The regional thing they show there is for Rewards, not for exchanges like Gemini and Uphold. Currently the regions that can connect to either exchange has been severely restricted to 19 countries. This is temporary but they don’t have any ideas as to when this will change. Unfortunately Malta is not one of the 19 supported areas.
NOTICE: New region restrictions on verifying Brave Rewards with Gemini
NOTICE: New region restrictions on verifying Brave Rewards with Uphold
And just so you know, even if you were in a supported area, ALL people are unable to connect to Uphold for the week. They should have this fixed relatively soon. But then unless they happened to overcome some issues, it’ll default back to just the 19 countries as before.
Yes and no. You can still participate in Rewards and earn BAT. However you can’t connect to Gemini or Uphold at this time. They will be changing this in the future, just unknown when they can.
Yes. First off, this browser is a heck of a lot more than just BAT. It’s faster than most browsers, has a crypto wallet build in that you can use, has an awesome default ad-block, is one of the better privacy centered browsers, etc. So even if BAT were to stop, it’s worth using.
That said, it’s not like your region is completely gone forever. It may be weeks or months, but they will eventually add for you again. So all that BAT you earn will save in your browser and, when able to connect again, you’ll have it to move.