Places France

France goes in the running as a possible location for Binance headquarters off the back of constructive dialogue with French regulators.

Crypto exchange Binance, in association with France Fintech, a non-profit company, will aid in the expansion of French and European blockchain networks and the emerging crypto ecosystem in the region.

Football superstar, Lionel Messi has joined Paris St Germain and the club’s fan token, $PSG, has reacted positively to this news.

Ledger, the popular hardware wallet, said today that data belonging to over 1 million customers was leaked on a hacker forum. Ledger users endure data leak Hardware wallet Ledger said today that details of a database compromised in June were dumped on RaidForums, an infamous online hacking forum, over the weekend. The information has been […]

Crypto-to-crypto trades will remain tax exempt, iterated French finance minister Bruno Le Maire. The stance stands in stark contrast to tax treatment for crypto-assets in the United States, marking a major boon for cryptocurrency traders domiciled in France. France reaffirms crypto-to-crypto tax exemption In a historical stance, France has reaffirmed that crypto-to-crypto trades are tax […]

Following Facebook’s unveiling of its stable cryptocurrency, not only did top crypto influencers criticize the plan, but some European officials immediately called for deep scrutiny of the project, as reported by Bloomberg. It must not become a “sovereign currency” Facebook finally revealed its highly anticipated cryptocurrency, “Libra.” With Libra, the social network giant aims to […]

French lending giant Societe Generale has become the latest traditional financial company to experiment with digital tokens. The bank’s Ethereum-based tokenized bonds have the potential to bring cryptocurrencies to a market worth over $2 trillion. Major traditional financial companies slowly getting into digital tokens Cryptocurrencies have already become an inseparable part of many different industries, […]

Ledger, a major crypto hardware wallet manufacturer based in France, revealed five security vulnerabilities found in the Trezor Model T and Model One, major competitors to the Nano Ledger. Ledger’s Attack Lab Discovered Vulnerabilities in Trezor’s Hardware Wallets The market for cryptocurrency hardware wallets is a rather competitive one due to the nature of cryptocurrencies. […]

Ledger, a French cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer, has faced criticism for failing to conduct proper testing before launching a firmware update to their Nano S wallet. While the company said that the update, which significantly decreased the device’s storage, was the result of a mistake, some users speculated it was part of a scheme to […]

In France, several proposed changes to the laws governing the tax treatment of cryptocurrencies were rejected in the parliament on December 17th. The proposals would have made the tax treatment for transacting in cryptocurrencies more advantageous. The decision comes a week after two French lawmakers released a report advocating for the investment of hundreds of […]

Through blockchain and cryptocurrency, it’s becoming easier for communities to interact and exchange value with each other in an efficient, trustless way. In the sports industry, cryptocurrency is enabling fans to participate in the decisions of their favorite teams. PSG Partners With Socios Based in Malta, Socios is a tokenized sports voting platform that aims to […]

The new Ledger desktop app provides users with a simple method of managing crypto assets and hardware, functioning as an “all-in-one companion application” that is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Ark is a fast, delegated proof of stake cryptocurrency that focuses on the interconnectedness of blockchains. Currently, Bitcoin and Ethereum are unable to transact with each other. The Ark team plans to change this through the use of Encoded Listeners and smartbridges. Ark is not just a cryptocurrency; it is an ecosystem intended to catalyze […]

The recent G20 financial summit in Buenos Aires is currently the fulcrum upon which the future of cryptocurrency regulation balances, with financial leaders from the top 20 largest economies in the world announcing a July deadline for the implementation of new regulatory standards. French Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire, however, has taken a strong […]

The French financial markets regulator AMF (l’Autorité des marchés financiers) announced it will establish legislation for initial coin offerings. The new legislation for ICOs could be introduced in April, reported French news outlet Les Echos, March 15. Les Echos, a leading business publication in France, published an exclusive report titled “Bercy veut faire de Paris […]

It’s easy to reduce cryptocurrencies to the two leaders in the field: Bitcoin and Ethereum. After all, only one cryptocurrency has surpassed $10,000, and only one is developing a blockchain network that’s being explored by Microsoft, J.P. Morgan Chase, and BP. However, the cryptocurrency market is an expansive arena that includes hundreds of different currencies […]