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5. Mauritius – «Ethereum Island»
The Indian Ocean island too has its financial center strategy, which seeks to attract investors with favorable tax and simple regulation. With its participation in establishing the Blockchain-Startup Consensus, Mauritius has simultaneously created the regulatory framework for such companies.
Their «sandbox» approach apes the normal fintech regulations and thus lowers the entry hurdles for such companies. Mauritius also has a marketing strategy: It wants to become the «Ethereum Island» following bitcoin as the second-most important cryptocurrency.
