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)

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.