Incumbent Macron Wins French Presidential Election
The centrist liberal will remain in power after a campaign in which Web 3 played little part Original Source
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One-Quarter of French Financial Scams Involve Crypto, Ombudsman Says
Regulator Marielle Cohen-Branche warned of a loophole for complaints about unregistered crypto firms. Original Source
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Crypto Implicated in Child Porn, Terrorism, French Official Says, Calling for End to Online Anonymity
Under these rules, known colloquially as the travel rule, conventional bank transfers need to identify parties involved in any transaction over 1,000 euros, with suspicious transactions passed on to the authorities. But lawmakers are leaning towards abolishing that lower threshold for crypto transactions because large digital payments can easily be
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French Exchange LordToken Sets To Go Live Following A US$15.7 Million Fundraising
LordToken, the french exchange powered by Binance Cloud has successfully completed its initial funding round, raising US$15.7 million in several rounds of token sales. This sets the stone rolling in preparation for the grand launch of the LordToken exchange. François Denis the co-founder of LordToken made a key remark to expressed
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French Crypto Platform Coinhouse Raises $17M to Fuel European Expansion
The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CryptoX is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CryptoX is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies
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French Central Bank Completes First Stage of Its CBDC Experiments
The Banque de France said it completed the first stage of its experiments into a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) and plans to move on to the next phase, focusing on cross-border payments.France’s central bank has been exploring the use of a CBDC for the exchange of money between
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French fintech startup Lydia raises $100 million in Series C funding round
French crypto-friendly fintech startup Lydia has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round, per a report in TechCrunch. The latest capital raise reportedly helped Lydia attain unicorn status with a valuation of over $1 billion. The $100-million fundraise comes nearly a year after its Series B funding round of $86
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French Fintech Lydia Attains Unicorn Status With $100M Series C Funding: Report
French fintech Lydia has raised $100 million in Series C funding, attaining unicorn status with a valuation of over $1 billion.The funding round includes new investors Dragoneers and Echo Street along with existing backers Tencent, Accel and Founders Future, TechCrunch reported Wednesday.Lydia recently allowed its 5.5 million users to invest
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French startup brings vintage wines to the NFT market
Many exciting developments are coming to the space of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, ranging from metaverse NFTs to fantasy soccer digital collectible cards and up to monster-battle NFT games. In fact, Cointelegraph Research predicts NFT sales will hit a record high of $17.7 billion this year.But one French startup is
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French Luxury Fashion Brand Givenchy Drops 15 NFTs on OpenSea
French luxury fashion house Givenchy has dropped 15 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) created in collaboration with the graphic artist Chito on the OpenSea marketplace.The sale of the NFTs will be through a seven-day simulated auction starting Tuesday. This mark’s Givenchy’s first foray into the NFT market.Givenchy’s creative director Matthew Williams worked
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