Greetings. Recently we announced that Waves is now available on Ledger Nano S,  CEO Sasha Ivanov has started negotiations with the Maltese government. Now the team is working hard on implementation 2FA, Waves Keeper. All official statements and announcements including development can always be found in:
our official Telegram ch - https://t.me/wavesnews
Official Twitter - https://twitter.com/wavesplatform
Speaking about availability, Waves Platform is available worldwide for sure. In case if you have any difficulties concerning connection, then you can always use VPN (EU countries are preferable)

Best wishes,
Waves Community Manager