{"id":127916,"date":"2025-04-25T02:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T02:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127916"},"modified":"2025-04-25T02:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T02:17:16","slug":"slovenias-capital-of-ljubljana-ranked-as-worlds-most-crypto-friendly-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127916","title":{"rendered":"Slovenia\u2019s capital of Ljubljana ranked as world\u2019s most crypto-friendly city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe capital city of Slovenia \u2014 Ljubljana \u2014 has been named the world\u2019s most crypto-friendly city by migration advisory firm Multipolitan.<br \/>\nThe city outranked runners-up Hong Kong and Switzerland\u2019s economic powerhouse Z\u00fcric, which scored the same in the Crypto-Friendly Cities Index, found in its 2025 Crypto Report.<br \/>\nThe index featured 20 cities and ranked their crypto-friendliness based on their regulations, tax environment, lifestyle factors and digital and crypto infrastructure.<br \/>\nMultipolitan said its evaluation included weighing areas such as a city\u2019s licensing frameworks, capital gains tax rates, GDP per capita, housing affordability and internet speeds.<br \/>\n\u201cThe presence of crypto ATMs and retail adoption rates were analysed to reflect each city\u2019s embedded cryptocurrency culture,\u201d it explained. \u201cHigh concentrations of these assets earned the top scores.\u201d<br \/>\nThe city-state of Singapore and the United Arab Emirates\u2019 capital of Abu Dhabi were respectively ranked fourth and fifth after the second-place tie. Both cities were already attractive to businesses due to offering low or no taxes, but they\u2019ve also worked to attract crypto companies with industry-specific licensing and regulatory regimes.<br \/>\nSydney, Australia\u2019s most populous city, ranked in the middle of the pack in 10th spot, with the report noting it was home to the most crypto ATMs of the group. Source: MultipolitanMadison, the capital city of the US state of Wisconsin, was the only city in the Americas to rank on the index, hitting the same 11th place score as Latvia\u2019s capital of Riga, Qatar\u2019s capital of Doha, and Saudi Arabia\u2019s capital of Riyadh.<br \/>\nSlovenia\u2019s crypto embrace<br \/>\nSlovenia also topped Multipolitan\u2019s Crypto Wealth Concentration Index, combining crypto ownership rates and trading volumes, which reported that the average Slovenian crypto owner held around $240,500 worth of assets.<br \/>\nThe figure outranked second-place Cyprus by over $65,000, with the average crypto-holding Cypriot hanging onto around $175,000. Hong Kong came in third with holdings averaging $97,500.<br \/>\nRelated: Slovenia\u2019s finance ministry floats 25% tax on crypto transactions\u00a0<br \/>\nThe US ranked at the bottom of the 20-strong list, coming in 17th spot with average crypto holdings of around $23,300, just above Malaysia\u2019s nearly $21,000 average holdings.<br \/>\nSlovenia, being part of the EU, regulates crypto under the bloc\u2019s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), which the industry received as mostly positive.<br \/>\nThe advocacy group Blockchain Alliance Europe is based in Ljubljana. The city also houses the blockchain real estate platform Blocksquare, which teamed up with Vera Capital on April 18 to tokenize $1 billion worth of US real estate.<br \/>\nMagazine: Tbilisi Crypto City Guide: Crypto is used for payments in Georgia, not to get rich\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/slovenia-capital-ljubljana-worlds-most-crypto-friendly-city?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe capital city of Slovenia \u2014 Ljubljana \u2014 has been named the world\u2019s most crypto-friendly city by migration advisory firm Multipolitan. The city outranked runners-up Hong Kong and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127916"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}