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A look back at what the ordinance of December 9 changes and its impact on companies in the blockchain and crypto ecosystem in France. We will also see the vision of Cédric O on these subjects as well as Michel Guieysse on the “failure” of the Internet.

The digital euro will be a reality in the years to come. While central bank digital currency offers several advantages, such as faster transactions than with a bank or a more stable money supply, it also has its share of disadvantages.

A group of deputies, led by the deputy for Paris Pierre Person, tabled a series of amendments to the PLF 2022. A large part stems from proposals made by your association last June.

Since the beginning of May 2021, we have been witnessing an unprecedented wave of regulations, affecting the entire crypto ecosystem. After China cracking down on Bitcoin, regulators around the world have taken a closer look at stablecoins and the fight against money laundering.

French investors in Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets are used to the complexity and uncertainty of the current tax regime applicable to crypto/fiat transactions. However, things should improve with the Finance Law for 2022.

The entire elite of the French community of the most famous cryptocurrency met on the Basque coast to sing the praises of the precious asset, their "digital gold" in which they invest online. Convinced that it will resist all bans and that it is at the forefront of a new world monetary order, these "bitcoiners" have debated without opponents or divergent points of view on their vision of the decentralized world.

Coming into force in May 2019, the PACTE law has reshaped the legal landscape of digital assets in France. This law notably created the status of digital asset service provider (PSAN) and the optional visa for fundraising in crypto-assets (ICO). Two years later, France Strategy and its monitoring committee take stock of it.

Despite the enhanced right to an account enshrined in the Pact law for PSANs, the crypto industry is still struggling to build good relationships with banking players.

On the occasion of AM Tech Day 2021, organized by L'Agefi on October 5, Faustine Fleuret, President and CEO of ADAN, presented to us her young association for the development of digital assets created in 2020. She mentioned the difficulties encountered by the players in this sector, in particular to finance themselves.

Simon Polrot and Faustine Fleuret from Adan (Association for the Development of Digital Assets) were interviewed today as part of the National Assembly's information mission "Building and promoting national and European digital sovereignty".

Banks are hiding behind compliance to enforce anti-competitive measures against crypto firms, politician slams.

A step has just been taken with a Council of Europe agreement on digital finance. This defines a regulatory framework on crypto-assets with MiCA and DORA.

The Pacte law has set up a clear and incentive framework to provide legal certainty to investors and players. The only problem is that the banks are not playing the game. Opening a bank account for crypto-asset transactions is complicated.

During a conference organized on November 3, the Secretary of State for Digital, Cédric O, exchanged with Changpeng Zhao, boss of Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange platform in the world. French start-ups deemed this highlighting inappropriate since, unlike them, Binance is still not regulated in France.

Valued this week at 66,000 USD, Bitcoin has just reached a new high. To take us where?

Could foreign exchange markets (forex) end up on the digital rails? At the moment, cryptocurrency markets are a long way from supporting anything close to the $6 trillion-plus a day that changes hands every day in traditional foreign exchange.

A major step has just been taken for the future regulation of crypto-assets in Europe. The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted on Monday its version of the compromise of the draft MiCA (Markets in crypto-assets) regulation.

Elon Musk's planned takeover of Twitter - suspended since Friday - is symptomatic of the upheavals sweeping through the social media market. Our investigation into the coming big bang.

After a black Monday in the market which saw the price of bitcoin fall, the European Parliament has again battled over the regulation of cryptocurrencies. “Libé” takes stock of the measures that divide elected officials and the crypto community.

The recent fall in cryptocurrency prices obscures an essential event which should nevertheless mobilize us all, warns Faustine Fleuret, if Europe does not react quickly, it exposes itself to a serious threat.

Bitcoin, which has been in freefall for six months, and other digital currencies are still a dream for savers. But how to invest, what does it pay, what are the risks?

After several years of negotiation, European regulators have agreed on two texts intended to regulate the use and issuance of crypto-assets in Europe. If they are voted, however, they should not come into force until 2024.

This new bearish cycle is even experienced by the most promising players as an opportunity.

The 27 member countries of the European Union have agreed on the famous draft MiCA regulation and the framework for cryptocurrencies in the Union through TFR. Through this interview With Faustine Fleuret of ADAN we come back to the positive but also negative points of this agreement as well as the risks and opportunities that this offers to Europe. We also discuss the timetable for implementing these various measures as well as their feasibility.

While the French presidency of the European Union has just ended, the 27 have reached an agreement on the famous draft MiCA regulation and the framework for cryptocurrencies in the Union. How will Brussels regulate this asset class? What are the failures, the successes and what is the timetable for implementation? We take stock.