The island will be the first place in the world to pass a "regulatory framework" for the alternative payment method. http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-isle-of-mans-plan-become-bitcoin-fintech-paradise-2015-3
I am glad they are doing something but I am afraid Isle of Man lost the local offshore center battle to Jersey.
Malta is yesterday's news, heading for doom. Malta's former sponsor Libya is now an ISIS state. We have already seen there are no saviors for non Anglo-Saxon nations in EU, you don't believe me go ask Greeks and their brethren Greek Cypriots both effectively bankrupt (sick-men of Europe) and Malta does not have what the two Greek nations have IE agriculture, tourism for a tiny island nation Malta has no beaches.