Malta is opposing EU plans to centralize crypto supervision under ESMA, seeing it as a politically motivated assault on its success in attracting crypto firms (Laura Noonan/Bloomberg)

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Laura Noonan / Bloomberg:Malta is opposing EU plans to centralize crypto supervision under ESMA, seeing it as a politically motivated assault on its success in attracting crypto firms  —  Europe's financial supervision battles are usually fought diplomatically.  A tersely worded statement here, a veiled signal there.