and other e-commerce transactions.

www.flexepin.com www.ganapati.com www.globiance.com

The G8C token represents an innovative way of bridging the gap between virtual assets and the casino industry. GanaEight Coin Ltd, a Ganapati Group company, is looking to be the first to utilise both its in-depth knowledge of blockchain technology and unique approach to the online casino world, whilst preserving Japanese tradition.

Globiance Limited is a private company, registered in the UK, offering exchange and trading of crypto- and FIAT currencies, payment solutions and worldwide money transfers via its fully owned and licensed subsidiaries in Malta - Globiance Exchange Ltd and Globiance Payment Ltd. Globiance also plans to offer a trading platform for investors covering all traditional financial products.

IAN GAUCI Partner

At GTG we are committed to the success of our clients and our hallmark is to meet, and exceed our clients’ expectations. We are results-oriented and aim for meticulous, innovative and timely solutions. In addition to this; respect, trust, confidentiality and loyalty are fundamental to us. With expert knowledge in our respective fields, we value and complement one another, bringing together individual contributions to generate optimum results.

www.gtgadvocates.com www.hosho.io www.hyperion-tech.co

Hosho is the global leader in blockchain security, specialising in enterprise-grade security services for Fortune 500 and earlystage companies alike. Entirely focused on the blockchain industry, Hosho is setting the standard for blockchain security, providing state-of-the-art smart contract auditing, penetration testing services, and security consulting services around cryptocurrency.

Hyperion Tech is a dedicated IT teams company for mid and longterm projects based in Malta. We build outstanding, passionate dedicated teams. We know that by creating the right company culture, teams form in their true potential and that is exactly what we do. Hyperion is a disruptive force in the IT market thanks to a lean and effective approach for enterprise clients.

RAOUL BEHR CEO

With its HQ in Curaçao (Dutch Caribbean) and fully-fledged office in Malta, HBM GROUP is dedicated to providing its clients with the highest quality of service. Beyond being licensed to assist with the Formation and Management of Companies, Foundations, Trusts, and other legal entities for both international businesses and individuals, whilst ensuring compliance with local and international rules and legislation, HBM GROUP is a turnkey provider of Business Support and Corporate Services that meet and exceed the clients’ demands in an ever-changing global market.

www.hbmgroup.com

HYPE.estate is a Value-Chain platform for real estate investments based on Smart-Contract technology supported by the Ethereum ERC-20 blockchain architecture. It was born from work between Information Technology, Real Estate and Legal experts specialised in the acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios (“NPL real estate”) that give a quality solution and high performance to investors. Our claim is : “The Real Estate @the speed of the Blockchain” www.hype.estate

JAN SAMMUT CEO

ICO Launch Malta is a full stack ICO platform that services every aspect of a company’s ICO process from incorporation and tax planning, to token creation, smart contract development and deployment, marketing and PR through to exchange listing.

www.icomalta.com

TIM M. ZAGAR Co-Founder & CEO

ICONOMI is a platform for managing digital assets. ICONOMI enables managers to advise on the creation and management of diversified baskets of different digital assets called Digital Asset Arrays (DAAs).

DAAs are the foundation of the ICONOMI platform. They combine an assortment of specific assets that can be invested according to each adviser’s strategy. The ICONOMI platform offers a range of diversified DAAs with a variety of investment strategies with various risk levels and performance targets.

www.iconomi.net www.intelliblock.net

At Intelliblock our mission is to become the premier business blockchain solution providers in Europe by adopting an open approach with our business partners and offering full support for their projects, including Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).

JIMMY ZHONG CEO

IOST is a blockchain venture that provides ultra-high TPS blockchain infrastructure to meet the security and scalability needs of a globally and mass-adopted decentralised economy. Led by a team of proven founders and backed by world-class investors, the IOST mission is to be the underlying architecture for the future of online services.

www.iost.io

KRISTINA KALCHEVA Co-Founder & Director

Jelurida is a blockchain software company that enables enterprises to build decentralised applications utilising the Nxt and Ardor technologies. We offer scalable proof-ofstake blockchain solutions, with a unique parent-child chain architecture, built on top of five years of software development and production blockchain experience.” www.jelurida.com www.knowmenow.com

KnowMeNow is building an autonomous framework that will allow customers to create their own identity profiles on their smartphones, whilst at the same time allowing various businesses to perform inexpensive, permission-based KYC reviews in a faster, more reliable and compliant manner than before using the unique features of blockchain technology.

MARZIO PANELLI COO

Ivyn is a start-up company founded by people with a common vision and mission to “bring cryptocurrencies into everyday life in an easy way”. The Ivyn Digital Currency is a payment platform for managing cryptocurrencies and includes functions such as: Real Time Transfers, Virtual Prepaid Crypto Card, Multi Cryptocurrency Wallet, Wallet Recover System, Merchant API Integration & Crytocurrencies Exchange.

www.ivynet.co www.kinanis.com www.kpmg.com.mt www.ksimalta.com www.kytecrypto.com www.builtinMT.com

Kinanis represents a legal and fiduciary group of companies with 35 years of experience with offices in Malta, Cyprus and representative office in China. The group is staffed with around 80 professionals, lawyers and accountants and has a business-oriented approach, providing proactive legal, tax, vat, regulatory and ICO consulting.

With a staff compliment of around 350, including 29 principals, KPMG in Malta is one of the leading providers of audit, tax and advisory services. Our vision is to be the clear choice for our clients, our people and our community. We are committed to working shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients by adopting a clientcentric approach that integrates innovative approaches and deep expertise to deliver real results.

KSi Malta is a corporate and private client advisory, accounting, audit and tax firm providing a full range of financial, legal, and business advisory services to a diversified client base. Established in 2018 by KSi Malta, Fintech Solutions Ltd provides services to the Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technologies and Cryptocurrencies ecosystem.

ICO Advisors, crypto enthusiasts and technologists. KyteCrypto brings together a winning team of leading professionals within the blockchain industry and the quality and services offered are unparalleled. Our portfolio of past and ongoing clients is testament to our reputation as a leading blockchain consulting firm of choice.

The Malta Blockchain Hub is made up of the Blockchain Labs and the Blockchain Studios. The Labs performs testing for compliance with the Virtual Financial Assets and Digital Innovation Technologies Regulations. The Studios offer hot desking facilities to start-up companies setting up in Malta including corporate services and application process for Malta ICO and blockchain licenses.

MICHAEL J. ZAMMIT Director & Joint Owner

Our distinct offering extends itself to both local and international clients seeking real estate investment opportunities, those seeking to relocate to Malta, and property owners looking to list and promote their property to qualified buyers. Services include: Residential Sales & Letting, Commercial Sales & Letting, Property Management and Relocation & Residency.

www.maltasir.com www.monetum.io

MONETUM is a revolutionary blockchain-based project. A fully regulated DLT platform that will encompass crypto and traditional money related services money related services. Monentum’s ecosystem will consist of an Exchange, a crypto gateway and a FIAT payment processing solution. Initial Coin Offering for the Monetum Project will soon be launched.

ANTHONY DAVID GATT Manager, Investment Promotion

Malta Enterprise is the country’s economic development agency, tasked with attracting new foreign direct investment as well as facilitating the growth of existing operations. The long-term presence of an investor in the country is a priority for Malta Enterprise. We, therefore, work constantly with our clients to find solutions to any issues they may be facing and to help them adapt to changing circumstances.

www.maltaenterprise.com

DAVID TONNA

Lawyer / Partner & CEO at MAMO TCV Advocates

We are one of Malta’s top-tier law firms, with significant depth and expertise across a broad range of practice areas. As an integrated corporate and commercial legal practice, we pride ourselves on our service delivery. We always strive to exceed the expectations of our clients as we provide them with expert advice and legal insight.

www.mamotcv.com www.nagarro.com www.neutrino.nu www.ninjamoba.com

Nagarro drives technology-led business breakthroughs for industry leaders and challengers. When our clients want to move fast and make things, they turn to us. Today, we are more than 5,000 experts across 20 countries. Together we form Nagarro, the global services division of Munich-based Allgeier SE.

NEUTRINO is a software house with special talents in exploiting cyber technology for Law Enforcement and Government use. Thanks to these skills Neutrino has created a leading cryptocurrency investigation and analysis platform, providing insights ACROSS multiple currencies and THROUGH deliberate techniques used for obfuscation. The Neutrino platform and practical expertise supports Market Regulators to determine AML/KYC processes and risk mitigation.

The pain in the AI marketplace is how difficult it is to apply. We make AI easy and fun. NinjaMoba LTD is the winner of the Nov 2017 Malta Techstars weekend. We have three projects in development. Sentiment emogies and emogies The NinjaMoba Market Stress Index. We are in diligence to foster climate action evaluated by distributed AI and recorded with DLT.

ROBERTO GORINI Founder & CEO

NOKU create interfaces for the use of the blockchains. Our goal is to bridge the gap between the most complex technology existing nowadays and the mass market. We are creating an all-in-one ecosystem that gives everyone the possibility to create their own token, exchange value and trust, and launch their own blockchain projects in the easiest and most reliable way. NOKU is the NObanks society.

www.noku.io www.odem.io www.ormcogroup.com www.perfectial.com

The ODEM platform connects students, educators, and service providers where, together, they develop and engage in personal, group, in-person educational programs. The platform reduces costs and improves access to premium education by directly connecting educators with students and eliminating inefficient and costly intermediaries.

Ormco provides blockchain advisory and support services for projects at the concept stage right through to live blockchain projects that have completed their ICO. Supported by a team of 30 accountants, Ormco has offices in Malta, the Isle of Man and India. Services include ICO advisory, BTC & ETH escrow facilities for OTC trades, and back office support services including accounting, administration, treasury and wallet management.

Perfectial is in the business of helping companies disrupt markets with state-of-the-art software. Years of experience in building products has helped us gain expertise in a range of fields; all of our work is accompanied by the industry’s new tools, practices, and technologies with blockchain being one the most impactful.

ANDREW NAUDI Partner

Established in 2008, NOUV is a professional services firm based in Malta offering a wide range of advisory services in the following areas; Cryptocurrencies, DLT, Corporate, Legal, Technology, Accounting and Outsourcing, Tax, Audit and Assurance and iGaming. We focus on international clients wishing to be regulated and/or setup in Malta. NOUV is an independent member of TGS Global, an international network of professional business advisors.

www.nouv.com.mt

RONNY BOESING Founder & Co-Owner

OpenLedger ApS is a Danish company dedicated to bringing the power of blockchain technology to the wider business world. The company has over 50 expert software development and architecture specialists, marketers, business analysts, legal and support personnel in our headquarters in Pandrup, Denmark, and our technical center in Minsk, Belarus.

www.dex.openledger.io

& CFO

Paymentworld Europe Limited is an EU licensed E-Money Institution. We facilitate our client’s needs from a Gateway that provides 400+ payment methods worldwide via Instant Payments through E-Wallet and Marketplace solutions. All combined with your own dedicated IBAN and banking services! Easy integration and “One Stop Payment” guaranteed.

www.paymentworld.eu

& COO

Prifinance is able to bring your startup to a successful ICO, backing your team in every aspect of the process - legal consulting, operational and technical audit, establishing an effective marketing and management structure. Moreover, we have an extensive experience in obtaining licenses for the crypto exchange activity and ICO’s. Therefore, our team of professionals will help you to find the best solution for your project.

www.prifinance.com

CHRIS VASSALLO Partner

With over 20 years’ recruiting experience, we are the foremost Blockchain recruitment experts as one of the founders, Chris Vassallo, along with his team created the Malta National Blockchain Memorandum which was approved by Cabinet and laid the foundations to create the Blockchain Industry in Malta. He is also co-founder of the Malta Blockchain Association.

www.proventusint.com www.pyx.is www.quizando.io

Blockchain based fourth factor authentication service and wallet allowing users to securely authenticate services and secure funds across multiple users directly from a mobile device using blockchain as an encrypted ledger. Pyxis gives every user a hardware wallet right on their phone with advanced encryption techniques and shared secure secrets.

Already a proven success in creating, refining and adapting state-of-the-art quiz technology with thousands of people test-driving the prototype platform, Quizando is about to turn the gaming and influencer market on its head. Based on a solid, existing success story, Quizando is a sensational proposition about to be unleashed globally.

PAUL BOUGNOUX Founder

Founded by Largillière Finance, a leading M&A advisory firm, Psion Finance assists their clients in their tokenization projects (ICO / STO). The core team consists of dedicated Blockchain and Finance experts, strengthened by a worldwide network of Tier 1 entities specialised in Blockchain, Finance and Technology.

www.psion.finance

STEVEN WEUSTEN CEO

The QLEAR Protocol turns any Online Gaming platform into a secure, transparent, and trusted environment. Develop better games faster with fair play guaranteed.

www.qlear.com

MICHAEL MOLL Co-Founder & CPO

Reitium is a global, compliant, secure blockchain technology platform, offering investors a 100% asset-backed Real Estate investment, using a fractional ownership model. Built on IBM’s Hyperledger fabric, our enterprise-grade, permissioned private blockchain uses smart contracts to enable privacy, security, transparency and liquidity while reducing transaction time and costs.

www.reitium.com

KEVIN BUTTIGIEG CEO

RE/MAX Malta is a Real Estate Agency with 27 offices strategically located throughout Malta & Gozo. The company has a team of over 350 sales & letting associates that each specialise in different areas of the market. This, paired with one of the largest property databases on the island, certifies that your RE/MAX real estate agent can easily show you almost any property currently available on the market.

www.remax.com

VITO MARTIN HRZENJAK CEO

RIALTO.AI is a fintech company developing a platform for automated trading in the growing multi-billion landscape of digital assets and blockchain transactions. The team of experienced trading economists, data scientists, and signal processing experts is designing algorithms for arbitrage, market making, and prediction trading. Our algorithms allow the RIALTO.AI platform users an automated, seamless and secure way to trade their cryptocurrencies.

www.rialto.ai