My hunch is this is a fake article. It's laying the grounds for a scam exchange called "Bittrex Global" where gullible signups will be scammed out of their deposits.
If Bittrex were moving from Malta, they wouldn't rebrand and make their whole user base sign up again on a different site.....
How could you say that the bittrex global is a scam one? I think it's just the matter of rebranding.. moving from a local US exchange into global exchange due how high the interest from users around the world / globally.
They already have separate US-facing and international platforms. It has nothing to do with that.
This isn't just a rebranding either. If it were, they would take their customers and markets with them instead of rebuilding from scratch:
Nothing the article says makes any sense at all. Until it's confirmed by official mediums (Bittrex.com, official Twitter accounts, Richie Lai) I would not trust it.
And I think it's officially confirmed now ..
https://medium.com/bittrex/bittrex-international-update-bittrex-global-launch-2f64fca503fd
https://twitter.com/BittrexIntl/status/1186345680266235910?s=09
quite confusing at the first time seeing this situation, especially when you start doubting that there might bittrex zendesk account compromised or there might be a third party who try to impersonate.
Well it is clear and you can sleep well now.